# Reactivate the taskbar icon after taskbar (explorer.exe) restarted

**URL:** <https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/reactivate-the-taskbar-icon-after-taskbar-explorer-exe-restarted/133>\
**Category:** SpyShelter\
**Created:** [June 19, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/reactivate-the-taskbar-icon-after-taskbar-explorer-exe-restarted/133 "2024-06-19T16:08:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chris61864](https://forum.spyshelter.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Chris61864](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/Chris61864)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/reactivate-the-taskbar-icon-after-taskbar-explorer-exe-restarted/133/1 "2024-06-19T16:08:21Z")

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Hello

I remarked after the Windows taskbar (explorer.exe) restarted (it crashed then Windows restarted it automatically), the SpyShelter taskbar icon was missing.  
SpyShelter.exe is still running though (2 processes).

That is a rather common problem with software icons on taskbar restart. I don’t remember how to circumvent it but I know there is a way (a Windows event? Or was it the way you register your icon?).

Have a nice day.

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**Author:** ![SpyShelterCarl](https://forum.spyshelter.com/user_avatar/forum.spyshelter.com/spysheltercarl/32/7_2.png) [@SpyShelterCarl](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/SpyShelterCarl)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/reactivate-the-taskbar-icon-after-taskbar-explorer-exe-restarted/133/2 "2024-06-19T17:24:38Z")

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@Chris61864

Our team has opened a ticket, thanks for your report. I killed my Taskbar and I could recreate this, and strangely enough my other notification icons did come back, while SpyShelter’s did not.

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**Author:** ![evdywit](https://forum.spyshelter.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@evdywit](https://forum.spyshelter.com/u/evdywit)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.spyshelter.com/t/reactivate-the-taskbar-icon-after-taskbar-explorer-exe-restarted/133/3 "2025-02-08T09:32:55Z")

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Here, Microsoft describes how to solve this problem: [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/taskbar#taskbar-creation-notification](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/taskbar#taskbar-creation-notification).

`explorer.exe` is also restarted, and thus the taskbar recreated, if a TortoiseGit update is installed.