After updating your Windows 11 system, you may notice the notification bell missing in the tray area. Also, the year may be missing in the tray clock.
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[Fix] Taskbar Calendar shows Chinese Text in Windows 10 or 11
When you click on the date/time in the notification area to open the taskbar calendar, it may show text in the Chinese language.
This may happen even though you don’t have the Chinese language pack on your English-language Operating System.
Changing the date, time, or number formats doesn’t help.
Taskbar Volume Control Icon does not Work in Windows 10/11
Sometimes, the Taskbar volume control icon in Windows may not respond to the mouse click. The slider doesn’t appear when you click on the speaker icon, and nothing happens when you right-click on it. The audio may still work in all applications, but only the controls don’t open. Due to this, users have to open sndvol.exe
from the Run dialog to open the Volume Mixer and control the sounds.
This post explains how to fix the volume control (speaker) icon in Windows 10 and Windows 11.Read more
[Fix] Battery Icon Missing in the Taskbar in Windows 10
The battery icon in the Taskbar notification area helps you quickly check the battery charge level and also to switch between the battery saver and “best performance” settings. If the battery icon is missing from the notification area in your Windows 10 computer, here is a couple of recommendations to resolve the problem.Read more
Make Taskbar Translucent or Fully Transparent in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a hidden, built-in setting to increase the taskbar transparency using the UseOLEDTaskbarTransparency registry value, as you may have already known. Here are two new third-party portable tools using which you can make your taskbar translucent, set gradient color, or make it fully transparent.Read more
Pin Control Panel to Taskbar to Access Classic Applets Quickly
Windows 10 Settings page is ought to replace the classic Control Panel entirely in the near future. But it hasn’t happened yet, and some pages in the Settings app still link to the classic Control Panel applets. That will be the case till Microsoft entirely ports Control Panel applets to the modern Settings app.Read more
Switch Program Windows Quickly Without Clicking on Taskbar Thumbnails
When Taskbar icons are set to “Combine,” which is the default setting, to switch windows within a Taskbar group, you need to click or hover your mouse pointer over the group icon and then click on the appropriate taskbar thumbnail image. This can be inconvenient especially if you have too many instances of a program running.Read more
How to Reset Taskbar Settings to Windows Defaults
Corruption of Taskbar settings can cause it not to retain your customizations, such as auto-hide, icon size, or toolbar preferences. Also, in some situations, the taskbar may not be docked to a particular position. This post has a script that quickly resets the taskbar configuration for your user account to defaults.Read more
How to Backup and Restore Pinned Taskbar Shortcuts in Windows 10
When you install Windows on a new computer, customizing Windows takes a lot of time and effort. One such thing is the taskbar. You may have to redo the procedure of pinning the applications which you frequently use. If you’re planning to move to a new Windows PC or a new user profile on the same computer, and wondering how to transfer the pinned taskbar items, then this article is for you.
This post explains how to backup and restore the pinned Taskbar items in Windows 10 and earlier.Read more