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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #435 on: July 11, 2009, 09:48:02 PM »
Icon restorer works on Vista also.

Anyway, what I want is a way to restore the system tray icons when Explorer crashes  ::)
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #436 on: July 11, 2009, 10:43:19 PM »
Icon restorer works on Vista also.

Anyway, what I want is a way to restore the system tray icons when Explorer crashes  ::)
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #437 on: July 11, 2009, 10:47:29 PM »
See if the following is of help to you:
http://lifehacker.com/386108/fix-disappearing-system-tray-icons-in-vista
No, it's not this. I'm not worried about networking, volume control or time display icons. The problem is the opened programs that were "lost" when explorer crashes (eventually). You need to boot (or logoff/logon) to get them back.
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #438 on: July 11, 2009, 11:03:17 PM »
I have an on going problem with explorer freezing and I have to use task manager to kill the process, obviously this kills all the system tray icons too. In XP's task manager I can go to the Applications tab (different in Vista) and click the new task button. I enter explorer.exe, that starts explorer again and I get the taskbar and the icons back.

So you could try that and see if it works (as when this happens to me my mouse clicks don't work), you may need to use Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the Task Manager.
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #439 on: July 11, 2009, 11:40:18 PM »
I enter explorer.exe, that starts explorer again and I get the taskbar and the icons back.
Half of my running applications do not show the icon back... Only half of them are shown again. I don't know how Windows manage that.
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #440 on: July 12, 2009, 12:47:34 AM »
Even in Win 7 not all icons are returned after an explorer crash.
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #441 on: July 12, 2009, 12:51:00 AM »
I enter explorer.exe, that starts explorer again and I get the taskbar and the icons back.
Half of my running applications do not show the icon back... Only half of them are shown again. I don't know how Windows manage that.

I don't know either, but essentially some are directly related/integrated with explorer and breaking that link causes them to fail also. I have to restart my mouse software to get that icon back, but what it does is up to a point save you having to reboot there and then. You can always restart those programs were their icon doesn't reappear.
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #442 on: July 15, 2009, 12:37:18 AM »
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #443 on: July 18, 2009, 03:16:52 PM »

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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #444 on: July 18, 2009, 03:28:56 PM »
Not this time Bob... I have most of that applications yet ;)
Can you convince me to use G.ho.st Virtual Computer? Why do I need it for?
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #445 on: July 18, 2009, 05:52:45 PM »
Not this time Bob... I have most of that applications yet ;)
Can you convince me to use G.ho.st Virtual Computer? Why do I need it for?
What do you use any virtual computer for?? 
I use it for testing because it doesn't involve my actual system.
Once I close the Virtual machine, anything I used on it is gone.
However, I can store lot's of files there and access the files directly in the virtual computer.

I'm still playing with it. :)
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #446 on: July 18, 2009, 11:55:08 PM »
I use it for testing because it doesn't involve my actual system.
Once I close the Virtual machine, anything I used on it is gone.
However, I can store lot's of files there and access the files directly in the virtual computer.
Can you install new programs there? I mean, I use virtual computers to test installations and software...
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #447 on: July 19, 2009, 03:44:52 AM »
It's a Virtual Computer with applications. Take a look at the pictures posted.
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Re: * My Shared Files * (Freeware, Shareware, Funware)
« Reply #448 on: July 19, 2009, 03:58:35 AM »
Bob ?

Have you tried either of these 2 programs yet ?

Quicksys Disk Defrag
http://www.qdiskdefrag.com/

DiskTune
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/DiskTune.htm

They both seem interesting, found them on some blog and i'll try them out tomorrow. Just wondered if you or anyone else have used them before ...

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« Reply #449 on: July 19, 2009, 04:05:53 AM »
I haven't Mikey. I stick with the built in disk functions. :)
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