When PowerToys is updated, the icon on my taskbar vanishes.

[binbintaro]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.70.1

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

admin

Area(s) with issue?

General

Steps to reproduce

1.Power Toys tells me it has a new version. 2.I click "アップデートする" button. 3.I wait until Power Toys finishes its update. 4.When the update finishes, the icon on my taskbar vanishes.

✔️ Expected Behavior

4.When the update finishes, the icon on my taskbar remains.

❌ Actual Behavior

4.When the update finishes, the icon on my taskbar vanishes.

Other Software

No response

[SharakPL]

It vanishes because it seems that each update creates new taskbar icon to manage and it's disabled by default. At least that's how it looks like in Windows 11.

[VShrubowich]

@SharakPL's issue is reported in Issue #28435. I'm running Windows 10 (22H2) and see two icons in the notification area (renamed to system tray in Windows 11) after an update, but as soon as I mouse over them, one of the icons disappears and all is well, so that issue may be specific to Windows 11.

However, I believe @binbintaro is reporting a different issue. I just updated to v0.80.0 and the icon for open PowerToys windows is blank in the taskbar (not the notification area/system tray):

If I close all PowerToys windows and reopen them, the icon reappears: