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Good evening, #JAWS users. Have a question. How does one configure #Windows11 such that the list of system tray icons is always fully expanded? Thanks in advance for any help. @freedomscientific #JAWSForWindows #JAWS2024 #Blind #VisuallyImpaired #LowVision #BlindMasto #BlindMastodon #BlindFedi @mastoblind @main
Dec 24, 2023 at 4:17amWeb
Show threadJames ScholesDec 24, 2023

@noahcarver The option to indiscriminately show all tray icons at all times has been removed in Windows 11. Your options are to either:

1. Go to Settings -> Personalization -> Taskbar, expand the "Other System Tray Icons" section, and toggle on the icons you want to be persistently present. The downside of this is that you'll have to revisit this area of settings every time something new is added to your tray (e.g. because you installed a new app) and Windows decides to hide it.
2. Install an app to completely restore the old tray behaviour, such as ExplorerPatcher. The downside of this is that it is unsupported by Microsoft, and does stop working from time to time (e.g. after a big Windows update). Get it from: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases

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Show threadNoah Carver Has MovedDec 25, 2023
@jscholes Lovely. Thanks, Microsoft. /S In all seriousness, thanks for the info.
Show threadJamminJerryDec 24, 2023
@noahcarver @freedomscientific @mastoblind I hope you were encluded on the reply I did, but in short windows 11 doesn't have a show all anymore. you have to turn each icon on and off. in the post I sent, I gave the steps to get to the list of your system tray icons and showed how to turn them on and off. if you didn't see this post, just let me know, and I will send the list of steps again.
Show threadNoah Carver Has MovedDec 25, 2023
@jamminjerry @freedomscientific @mastoblind Yes, I was. Thank you much for all the info.
Show threadJamminJerryDec 25, 2023
@noahcarver @freedomscientific @mastoblind you are very welcome. I hope the directions I gave helped you out.
Show threadNoah Carver Has MovedDec 25, 2023
@jamminjerry @freedomscientific @mastoblind They were excellent instructions. Thanks.
Show threadJamminJerryDec 25, 2023
@noahcarver @freedomscientific @mastoblind like I said, I was actually doing the steps as I was writing them so that I made sure I counted, and wrote them correctly.
Show threadSamuel ProulxDec 29, 2023
The short and sad answer is that you can’t.
Show threadNoah Carver Has MovedDec 29, 2023
@fastfinge Yep... sad but true. I have to essentially fool around with taskbar settings every time a new icon appears. UGH.