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Several questions have dealt with that error, but none of the solutions have worked for me. Some taskbar icons disappeared at some point a couple of days ago and nothing brings them back. The problem only occurs in the non-admin account on my laptop. What I tried so far:

  • Install the latest Windows updates
  • Uninstall the latest Windows updates
  • Removed IrisService as indicated here
  • Every attempt from here except for installing third-party software
  • Set registry value according to this answer from @Vomit IT

Since it only occurs in the non-admin account and apparently only for Windows apps like Outlook, PowerShell, or Spotify (from the store), I suspect it has to do with a corrupted user profile. Any help is greatly appreciated since it drives me crazy.

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s6hebern
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The problem only occurs in the non-admin account on my laptop.

This is not altogether uncommon.

There is not any tool or any normally practical way to repair a Windows user profile.

Back up the contents of this non-admin user profile, ensure the back up contains everything, delete the profile, restart and make a new user profile.

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This happens to my work computer about once a week, after unlocking the computer from sleep. I am able to restore the icons by doing the following:

  1. Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc)
  2. Right click on Windows Explorer
  3. Choose Restart.

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