How to Show Network Icon on Taskbar in Windows 7, 8 or 10

You might be wondering where the network connection icon in your notifications tray went to. When this happens, you usually have an internet connection but cannot see the Wi-Fi signal bar, the ethernet icon, or the connection status icon. In some other cases, you cannot access the internet and there’s no icon to access the Network and Sharing Center.

This can be caused by several reasons: it’s either the network connection status icon is missing, the network service isn’t running, or an issue from Windows Explorer. In most cases, the missing icon can be brought back by enabling it in the notification tray settings. If that doesn’t work for you, you can try the other methods provided in this guide.

Method 1: Enabling the Networking Icon to Appear in the Notifications Area

Windows 7:

1. Right-click on the taskbar and select ‘Properties’
2. On the Taskbar tab, click on ‘Customize’ under the ‘Notification Area’ segment.
3. Click on ‘Turn system icons on or off’

Also, make sure under Icons and Behaviours, ‘Network’ matches with ‘Show icon and notifications’

1. Locate ‘Network’ under the System Icons and select On from the drop-down menu of Behaviours
2. Click OK to exit.

Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10:

1. Right-click on the taskbar and select Settings
2. Scroll down to the Notification area section and select ‘Turn system icons on or off’’
3. Look for Network and toggle the switch next to it on.

Method 2: Restarting the Network Services

1. Press the Windows + R, type ‘services.msc’ and then hit Enter.
2. Look for the following services

1. Make sure these services are started by right-clicking on the service name and then clicking Start.

Method 3: Restarting Windows Explorer

1. Launch the Windows Task Manager by using the keyboard combinations Ctrl + Shift + Esc or right-clicking on the taskbar and then selecting ‘Task Manager’
2. In the ‘Processes or Details’ tab, find ‘Explorer’
3. Right-click Windows Explorer or explorer.exe and then select Restart. In Windows 7 select End Process.
4. Click on File >Create New Task/New Task
5. Type explorer.exe in the field and then press enter.

Method 4: Resetting the Icon Cache

1. Right-click on an empty space on your desktop and choose Display Properties
2. Depending on the layout of your Display properties, find the Color Quality from 32 to 16 bit
3. Click Apply, change it back to 32 bit, and then restart your computer.

Method 5: Using the Registry

Proceed with this step only if you’ve tried the earlier methods or you’re conversant with the Windows registry.

1. Press the Windows + R, type ‘regedit’ to open the registry editor, and then hit Enter.
2. Navigate to the following registry key
3. Under this key, locate the Config entry, right-click on delete it. Don’t panic if you didn’t see this entry, it’s perfectly fine.
4. Restart your computer. The config entry will automatically be reconstructed during a reboot.

If you don’t see Config, ignore this method because it is for those who have their settings customized manually or by a third party program.

Method 6: Forcefully Restarting Explorer.exe and Changing Registry

If none of the above methods work, as a last resort, we can try deleting some registry keys and force restarting Explorer.exe from the command prompt.

1. Press Windows + R, type ‘command’ in the dialogue box, right-click on the result and select ‘Run as administrator‘.
2. Now, execute the following commands one by one:
3. Now try accessing the network icon and see if the issue is resolved.

Network Activity Indicator для Windows

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ОС:	Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7
Интерфейс:	Английский, Русский
Разработчик:	Igor Tolmachev
Категория:	Мониторинг
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Network Activity Indicator — небольшая бесплатная утилита, которая представляет собой альтернативный индикатор сетевой активности для операционных систем Windows 7/10 в стиле Windows XP (мигающая синим цветом иконка «два монитора») с соответсвующей информативностью и функциональностью.

Программа после запуска занимает привычное место в системном трее, отображая передачу входящего и исходящего трафика. Показывает сетевую активность как всех активных сетевых адаптеров, так и выбранных пользователем, для чего в настройках надо указать конкретный адаптер и нужный тип трафика. Утилита также может выводить статистическую информацию о работе сети, предоставлять доступ к настройкам межсетевого экрана Windows и выполнять другие действия.

InSSIDer — полезное приложение, благодаря которому можно легко выбрать лучшую из доступных Wi-Fi.

Wireless Network Watcher — бесплатная портативная (не требующая инсталляции) утилита, которая.

PortScan — бесплатная утилита, с помощью которой можно найти все активные устройства в сети. При запуске сканирования портов программа отображает все открытые порты.

NetLimiter — эффективная утилита для контроля и управления сетевым трафиком, с возможностью.

Free IP scanner — сканер портов и IP-адресов. Предназначен как системным администраторам, так и обычным пользователям для мониторинга и управления своими сетями.

Wireshark — утилита для детального анализа сетевых пакетов локальных сетей в реальном времени.

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Индикатор сетевой активности на панели задач

Значок Сеть в области уведомлений на панели задач при наведении на него отображает всего лишь текущее подключение и не мигает при наличии сетевой активности.

Если Вы желаете добавить значок в область уведомлений, позволяющий увидеть размер входящего и исходящего трафика, а также просмотреть статистику подключения, то Вы можете скачать небольшую бесплатную программу Network Activity Indicator, максимально приближенную к интерфейсу Windows.

Ниже представлены портативная (Portable — не требующая установки) версия и версия программы с инсталлятором, как 32-х битная, так и 64-х битная версии программы, с русским языковым файлом (NetworkIndicator.lng).

Скачайте программу Network Activity Indicator выбрав соответствующую разрядность.

Распакуйте программу и язык интерфейса для программы в одну и ту же папку.

Откройте папку, куда Вы распаковали программу и запустите файл NetworkIndicator.exe.

Нажмите правой кнопкой мыши на иконку программы и выберите пункт Настройки .

Выберите необходимые вам опции, установив соответствующие флажки:

• Отображать UDP пакеты.
• Отображать ICMP пакеты.
• Запускать при старте Windows.
• Показывать неактивную иконку если интерфейс отсоединен.
• Использовать иконки Vista.

Выбрав нужные опции, нажмите кнопку Применить .

Пример отображения трафика при наведении курсора на иконку программы.

Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7-10

Network Activity Indicator displays the old ‘two monitors’ icon in Windows 7/10 that flashed blue to show network activity on the System Tray.

Network Activity Indicator indicates outgoing and incoming network packets on all available interfaces.

This utility is a standalone executable. Run the program; this will add a new icon to the System Tray. Now you can monitor your network traffic in Windows 10 using XP-like ‘two monitors’ icon on the System Tray.

To customize program settings right-click the mouse on the Network Activity Indicator icon on the System Tray.

Network Activity Indicator is also available in other languages. In order to change the language of Network Activity Indicator, download the appropriate language zip file, extract the ‘NetworkIndicator.lng’, and put it in the same folder that you installed Network Activity Indicator.

Language	Translated by	Date
Bulgarian	Ivan Karadzhov	September 13, 2017
Chinese (Simplified)	vcAngel	March 22, 2011
Chinese (Traditional)	Tai Shiang Tzeng	May 16, 2015
Chinese (Traditional) (v1.8)	Tai Shiang Tzeng	June 9, 2020
Czech	Gtein	May 1, 2020
Danish	Michael Pedersen	November 1, 2010
Dutch	Edgar Zeijlemaker	November 22, 2010
Estonian	Margus Lind	December 18, 2010
Finnish	Rainer Pafs	November 28, 2014
French	Le Ch@land	March 17, 2015
French	Challenger	October 26, 2010
German	Marc-Oliver Stühmer	August 14, 2015
German	German Man	November 4, 2010
German	Klaus Neumer	October 28, 2010
Greek	Giorgos Tsimperlenios	December 23, 2010
Hungarian	Szabo Tibor	November 6, 2010
Indonesian	Jim Fernando	November 4, 2010
Italian (v1.7)	Giulio Di Giuliomaria	February 22, 2015
Italian	Alessandro Tempestini	October 26, 2010
Japanese	Kazuhiro Matsuda	October, 26 2010
Korean	Zames Dean	September, 13 2012
Latvian	Nizaury	January 29, 2011
Lithuanian	Karolis Masaitis	July 28, 2013
Polish	Kamil Pieczonka	November 14, 2010
Persian	Peyman	June 7, 2017
Portuguese Brazil	Fabiano Santos	October 24, 2010
Russian	Igor Tolmachev	November 8, 2014
Slovak	Schurda	November 17, 2010
Spanish	Leonardo Maragna	October 24, 2010
Swedish	Peter Tillman	December 26, 2011
Thai	Chawanat Nakasan	November 30, 2010
Turkish	Cemil Kaynar	June 17, 2017
Turkish	Burak Yavuz	October 24, 2010
Ukrainian	Alex Mich	February 22, 2011

Translating Network Activity Indicator to other languages

Network Activity Indicator allows you to easily translate all dialog boxes, menus, and strings to another language. In order to do that, follow the instructions below:

• Download English template file: Download
• Unpack/unzip the downloaded package and open NetworkIndicator.lng in Notepad or any other text editor.
• Translate all the menus, dialog boxes, and string entries to the desired language.
• After you finish the translation, copy the NetworkIndicator.lng file to the folder that you installed Network Activity Indicator.
• If you want to run Network Activity Indicator without the translation, simply rename the language file, or move it to another folder.

32-bit: download (160KB, revised December 12, 2014) setup wizard (438KB, revised December 12, 2014)
64-bit: download (162KB, revised December 12, 2014) setup wizard (445KB, revised December 12, 2014)

version: 1.6 download (146KB, revised October 25, 2010) setup wizard (420KB, revised October 25, 2010)

version: 1.5 download (79KB, revised June 30, 2010)

version: 1.4 download (78KB, revised June 19, 2010)

version: 1.3 download (74KB, revised April 20, 2010)

Network Icon missing in system tray

hi, why does this keep happening? feels like something basic is missing from windows that permits these icons to continue to disappear.

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You may also try the steps mentioned below to resolve the issue:

1. Go to Start > Run (or Windows-key + «R»), type in «regedit» and hit «OK».

2. Navigate to the key «HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Tray No tify»

3. Delete the values «IconStreams» and «PastIconsStream»

4. Now open up the Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc), go to the «Processes» tab, select «explorer.exe» and click «End Process»

5. Now open the «Applications» tab and click «New Task. » at the bottom-right of the window.

6. In the message box that pops up type in «explorer.exe» and hit «OK»

7. Explorer.exe will reload, and the missing icons should now be back in the system-tray where they belong.

Note: Modifying REGISTRY settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring of REGISTRY settings can be solved. Modifications of these settings are at your own risk.

Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click on the link below.

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