No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

Last post 11-17-2008 1:21 PM by Free Man. 11 replies.

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03-18-2008 6:01 PM

Rajax
Joined on 01-15-2008

No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

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Hey all. I formatted yesterday (for a few reasons) and everything seems to be going well now but I haven't been able to get the recording icon to come up in the taskbar (the red circle) when a program is recording - even though the programs do in fact record. I installed SP1 and same issue is occuring.

Anyone know what is going on? This wasn't an issue prior to the format. And yes, "Show taskbar notifications" is checked. I'd appreciate any help - as I will likely format (again) otherwise.

03-18-2008 6:28 PM In reply to

Cup
Joined on 03-04-2006
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Re: No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

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You didn't set the 'recording' icon (even inadvertantly) as 'always hide' by chance?
That said, even if it's set to 'hide when inactive', it might not be there for long.

Right-click taskbar > properties > 'notification area' tab > click "customize..." next to "hide inactive icons." Find your most-recent 'recording xxx' entry- what's it set to do?
Me, I like "always show" for that one - it, well, makes sure that it's always shown. :)

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03-18-2008 7:43 PM In reply to

Rajax
Joined on 01-15-2008

Re: No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

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Thanks for your reply. No, it hasn't been set to be hidden and has never shown up at all since the format - so I don't have past recordings that have any settings. I am getting errors downloading the guide data though (also happened when I initially did setup). I had just tried to run setup again but seems there is an issue. =(

03-18-2008 8:14 PM In reply to

xtremxterra
Joined on 04-19-2005

Re: No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

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I have the same problem but did no reformating just stopped working recently. It is setup and is not hidden but does not come up in tray. Any suggestions or fixes?

My Xtrem Custom Media Center:

Intel Chipset Motherboard, Intel Pentium 4/ 3.2C GHz 800MHz FSB 512K Cache HT, Rosewill Silver ATX Mid Tower Case, Windows XP Media Center 2005, HP DVD±R/DVD±RW w/ LightScribe, NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, SONY 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, 16-in-1 internal 3.5" Card Reader, 2 Hauppauge Win TV150 PVR-MCE-PCI, 1 HDTV Tuner, 3 300GB Hard Drives, eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800GT Video Card, Corsair Value Select 512MBx4, LG 19" 8ms LCD Monitor

03-18-2008 8:18 PM In reply to

JamesB
Joined on 08-29-2006

Re: No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

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Mine also disappeared. I think it happened to me around the time I added a 2nd analog tuner. I'd really like to get that icon back.

03-18-2008 8:36 PM In reply to

Rajax
Joined on 01-15-2008

Re: No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

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I'm reformatting right now. Then I'll update everything (to SP1) and then I'll run the setup for media center and I'll let you know how it turns out.

03-18-2008 11:03 PM In reply to

Rajax
Joined on 01-15-2008

Re: No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

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Now it's working - though it took a while for it to download the guide (several failures and error 13's)

03-21-2008 2:41 PM In reply to

xtremxterra
Joined on 04-19-2005

Re: No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

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not about to reformate for this minor issue? Anyone else know a fix?

My Xtrem Custom Media Center:

04-13-2008 2:55 PM In reply to

rhaberstroh
Joined on 04-13-2008

Re: No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

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The Fix

***Insert typical registry hacking warning here***

Seriously, be careful.

I found the post linked above to be effective. Basically, search for iconstream in your registry, and delete the entry. I had to restart my computer for the change to take affect, but once I did, I got my system tray notification that something was recording as soon as I started recording something.

11-10-2008 12:36 PM In reply to

Smurf-IV
Joined on 11-08-2008

Re: No recording icon in taskbar/system tray

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Just come across this problem in the last few days - oh how annoying..
Anyway, tried the Registry search and delete - nope,
Tried forum search - seems to be common (I'm using Vista Home)
But this might be a clue

If I log in as a different (Less frequent user) and the HTPC is recording, then the Icon shows up..
Arr.. So it must be a setting, So before you all start saying that it must be the Show Icons, This has been toggled numerous times - and I have still have them set to show always, and the Auto Hide is Off (i.e. if there is an Icon it will display)

So from this - it must be a setting that can be found and tinkered with.
What is needed is for the actual setting to be found and then for somone to tell us (The users suffering from this) what it is so that it can be flushed and things to go back as they are..
I want my Red Ball back !

11-17-2008 1:11 PM In reply to

Smurf-IV
Joined on 11-08-2008

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I feel So silly, And why this has not been answered before like this I do not know.
OK, the problem is that the Red Recording Icon does not show,
Well, Inside Media Center setup .. There is an option stating "Show Tray Notifications" Now I thought that this meant showing those really silly bubble pop-ups from other applications, So that you can see when they have finished doing their jobs..
Well
No it's not.
It the settings for the Recording Icon !!, So Set it's check and Save.
Or go to the following location in the registry and set the value to 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\Media Center
EnableNotifications = DWORD:1

11-17-2008 1:21 PM In reply to

Free Man
Joined on 09-18-2008

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This seems to be a general Vista issue, in fact it happens on XP as well come to think of it, typically after rebooting it comes back whenever the first recording starts again. Sometimes it sticks for days, or even weeks and then does its disappearing act again. Lather and repeat.

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