Windows 11 version 21H2 and Start11 version 1.22 also I didn't specifically mention but as soon as I drag the taskbar back down to 1 row all the system icons appear again.  I don't have to restart explorer process at all.

I installed 1.23 Beta however problem persists.  

Would love to know how to maintain system icons when taskbar is 2 rows height.  If I can provide more information I can.  BTW:  I have tried reducing screen resolution from 4K down to 1920x1080 (not desirable but tried it as a T-shooting step) as well as turning off HDR.  Same thing happens.  It occurs to me in YOUR screenshot you don't actually HAVE 2 rows of icons on the taskbar so it's not the exact same test.  Notice the vertical silver sliver of a scrollbar on my screenshot of 1 row height allowing me to scroll down to see the 2nd row.  What happens if you pin icons to overflow into a second row then reduce the height of your taskbar?  That would be more of an accurate same/same comparison with mine.  One other difference which may or may not matter is you show the 'up carat' to show more icons in the notification area whereas I do not - all the ones I have chosen to show appear without the 'up carat' to show more.

No.  Restarting explorer (or even rebooting <both 'warm' and 'cold' boot> while leaving it at 2 rows) does not bring them back.

First and foremost thank you everyone for trying to assist me.  I am grateful for your time and suggestions.  I did all that (new admin account and clean boot) and the problem was the same.  I did the uninstall and reinstall and the problem actually evolved.  I could keep the system icons viewable (time/date, network, sound) but when I enabled all the other icons for the 'taskbar overflow' area they actually overlaid the system icons and made a muddy mess of superimposed icons.  I've decided to not mess with Start11 any more it's taking too much time and too frustrating to try to make it work correctly on my PC (Alienware Aurora r13, AW2721D 4k Alienware monitor, NVidia GeForce RTX 3070).  I also noticed other little anomalies (bugs) like some windows when full-screen would disappear BEHIND the taskbar and I would have to resize them to stop at the bottom above the taskbar manually and basically never full-screen them natively.  Also the autohide function would sometimes work OK and sometimes come up scrambled looking and I would have to restart the explorer process to resolve it.  WAY too many bugs in 1.22 and I don't like running Beta software but tried it and the problems all existed still.  So.  I've done a full system restore to the last date/time prior to installing Start11 and will just live with the limitations of the Windows 11 taskbar...at least it IS stable even though I would prefer 2 rows of pinned apps without having to scroll between rows.  That's much less stressful than trying to address the issues Start11 has on my PC.  Perhaps I will try a future build of Shell11 down the road but for now I'll just stay away from it.  Peace to everyone & stay safe/healthy!

I tried it 1x the first day I had Start11 and immediately turned it off because it scrambled everything.  After that I never used it again but the other problems existed.

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues.

Does the issue go away if you try to restart explorer.exe?

Please post a video showing us this issue. Also check if the behavior does not occur if Start11 is not install.

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Quoting lwerman,

reply 11

Has anything been resolved regarding this issue? I have a very similar situation.

1. The only time the notification area loses icons for me is when the Taskbar is set to 2 rows. Of course, that's where I need to be. OK at one or three rows. It looks like there is something rectangular blocking or hiding the icons. You can see the One Drive icon is only displaying the left half.







2. I too get my entire desktop rearranged when I switch between fixed and autohide. All the icons return to correct placement exactly when its off.

Brand new laptop (4 days), Win11 Pro 22H2.

Thanx..........Len

If you install the Start11 1.32 beta this may be resolved.

Hello,
If you refer to the first post of this thread, you should see instruction on how to get the beta.

https://forums.stardock.com/515472

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant