https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=01971c9d-916d-7016-8923-bb9bcea6a984 DisplayFusion RSS: System tray icons on multi-monitor not working Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:16:39 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=01971c9d-916d-7016-8923-bb9bcea6a984 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/system-tray-icons-on-multi-monitor-not-working/?ID=01971c9d-916d-7016-8923-bb9bcea6a984#4 Fri, 30 May 2025 15:44:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/system-tray-icons-on-multi-monitor-not-working/?ID=01971c9d-916d-7016-8923-bb9bcea6a984#4 DisplayFusion Ah, we have that on our list to look into, we'll let you know if it's something we're able to fix in the future.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/system-tray-icons-on-multi-monitor-not-working/?ID=01971c9d-916d-7016-8923-bb9bcea6a984#3 Fri, 30 May 2025 00:48:53 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/system-tray-icons-on-multi-monitor-not-working/?ID=01971c9d-916d-7016-8923-bb9bcea6a984#3 DisplayFusion I had to completely uninstall ExplorerPatcher, as it hooks into a few system processes to do its magic. Simply closing it won’t work. After that, DisplayFusion started working and displaying the same system tray (notification area) icons, but not exactly as it did before, in 23H2.

ExplorerPatcher is seemingly the only program that does exactly what I want for one part, with the multi-row taskbar and system tray icons, and DisplayFusion helps me a ton with multitasking and multi-monitor setups for the other part — I love both.

Since I hate the default Windows 11 look, that’s not really what I wanted, so I reinstalled ExplorerPatcher with all the previous changes, and DisplayFusion started working partially. I use multi-rows with ExplorerPatcher (the MAIN reason I use it, along with a few other tweaks), and DisplayFusion was working correctly, cloning the same multi-rows from the first monitor to the second monitor on Win11 23H2, both task and system tray rows. After I updated to 24H2, DisplayFusion stopped cloning them properly.

I'll use the attached images so it's easier to understand.

Monitor1: How I need the taskbar and system tray to be, multiple rows, using 2 in this case.

Monitor2: How DisplayFusion is organizing the icons. It got the taskbar icons and windows right, and it's using multi-rows, so that part is great. The problem is that it has stopped splitting the system tray (notification icons) into rows properly, and the horizontal icon spacing is huge, taking up all the taskbar space, no matter what I do. That was working flawlessly in 23H2 and is now broken in 24H2. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/system-tray-icons-on-multi-monitor-not-working/?ID=01971c9d-916d-7016-8923-bb9bcea6a984#2 Thu, 29 May 2025 17:27:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/system-tray-icons-on-multi-monitor-not-working/?ID=01971c9d-916d-7016-8923-bb9bcea6a984#2 DisplayFusion If you close ExplorerPatcher and restart DisplayFusion, do they show up again? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/system-tray-icons-on-multi-monitor-not-working/?ID=01971c9d-916d-7016-8923-bb9bcea6a984 Thu, 29 May 2025 15:16:18 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/system-tray-icons-on-multi-monitor-not-working/?ID=01971c9d-916d-7016-8923-bb9bcea6a984 DisplayFusion DisplayFusion was working properly on Win11 23H2 build 22631.5335. I was using ExplorerPatcher with the "Taskbar Style: Windows 10" option, and DisplayFusion correctly showed all system tray icons on my 2nd monitor.

Yesterday, after I updated to Win11 24H2 build 26100.4061, DisplayFusion stopped working and no longer shows all the system tray icons on my 2nd monitor.

Please advise ]]>