Vista Tutorial - mail notification icon

The mail icon in the system tray, which indicates that there is new mail
waiting to be read, has disappeared from my laptop. Not sure what I have
done - but can anyone suggest how I get it back.

Regards

Don

Hi Don,

This is just a temporary icon for Windows Mail to alert you of new messages when Windows Mail is open and will normally go away as soon as you look at the new messages. Windows Mail does not have a tray icon for notification that allows Windows Mail to be minimized to the tray icon instead of the taskbar. If you want to add one, see this link for how.

Windows Mail Tray Icon

Shawn

Brink, thanks for the reply. However I think the link you provide is
solving a different requirement. I realise that the system tray icon is a
temporary notification which Windows Mail (and Outlook Express) provides to
show that new unread mail is available. Over the years (with Outlook Express
and more recently with Windows Mail) I have got used to this notification
and I find it useful. However a few days ago I stopped getting the Windows
Mail notification icon on my Vista laptop, i.e.although there is new mail
for me to read, there is no icon - which is a change from how it has been
from when I first got Vista/Windows Mail up until a few days ago. I don't
know what I did to lose the icon - but my question is how do I get back to
the way that it was?

Regards

Don


"brink" <brink.2v0xv8@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> don;414518 Wrote:
>> The mail icon in the system tray, which indicates that there is new mail
>> waiting to be read, has disappeared from my laptop. Not sure what I
>> have
>> done - but can anyone suggest how I get it back.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Don
> Hi Don,
>
> This is just a temporary icon for Windows Mail to alert you of new
> messages when Windows Mail is open and will normally go away as soon as
> you look at the new messages. Windows Mail does not have a tray icon
> for notification that allows Windows Mail to be minimized to the tray
> icon instead of the taskbar. If you want to add one, see this link for
> how.
>
> Windows Mail Tray Icon
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
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> *Please post feedback to help others.*

Sorry Don,

I misunderstood that one completely. (haha) It should notify you by design only if Windows Mail is open. Otherwise you will not be notified of new messages until you open Windows Mail. The only option is if you want a sound to play with the notification.

If you already are doing this, then I am not sure why you are not being notified.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Right-click on the taskbar, select Properties, Notification area.
Is "Hide inactive icons" selected? If so, you can customize
which ones you want to see.

Gary VanderMolen

"don" <don@home> wrote in message news:esKOoal2HHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Brink, thanks for the reply. However I think the link you provide is solving a different requirement. I realise that the
> system tray icon is a temporary notification which Windows Mail (and Outlook Express) provides to show that new unread mail is
> available. Over the years (with Outlook Express and more recently with Windows Mail) I have got used to this notification and I
> find it useful. However a few days ago I stopped getting the Windows Mail notification icon on my Vista laptop, i.e.although
> there is new mail for me to read, there is no icon - which is a change from how it has been from when I first got Vista/Windows
> Mail up until a few days ago. I don't know what I did to lose the icon - but my question is how do I get back to the way that
> it was?

Gary,

I should of thought of that. Duh. It could very well be that simple.

Shawn

I had looked at the "hide inactive icons" which is selected - and is applied
to all items including the "you have new mail" icon. I have tried
customizing - but nothing gets it working again. I was thinking of
restoring the system to a recent time when the icon was working, but unsure
if that would do anything and the issue is not that important - more an
irritant. Anyway thanks for your input.


"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:uw1nbwq2HHA.5832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Right-click on the taskbar, select Properties, Notification area.
> Is "Hide inactive icons" selected? If so, you can customize
> which ones you want to see.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "don" <don@home> wrote in message
> news:esKOoal2HHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Brink, thanks for the reply. However I think the link you provide is
>> solving a different requirement. I realise that the system tray icon is
>> a temporary notification which Windows Mail (and Outlook Express)
>> provides to show that new unread mail is available. Over the years (with
>> Outlook Express and more recently with Windows Mail) I have got used to
>> this notification and I find it useful. However a few days ago I
>> stopped getting the Windows Mail notification icon on my Vista laptop,
>> i.e.although there is new mail for me to read, there is no icon - which
>> is a change from how it has been from when I first got Vista/Windows Mail
>> up until a few days ago. I don't know what I did to lose the icon - but
>> my question is how do I get back to the way that it was?
>
>