Im reposting this because i got one reply. blender replyed and told me to do turn off hide inactive icons.I clearly stated i had the hide inactive icons off.please if your going to reply read the post carefully.This is no game.Sometimes my icons are hideing even when hide icons are turned off.here is the repost. I have all programs running in msconfig.But some of them are not showing up by the clock.I have hide inactive icons turned off they are still hideing.When i connected to the internet msn and ICQ started so thats how i know there running on startup.I like to see the icons so please help.

First off, having loads of icons in system tray is just as bad as having loads of icons splattered all over desktop. Both take up memory that could better be utilized for other things. Secondly though, many programs have options in their settings or preferences to either turn on or turn off icon display in the system tray. So.. one place to check would be there. Additionally, if your system goes unresponsive and then 'rights itself', some icons for certain programs tend to disappear from the system tray as well, even though programs are still running. I'm not exactly sure what you are getting at as you have only really given a general overview of your problem. What specific icons are missing from your system tray that you want there?

Maybe the program manufacturer made it to show in msconfig but not in systray. That is the case regarding a worm on my computer that I got yesterday. It is msblast.exe