gantrithor
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Hello, lately I started to receive this error whenever I turn on/restart my PC. I tried to reinstall it but the error still pops up.
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Failed to create tray icon error
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| Processor | Ryzen 7 5700X |
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| Video Card(s) | RTX 4080 |
| Storage | 2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe |
| Display(s) | 30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024 |
| Software | Windows 10 64-bit |
Anything special about your PC? Very old, few cores?
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Hello, no nothing new - Ryzen 5 3600, Geforce 2070, 32gb RAM. But lately I don't know if there was some Win update which caused this or anything but it started to pop up this error. I uninstalled GPU-Z, also removed any registry records and tried clean install. No change.
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| Processor | Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge/Core i5-3470 Ivy Bridge/Core i3-4330 Haswell |
| Motherboard | ASUS P8Z77-V/ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen1/ASUS H81M2 |
| Cooling | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO/Intel Box cooler/Intel Box cooler |
| Memory | 32GB Corsair Vengeance/32GB ADATA/16GB ADATA |
| Video Card(s) | SAPPHIRE R9 290 Tri-X OC 4GB/MSI RX 480 8GB/SAPPHIRE R9 390 8GB |
| Storage | 2x1TB ADATA SSDs in RAID0+3 HDDs/2xCrucial 1TB SSDs in RAID0+3 HDDs/Samsung 1TB SSD+8TB+4TB HDDs |
| Display(s) | Philips 274E5QHAB@HDMI + Philips 273EQH@DVI (both 27") |
| Case | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium |
| Audio Device(s) | Kenwood Mini HiFi system/Microlab speakers/Philips HDMI (main)+LG TV monitor HDMI + Apple headphones |
| Power Supply | Cooler Master Silent ProM 600 W (modular) |
| Mouse | Microsoft Ergonomic Sculpt Desktop 2.0 (combo)@Razer Goliath mousepad (Medium speed) |
| Keyboard | Microsoft Ergonomic Sculpt Desktop 2.0 (combo) |
| Software | Win10 64-bit (Main PC v.1809 RTM Enterprise/2nd PC v.1903 Insider Preview Pro/3rd PC - same as 2nd) |
Can you please give us a screenshot of winver, plus one of the Windows OS About screen, as shown in Windows OS Settings?
Any Windows OS theme, GUI modification tools used?
Such as -- Windows Blinds, Start10, Classic Shell, RocketDock, Fences, Rainmeter, OldNewExplorer or similar?
Have you changed Windows UAC settings to something other than the default?
Any Windows OS theme, GUI modification tools used?
Such as -- Windows Blinds, Start10, Classic Shell, RocketDock, Fences, Rainmeter, OldNewExplorer or similar?
Have you changed Windows UAC settings to something other than the default?
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| Video Card(s) | Asus ROG Strix 4090 OC 24GB |
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| Audio Device(s) | Sound Blaster X Katana |
| Power Supply | Asus ROG THOR 1200W |
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I'm not him but I'm also getting this error lately after a reboot. Apparently GPU-Z is trying to create a tray icon BEFORE Explorer has fully loaded. Might have started happening after a recent Windows update, or perhaps because I was (literally) forced to update Asus Armory Crate recently.
Default UAC settings. Windows 10 Version 20H2 Build 19042.1052
Default UAC settings. Windows 10 Version 20H2 Build 19042.1052
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| Motherboard | ASUS P8Z77-V/ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen1/ASUS H81M2 |
| Cooling | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO/Intel Box cooler/Intel Box cooler |
| Memory | 32GB Corsair Vengeance/32GB ADATA/16GB ADATA |
| Video Card(s) | SAPPHIRE R9 290 Tri-X OC 4GB/MSI RX 480 8GB/SAPPHIRE R9 390 8GB |
| Storage | 2x1TB ADATA SSDs in RAID0+3 HDDs/2xCrucial 1TB SSDs in RAID0+3 HDDs/Samsung 1TB SSD+8TB+4TB HDDs |
| Display(s) | Philips 274E5QHAB@HDMI + Philips 273EQH@DVI (both 27") |
| Case | Fractal Design Define R4 Titanium |
| Audio Device(s) | Kenwood Mini HiFi system/Microlab speakers/Philips HDMI (main)+LG TV monitor HDMI + Apple headphones |
| Power Supply | Cooler Master Silent ProM 600 W (modular) |
| Mouse | Microsoft Ergonomic Sculpt Desktop 2.0 (combo)@Razer Goliath mousepad (Medium speed) |
| Keyboard | Microsoft Ergonomic Sculpt Desktop 2.0 (combo) |
| Software | Win10 64-bit (Main PC v.1809 RTM Enterprise/2nd PC v.1903 Insider Preview Pro/3rd PC - same as 2nd) |
I know this is quite complex, but could a delayed startup task work, like this?
Disable automatic startup of GPU-Z in GPU-Z Settings first, then do this to add a task for GPU-Z to start with delayed start:
www.maketecheasier.com
(set the delay to minimum, i.e. 30 secs -- if not working, up to 1 minute)
Please tell me how it goes.
Disable automatic startup of GPU-Z in GPU-Z Settings first, then do this to add a task for GPU-Z to start with delayed start:
How to Start Scheduled Tasks with Delay on Windows - Make Tech Easier
The ability to create and schedule tasks in Windows is great. What makes it even better is you can get it to run with a delay. Here how it works.
www.maketecheasier.com
Please tell me how it goes.
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gantrithor
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I tried those instructions but nothing happened. Plus I tried both installed version and portable version of GPU-Z.