Help! The battery icon on my taskbar has disappeared!

[bugbot42]

I need some help. The battery indicator icon on my taskbar has disappeared. I have no idea how to get it back. I've tried rebooting, but it hasn't helped at all. I really want to be able to see my remaining battery life again. Thanks in advance.

 

[goofball]

did you try in the power settings in control panel?

 

[bugbot42]

Yes, I tried that. Didn't work. I eventually gave up all reasonable fixes, and decided to try some weird ones. i logged off my account without rebooting, and logged on to my guest account. Lo and behold, the battery icon was on the taskbar. I logged back on to my account and the icon was back there too. I have no idea why this worked, it just did. To prevent this from happening in the future I installed another battery-monitoring program.

Thanks for your help!

P.S. I'd recommend trying this method for anyone having similar problems. Who knows, it might just work.