How to enable Intel HD tray icon

Hello,

After w10 clean installation I don't have Intel graphics icon anymore, even if I right click on desktop it only shows NVidia c.panel. I have latest driver installed, I can open control panel pressing ctrl+alt+f12 but I would like to have the Icon visible. How can I enable it? Can't find any option to enable, also didn't find any info on google.

Thanks for any help.

 

1) list your full computer model/specs in your signature so we can help you better. Take a look at my signature as an example
2) tell me the exact driver version that shows up in the Control Panel > Programs & Features for the Intel HD Graphics Driver
3) When you installed the drivers, did you ensure to install the Intel driver FIRST, reboot, then install the nVIDIA Graphics Driver? Intel Graphics Driver should always be installed first

Again, without your computer specs, the info which I can help you with is very limited

 

You are right, I'll do that later. My laptop is clevo P650RP6-G (i7-6700HQ, gtx1060), it has switchable graphics mode between MSHybrid/Discrete, I'm in MSHybrid rn.
The driver installed is 25.20.100.6519.
In fact Nvidia driver was installed first. After w10 installation PC started in Discrete mode which means Intel gpu in completely disabled, I forgot to plug off LAN cable and windows started automatic updates without me noticing it. I'll do another clean install tomorrow and make sure I install Intel driver first, then I give feedback.

Thank you and sorry for my poor english.

 

1) Ensure you switch to the Intel Graphics before you format
2) make sure you are disconnected from the internet until you install ALL drivers otherwise Windows will install whatever driver it wants without your consent
3) After installing the Intel Graphics Driver and rebooting, first check that you have the Intel Graphics right click menu and system tray icon before you proceed just to rule out any conflicts with the nVIDIA Driver

 

Still same issue after 3 formats, I followed your steps, there's no way I can make it visible. I think I will use the pc anyway since everything seems working fine, did stress test and already installed some programs and games and everything is ok. Also I'm always on Discrete mode, only use MSHybrid like once per month when I need battery.
I just would like to understand why this is happening, never seen this before.

Meanwhile if I manage to fix it I come here to give feedback. Thank you for your time.

 

strange bro, let's wait for the next Intel Graphics Driver update then.

Meanwhile, can you tell me the version of the Intel Graphics Driver that you have installed? Don't just say latest please.

 

Driver installed is 25.20.100.6519. Another thing can be related is that I was on build 1803 and now I'm on 1809.

 

Can you try this new BETA: https://downloadmirror.intel.com/28554/a08/dch_win64_BETA_25.20.100.6577.exe

 

Sure. Should I uninstall manually current driver before runing this .exe, or can I simply run it?

 

Offcourse uninstall first then reboot, then install the new one and reboot again

 

Doesn't work, still no icon.

 

New driver, try it:

Intel HD & Iris Graphics Drivers Version 25.20.100.6577 WHQL

Before you run the file to extract it, make sure to unblock the file otherwise all the extracted files will have a blocked status leading to a buggy install. See how to do this here:
"Are you sure you want to run this file?" [Yes or No]

 

Still no icon.. this is so weird lol. Could be something related to WinSat? I always disable it when installing new driver..

 

So Intel Graphics icon missing seems to be a new thing, I'll copy paste what user John@OBSIDIAN-PC told me about this in another post.

"That's because all drivers are moving to dch / uad . Please read about dch and uad drivers.
Most current drivers will have a separate control panel in the form of a Windows store app.
Check your Windows store for updates and search for control panels in the start menu.
In the long run drivers should not have a control panel but instead integrate with the OS system settings."

Thank you for your help anyway @Ultra Male