LibreHardwareMonitor Multiple entries on system tray in Windows

Over time the single CPU temperature icon I set in the system tray gets hidden and it seems a new one is created somehow. After a while most of the entries in "Settings -> Personalization -> Taskbar -> Other system tray icons" is filled with now dead instances of LibreHardwareMonitor.

Oct 22 '23 14:10 h2oboi89

Same issue. Does anyone have a solution or a way to work around it?

Nov 06 '24 14:11 SnDream

Same issue here after a fresh Windows 11 installation. After windows restart some entries are added

Jan 23 '25 07:01 thx538

I have multiple pages of tray icon entries now and still new ones are added every day.

Feb 20 '25 09:02 kriegste

I, too, have this issue. It doesn't only coincide with a reboot or restart of LibreHardwareMonitor. It seems to happen even after starting up from hibernating.

Mar 04 '25 17:03 mdcollins05

I believe this problem exists due to the way the initial tooltip is set. It contains the reading along with the sensor name, e.g. "12th Gen Intel Core i7-12650H CPU Total: 13,7 %" If the icon is recreated, the reading is different and thus Windows thinks it is a different icon.

Solution: Only use the name in the initial tooltip. Only in subsequent updates the reading should be used.

Edit: One could try using a dummy text in data.Tip here (just for creating the icon): https://github.com/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor/blob/master/LibreHardwareMonitor/UI/NotifyIconAdv.cs#L578

May 11 '25 23:05 kriegste