Windows User: "The OpenVPN-GUI icon disappeared from the system tray."   Occasionally, the OpenVPN-GUI icon (2 red computers when inactive) either doesn't appear or disappears from the Windows system tray. This is a common Windows bug not associated with the OpenVPN program. If you try to launch OpenVPN-GUI again, it reports that it is already running. This is a correct report since it is running but just isn't appearing in the tray where it is supposed to. There are many recommended solutions for this which involve disabling portions of the operating system or changing registry entries. We've found a much simpler and quicker solution. 1) Press the Ctrl and Alt and Delete key at the same time. The Windows Task Manager will pop up as shown below. 2) Go to the "Processes" tab. Look for openvpn-gui.exe as shown. 3) Select the line that says openvpn-gui.exe by clicking on it. 4) Click on "End Process". 5) Close the Task Manager by clicking on the X in the upper right hand corner. This will terminate the OpenVPN Gui application allowing you to re-launch it. 6) Restart OpenVPN GUI by double clicking on the desktop icon or the Start menu icon. This will place the icon in the system tray and you can proceed as normal from that point. The above illustrates this function on Windows XP. Windows Vista works the same way but the screens will have the Vista style and look a bit different then the image above. When initially pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del, Vista will pop up a screen with several options. Select "Task Manager" from that screen.   Return to troubleshooting page