Missing Brave icon in taskbar shortcut - Windows 11

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**Description of the issue:**Brave icon is not visible on Windows 11 taskbar
How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Install Brave
  2. Pin Brave to taskbar
  3. Use Brave

Expected result: Icon should be visible at all times

Brave Version( check About Brave):
Wersja 1.65.126 Chromium: 124.0.6367.118 (64-bit)

Additional Information:
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Unpining it and pining it again doesn’t fix the issue.

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It’s a Windows 11 issue.

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it started occuring this week.

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Then you’re just lucky enough because I’ve been facing this issue since 2022.

In that case, I shall describe a workaround for the ongoing Windows session. The error may reappear once you restart your computer.

  1. Open Task Manager.

  2. Conduct a search for “Windows Explorer.”

  3. Select Windows Explorer and click on the restart button in the upper-right corner.

This will temporarily rectify the issue.