Taskbar icons hidden until new program is pinned

I've read many posts about hidden icons or icons showing wrong images etc, but my problem seem to be different from others.
When I log on after a reboot, I only see the search icon and the Task View icon in the task bar even though I have several other programs pinned.
If I open a pinned program I see it in the task bar and have the option to unpin the r-click menu, but if I close it, the icon disappears again.
If I open a program that is not pinned, and I r-click and pin the program, the task bar seems to 'refresh' and suddenly I see all my pinned programs in the task bar - and they all work when clicking on them.

Can anyone tell me how I can make the task bar show the pinned programs without having to pin a new program after every reboot?

Thanks in advance :)

Hello Maothor, and welcome to Ten Forums. :)

This may be corrupted. If you like, use the tutorial below to reset and clear all pinned items on the taskbar. Afterwards, pin your items back to the taskbar to see if they will work properly now.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3...dows-10-a.html

Please go ahead and post a screenshot showing this to help ID what it may be.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...en-forums.html

For now, you could also go ahead and rebuild the icon cache to clear any possible corruption with it.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...dows-10-a.html

Great news.

I'm not sure why either, but moving the desktop folder usually does cause unknown issues.