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Explorer.exe reset/restart causes WT tray icon to disappear for the current instance #18057

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Windows Terminal version

1.21.2701.0 (and all previous builds, this is not a new issue)

Windows build number

Both W10 and W11 regardless of build number

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Run WT with hide in notification area when minimized and always display in notification area enabled(the latter is optional)
  2. Use task manager to restart explorer.exe

Expected Behavior

The tray icon should reappear after the reset

Actual Behavior

The tray icon does not reappear after the reset. Only way to get it back is to completly close WT and start it again. This also has some (very) undesirable side-effects such as losing access to the stuff you have currently running(akin to #16755 ?). One would obviously not restart explorer.exe out of the blue but it does sometimes crash/restart on it's own, which has the same effect.

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    Area-WindowingWindow frame, quake mode, tearoutIn-PRThis issue has a related PRIssue-BugIt either shouldn't be doing this or needs an investigation.Needs-Tag-FixDoesn't match tag requirementsPriority-3A description (P3)Product-TerminalThe new Windows Terminal.

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