Turn system icons (notifications) on/off resets on restart

Question

I noticed that when I turn off some of the the language input indicator in the system icons / notifications area, it doesn't save the state and turns back on on restart. Is this a known issue? What could be causing this?

Specifically what I'm referring to:

• In notifications area, click the small arrow
• Click Customize
• Click "Turn system icons on or off"

I noticed a comment here says the change is for the session only. Why would that be intended behavior...?

How else can I turn the language input indicator off permanently? (It takes an awful lot of space).

Solution

Try this:

1. Go to Control Panel → Clock, Language, and Region → Language → Advanced Settings

2. Under "Switching Input Methods" make sure that "Use the desktop language bar when it's available" is checked

3. Click the Options link to its right. A new window should pop up.

4. Go to the "Language Bar" tab and set "Language Bar" to Hidden

5. Finally hit OK and Save

Comments

[mtone]

Interesting, I wonder what would that be. On my initial install, everything(metro apps, web page redirects, etc.) ended up in French, so I messed with settings around a bit to change it back to English (I only wanted French keyboard and French date/time formats like I'm used to in Win7). Languages are fixed, but this thing can't stay off. Hope I can figure it out without having to reinstall.

[mtone]

I've already deleted extra languages (there's only one big row in Languages with the "Options" button), but I've kept 2 keyboard input languages which I need.

[Hassan Khan]

Try turning it off from System Notifications again, then restarting immediately.

[mtone]

Just tried that, didn't solve it.