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The empower® sync icon cannot be found

If the empower® sync icon is not in your computer's taskbar, please follow the steps listed in the below support article.

  1. Firstly, please check in your Hiddon icons (accessible via the Hidden icons icon in your taskbar) as depending on the number of icons found in your tasbar, the empower® sync icon can sometimes be found here
  2. If it cannot be found in Hidden icons, please close PowerPoint
    IMPORTANT: to ensure that PowerPoint is closed, please check that it is not listed within Task Manager > Background Processes. If listed, please select it and click on End Task
    Task Manager

  3. Restart PowerPoint at which point the empower® sync icon should automatically reappear either in your taskbar, as shown in the below screenshot, or within Hidden icons as refernced in point 1 above
    empower sync icon

  4. If the empower® sync icon does not reappear,please close PowerPoint again (ensuring that it is also closed in Task Manager > Background Processes)

  5. In File Explorer, copy and paste the below filepath into the address bar at the top of the Explorer window:
    %localappdata%\Programs\empower\sync
    File explorer sync location

  6. Locate and double-click on the application file entitled empowerSync.exe
    empowerSync exe
  7. The empower® sync icon should automatically reappear either in your taskbar, as shown in the below screenshot, or within Hidden icons as refernced in point 1 above.

If the empower® sync icon is still not visible after completing the above steps, please click here to book a support call.

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