Menu bar icons won't display

After upgrading to Mavericks, I can't see any of the usual menu bar icons (date/time, battery, wifi, etc.).
When I check them in System Preferences, it momentarily checks and then unchecks.
Any suggestions? Tried restarting already.

Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key to choose "Library". Then go to Preferences/com.apple.systemuiserver.plist and delete that file. Log out and back in or restart.

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