Taskbar icons disappear in Windows 7

I have recently installed Windows 7 Ultimate. If I click on the taskbar icon for an open window/application, the window is minimised AND the task bar icon disappears. I have to use ALT-TAB to find my window again. It is infuriating.
I have Win 7 at work, and Win Vista on my laptop. In both cases clicking on the taskbar icon will miminise the window, but leave the taskbar icon. Clicking the icon again will restore the window. How do I set my Win 7 Ultimate to do the same?

I'll do my best!
not_a_computer_techie,
I have to make at least a few assumptions, so bear with me.
I'll assume you understand what the "Desktop" is.
Right-click (your mouse) on the Desktop, (left-)click "New", click "Text Document", press "Enter" on the keyboard.
Double-click the new text file you just created (named "New Text Document.txt").
You'll either have to copy the following statements and paste them into the file, or if you don't know how, enter them by typing them in. Obviously, there's less chance of an error if you copy and paste them.
taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe
cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local
attrib -h IconCache.db
del IconCache.db
start explorer
Now, look at the top left of the window where you just entered or pasted the statements. You should see the words "File", "Edit", ..., "Help". Click "File", click "Exit". It will then ask if you want to save
your changes; click "Save".
Change the name of the file from "New Text Document.txt" to "New Text Document.bat" (i.e., change the last three characters from "txt" to "bat") and
click "Yes" when prompted.
Right-click "New Text Document.bat", click "Run as Administrator". You must now reboot your computer for the change to take place. Every program that had an icon missing will have the icon restored when the program is run.
I recommend you rename the file from "New Text Document.bat" to "Icon Cache Refresh.bat" and save it somewhere for the next time this happens (and believe me, it will).
Hammer842

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