When doing a Windows B I was unable to find the NVDA icon at all. This might be another symptom of the problem.

As Gene suggested it may be that your Systray isn't showing all icons. Have you clicked the Notification Chevron before trying to find the NVDA icon?

Now, to the NVDA Menu. Using older versions of NVDA, I'd have this problem of not being able to access the menu with the keystroke. Even activating the icon on the systay woldn't work.
Usually, restarting NVDA a few good times would solve the problem until the next time which wouldn't take much time to come. So yeah it definitely will help to know which version of NVDA you are using right now.

Cheers,
Marcio AKA Starboy

Sent from a galaxy far, far away.

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