GIMP Version: 2.10
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: 10
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

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Hi folks, looking for a little help from the hive mind if that's okay?

Recently I updated my installation to 2.10 and ever since I've been having problems with the tool selection icons disappearing from the tool bar. You can see from the pic attached that while tools are selected and visible in the preferences, they have disappeared from the left hand menu. CLosing the program down and restarting it brings them back, but if I'm working on a batch of images that gets more than a tad frustrating. I've tried both 2.10.18 and 2.10.20 and had the same problem.

Any ideas on why this is happening and how to stop it would be really helpful as it's stumped me!!

I recommend you unselect the Use tool groups option:

Ah...okay, I'll give that a go. Still getting used to 2.10 and have had a few other glitches with it as well so didn't stop to think this might have been down to user error