Maurice,
I just re-booted the PC and MalwareBytes icon is showing in the Notification area on the taskbar. The only change I had made was to right-click on the application in the Startup folder and checked the 'Run as Administrator' option before I re-booted. I don't know if this caused it to start automatically or not. I will continue to monitor over the next few days and post back if there are any problems.
To answer some of your questions:
1) I don't have the notification area hide icons nor do I group them. All active applications should show.
2) On the Dashboard screen the 3rd bar from the top shows "Your system is fully protected".
3) The 2 protections are On for Malware protection + Malicious website protection on the MalwareBytes Settings tab.
Joyce