Windows 10 Taskbar bug presented in 1709, worst on 1803 upgrade

Anonymous
2018-04-07T21:24:05+00:00

Hello, my issue is, when after i close any game or any fullscreen application my taskbar icons (close to the clock) it becomes blurry and some disappear...

It should look like this...

After i close a game it turns into blurry icons and some disappear, at this stage is there other bug, it not let me take any PrintScreen, when i try to send the picture to the Paint it becomes a black picture, cant take any desktop picture or fix the blurry icon, unless i reboot computer...

Differences between upgrades:

1709 the issue is almost the same, but its only on the blurry icons.

1803 there are 3 issues, the blurry icons, a few disappear and cant take desktop PrintScreen

I hope you Devs can tell something about it...

PS: This is not important since the update is not released yet, but there is other issue that i find in 1803 with AMD driver, the latest 18.3.4 the system wount boot, it stays stuck on Windows logo, 18.3.3 and older updates works like a charm

PS2: The issue is not on my end, the issue is presented on 7 machines with random hardwares.

OS: Windows 10 x64 Pro

C: NOX HUMMER FullTower

PS: Corsair TX 850w

HS: Thermaltake ProWater 850i

CPU: AMD FX8350 x8 4Ghz

GPU: MSI AMD Radeon RX580 Gaming X+ 8Gb GDDR5

RAM: Kingston (16Gb) 2x8Gb HyperX Fury DDR3 (1866)

MB: MSI 970 Gaming 

SSD: Toshiba Q300

D: LG ULTRA HD 4K TV 43UH610V

Best Regards!

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-08-21T15:52:29+00:00

    17738.1000 continues to be a good thing for the notification icons on my main PC. The only "real" issue I'm seeing, is that the font on jump lists is not always scaled properly:

    Normal:

    Wrong scaling:

    I'd MUCH rather live with this, vs. the notification icon problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-08-20T19:07:10+00:00

    Thank you for sharing this your inputs on this issue. I'll be adding this on the report for the investigation.

    I encourage everyone to please not hesitate to share your inputs on this thread. This is so I'd be able to have this added on the report I have submitted. 

    Best regards,

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-08-17T05:15:08+00:00

    I decided to "take one for the team" by installing the RS5 build 17738.1000 on my main PC. I've been running it for several days, and definitely see improvements, for both the missing icons and cutoff issues. It appears they have implemented what BryanLesher first suggested, in that the size of the overflow notification box is now (or mostly) correct.

    There are still some weird padding issues (extra space) at times, as well as the blurry icon problem, but I'd say the current behavior is close to version 1709. Hopefully what I'm seeing proves true for others, and when the final 1809 version is released.

    As a side note, I also tried putting the Enterprise edition of 17738.1000 on a couple of VMs (I like the "dark mode" that's been added, though it's not really complete yet). Both of those needed to be rolled back, as 17738.1000 broke the Edge browser, in that it wasn't able to create "content processes" making it completely useless. I also tried new user profiles and repairing Edge, neither of which fixed that. The Edge problem isn't happening on my main PC (running the Pro edition). It's not that I like Edge (I don't), but it is useful for a selection of work web sites that I use regularly, and not have to be consuming Firefox nor Chrome tabs. I guess that's a long way of saying, beware of installing the prerelease build on Enterprise edition.

    Edit/Update: The Edge problem was rooted to the CrowdStrike Falcon agent being installed...it's not currently compatible with RS5 builds. Also, IPv6 is required to be turned on for Edge to function (it won't work if IPv6 is disabled on all adapters).

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-08-12T22:17:26+00:00

    The better work around is to disable the hide feature and just let them all be displayed on the taskbar. I agree that using 100% scaling is not practical. I currently use 400%, I'm connected to a 55" UHD TV, 100% would be too small.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-08-12T19:15:00+00:00

    Thank you Jim Harle (O365) for sharing your thoughts and insight on the issue. That being said, I'll be keeping this thread posted as our Engineers are investigating on the matter. I'm monitoring this thread to be able to update the investigation report I filed, thus adding mode details to it that might give better idea to our engineers.

    We appreciate your patience and if you have further details to add, please don't hesitate to keep me posted on this thread.

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