Disappearance of Windows 11 Taskbar Icons after Switching Virtual Desktops

Anonymous
2023-11-24T09:01:51+00:00

Windows 11 22H2
In Windows 11's built-in virtual desktop feature, there is a high probability that icons of active applications on the current desktop may not be displayed when switching between different virtual desktops. The icons only appear when I click on the respective application. I have attempted to resolve the issue through restarts and using Sfc and Dism for repairs, but the problem persists. An essential configuration to note is that the taskbar is set to display windows only from the current desktop.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T11:15:52+00:00

    This worked! Thank you, been suffering for months!

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-11T03:16:12+00:00

    i have the same problem during more than three month

    now win11 version 23H2 build 22631.3447

    last update :

    KB5036893

    KB5036620

    KB5035942

    KB5035853

    KB5034467

    KB5034765

    KB5034123

    KB5033920

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-10T08:21:16+00:00

    I installed ExplorerPatcher, and by default it will change to the windows 10 taskbar, but after changing it back to the Windows 11 taskbar, the icons now keep appearing every time. so it seems that by installing ExplorerPatcher, it fixed my issue that has been bothering me for months now. Even when I have a ton of apps open, they all show up. so it feels like nothing changed, but something has been changed in the background to fix this issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-19T12:57:21+00:00

    Sadly this is still going on after a few months for me. I really missed having more then one desktop but at least now I can try to keep my sanity a little bit longer.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-19T03:55:18+00:00

    This issue sucks. No solution yet? Just when I switched back from macOS. C'mon windows.

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