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.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-17T09:10:58+00:00

    hahaha LOL :)
    I recently tried windows 11 pro super latest version bla bla bla... And... I'm facing the same issue! LOL
    I'm pretty sure that their windows codebase is a total mess... It's like a spaghetti code... They produce patches to patch other patches for patches, they produce fixes for fixes, each next fix breaks the previous one LOL...

    That's why I love my MacOS, it simply works...

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-11-17T02:05:19+00:00

    Just one week until the 1 Year Anniversary of this bug not being fixed.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-14T11:26:24+00:00

    I've been experiencing this issue off and on for ages (last month or so definitely "on"). For me, current version of the issue, the whole Taskbar becomes misaligned with what is underneath as if the redraw post Desktop swap gave up part way. The only fix that currently works is killing/re-running explorer.exe.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-11-09T14:42:52+00:00

    I can't believe it that this is still not fixed

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-08T23:16:54+00:00

    How can Microsoft let this problem since windows 11 launch basically 🥲

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