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
    2024-03-13T16:05:36+00:00

    It really works！ Thank you and F word Microsoft.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-14T14:25:10+00:00

    This didn't work for me. Installed yesterday and all seemed good. Today - back to disappearing icons.

    The only thing that's worked for me is StartAllBack, which isn't nice to use, but at least no disappearing icons.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-14T14:33:42+00:00

    Did you turn off animations? It didn't help? I've had no issues since doing that for the past few months. Before that I had it constantly.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-14T14:39:24+00:00

    Man this is so weird. I'm sure a lot of people has already reported this even using the reporting tool.

    At this point the only possible rationale is that most people are not using multiple desktops so Microsoft does not care. That is the only possible explanation!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-03-14T14:45:10+00:00

    Did you turn off animations? It didn't help? I've had no issues since doing that for the past few months. Before that I had it constantly.

    Which animations do you recommend I turn off? I've tried that in the past, but maybe with ExplorerPatcher I might have better luck. Can you point me to which animations?

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