Disappearance of Windows 11 Taskbar Icons after Switching Virtual Desktops

Anonymous

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.

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

172 answers

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.
Was this answer helpful?

0 comments No comments
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.
Was this answer helpful?

0 comments No comments
Anonymous

2024-03-13T13:58:12+00:00

Yeah, it's pretty annoying. I like using Virtual Desktops. It's worked great for quite some time and now there are little idiosyncrasies every time I use Virtual Desktops. (KB5032190) appears to be the culprit. It was installed on my system 11/15/23 and there's still no fix. Be glad when it is fixed.

Cheers!
Was this answer helpful?

0 comments No comments
Anonymous

2024-03-07T12:13:33+00:00

I have the same issue on most of my RDS VDIs.
Was this answer helpful?

0 comments No comments
Anonymous

2024-03-06T13:33:47+00:00

i have the same
Was this answer helpful?

0 comments No comments