bottom right icons not working

Anonymous
2022-11-07T23:17:28+00:00

All those icons in the bottom right of the taskbar do not work, no response despite left clicks on those icons. These include the volume, network, clock and notifications icons. The Action Center cannot be called out as well. However, those hidden icons under the "Up Arrow" work properly.

My desktop is running on Windows 10 Home version 21H2, the latest Windows update was just run yesterday.

The followings have been tried with no improvement:

a) System File Checker - sfc /scannow

b) DISM tool - CheckHealth, ScanHealth & Restorehealth

c) Powershell command

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

d) Renaming of UsrClass.dat file

e) Restart Windows Explorer

Anything else I can do to solve the problems?

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-11-10T02:44:20+00:00

    Clement, I'm recommending to only use Malwarebytes for on-demand scanning, not real-time protection. Windows Defender does provide protection for Chrome and any other browser. But you can enhance it's protection by adding the Microsoft Defender Browser Protection add-on for Chrome from it's web store here:

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/micro...

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-11-10T01:09:36+00:00

    Hi Greg,

    I just find out that, right before my attempt to remove AVG from my desktop, Windows Defender only provides browser content filtering for Edge, whereas Chrome is my daily choice.

    Will MalwareBytes cover browser content filtering to Chrome, or even Firefox?

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-09T07:26:15+00:00

    Great, keep me posted on your progress as I will be here to help until the case is resolved.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-09T07:17:30+00:00

    Greg,

    Thanks for your views.

    Will follow your guidelines to try Repair Install later, probably tomorrow, when I have time to backup my data files and clean up the 3rd party antivirus software.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-11-09T07:13:34+00:00

    Hi Sumit,

    I've just deleted the Quick Actions key in Windows registry in the way you suggested and have my desktop restarted. However, the bottom right icons problem still persists. It seems corrupted registry key is not the core of the problem I encountered.

    Thanks for your advice anyway.

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