DesktopWindowXamlSource now appears on my Win 10 taskbar?

Anonymous
2023-01-10T16:18:40+00:00

Starting today an invisible window named DesktopWindowXamlSource appears on my Win 10 Pro taskbar. Closing this window shuts down OneDrive so it has something to do with OneDrive. All updates are installed on this PC. How do I get rid of this annoying icon on the taskbar. Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-25T17:47:40+00:00

    This worked for me.

    1. Right click blank area of Desktop
    2. Select Display Settings
    3. click MultiTasking
    4. Set Virtual Desktops "On the taskbar, show windows that are open on" **** to Only the desktop I'm using

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-24T23:40:47+00:00

    Closing the window(s) closes the associated OneDrive instances. Not an acceptable workaround for those of us that use OneDrive.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-24T22:09:36+00:00

    Several days ago right clicking on the DesktopWindowXamlSource on the task bar and then clicking on "close window" makes it go away until I reboot. Since the window goes away, it is no longer a bother to me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-01-24T16:17:56+00:00

    I love that an uninstall/reinstall didn't fix it so the next option is an in-place upgrade.

    Beware that "independent advisor" label lol

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-01-24T13:18:37+00:00

    This is an error with OneDrive - reinstalling OneDrive does not fix the error.

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