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
    2023-02-02T13:04:26+00:00

    I had the same problem in Win 10. This removed the icon for me. Not elegant, and doesn't sort the root cause but it works.

    1. Right click an empty space on the desktop and select Display Settings from the menu.
    2. From the Settings menu select Multitasking.
    3. Scroll down to Virtual desktops.
    4. In the option "On the taskbar, show windows that are open on", select Only the desktop I am using.

    The icon should disappear. This will cosmetically fix the issue until a new update.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-02T13:23:02+00:00

    thank you Bill, I solved it today, by reinstalling Onedrive (i downloaded it from onedrive website) + NET.framework update in windows update and it worked.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-05T07:02:45+00:00

    Has anybody tried to do the delete and reinstall Onedrive, but with a deletion of cookies and cache data in between?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-16T15:23:22+00:00

    This is the only thing that worked for me.

    1. Right click any blank area of the 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

    The DesktopWindowXamlSource should disappear.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-19T09:30:37+00:00

    To fix this issue:
    Just open cmd (without administrator)
    and type the following command:

    taskkill /f /im explorer.exe & start explorer

    and then close cmd
    Note: this will fix your issue but you may need to do it again on the next startup of your pc
    I hope the OneDrive team fixes this issue soon

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