My mouse goes busy at a specific point on screen.

Anonymous
2021-12-16T10:32:37+00:00

I have been using Windows since January 2021, but for last 1-2 months, I am facing a strange issue. Whenever I work on my laptop my mouse goes busy on a specific area on the screen. I am not able to figure out how to fix this. I resetted my pc, reinstalled mouse drivers but still I am facing this issue. But when I restart my laptop it gets fix but after some time it again happens. Could anyone help me to figure out way through this problem? I am on Windows 11 build 22000.348. I am in Windows Insider Beta Programme. Please
help me fix this.... Thanks

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-07T13:25:25+00:00

    this thread below and ME confirms the answer that this is the search bar. Restart the windows.exe process to clear the phantom box.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/ghost-boxes-on-home-screen-in-windows-11/ee147cc9-41e9-4104-8253-4e923105b1da

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-07T13:36:56+00:00

    No not windows.exe! You need to restart 'Windows Explorer' My bad, in previous versions of Windows I believe it was called Explorer.exe, seems like MS have changed it in Windows 11

    Thanks for the link, I will take a look. Glad to know I figured it out by myself though ;)

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-07T13:50:32+00:00

    The MS article you linked to makes interesting reading, particularly that you can also restart the 'MiniSearchHost.exe' in the Details tab of Task Manager. Obviously the user would need to first 'End' that task and then choose to run a new task from the File Menu to restart that service. A bit more long winded so I'll stick with my suggestion of restarting Windows Explorer.

    It's good to know MS have now fixed this issue in the Insider Builds, presumably this will roll out in a future update.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-07T18:57:09+00:00

    The cure is to go into task manager and disable mini search host.I had same problem and disabled it and it cures it.also prevents it happeming again

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-09T15:35:17+00:00

    The cure is to go into task manager and disable mini search host.I had same problem and disabled it and it cures it.also prevents it happeming again

    Like the suggestion I made about restarting 'Windows Explorer' in the Task Manager, restarting the 'MiniSearchHost' is also just a temporary solution. I have since tried both and the issue does return sooner or later, it certainly doesn't prevent it from happening again. As I said it's a temporary solution at best until MS rolls out a permanent fix.

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