Windows Taskbar Glitch

Question

I recently updated windows cumulative update for 21h1 and intel extension, and this is what happened

Right side of the taskbar just disappeared i cant see time battery or whatever icons found in the right side of the taskbar

i when i open task manager, it the search box starts glitching

When i turn on the pc, the right side of the taskbar will be there, but few seconds later it startss glitching and then disappears

Any help will be ok

Answer 1

Hello Samuel,

I'm John an Independent Advisor and a Windows user like you. I'll be happy to assist you today.

Please try the following methods below.

**Restart Windows Explorer

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.

Select the Processes tab.

Scroll down and look for Windows Explorer

Right click then select Restart.

**Please try to run SFC and DISM to scan for any system errors and corrupted files.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/402652...

After that, restart your computer

Repair all Windows apps via Powershell

Windows key+X then select Windows Powershell (Admin)

copy and paste the command below one at a time then press Enter. Please ignore the red errors and let the process complete.

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register "$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}

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

Restart your computer

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Answer 2

SOLUTION I found a workaround, which solves the issue:

1. right-click the Taskbar
2. from the menu which then appears, select "News and interests"
3. select either "Show icon only" or "Show icon and text"

• Note: do not turn this feature off, for then the problem will reappear.

(I chose "Show icon only", which adds just one icon to the taskbar, showing a weather symbol).

From then onwards, the notification area reappeared, and stayed there without further issues.

• By the way, more info on "News and interests" can be found here:
  https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/04/22/personalized-content-at-a-glance-introducing-news-and-interests-on-the-windows-10-taskbar/
• I came upon this workaround by reading information on the KB5003214 Windows Update, which mentions it in its Highlights section:
  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-25-2021-kb5003214-os-builds-19041-1023-19042-1023-and-19043-1023-preview-8a58ac95-cf5e-4032-9272-23de9ee1d186

Answer 3

I have the same problem, which also appeared after the latest update.

Answer 4

definitely a broken update that needs reporting. I just installed this on another pc. same exact issue. rolling that one back now too. sigh.

Answer 5

thank you for the swift reply

I did all the steps mentioned but still the condition is same

any other ideas