My taskbar is commonly freezing. (But still responsive)

Question

Hello Everyone,
I have a problem with my taskbar.

The problem appeared just recently. After launching Fullscreen applications it often freezes. Not completely though. Although graphical side of taskbar is frozen, the taskbar itself is still responsive. The "hitboxes" of new apps (I think that's what it's called) still updates.

Restarting process in Task Manager temporarily solves this issue, but it's common enough to be annoying, and making me ask for potential solutions on this forum.

The issue might have started after I upgraded my GPU, although it's just my guess and it might be just a coincidence. My new GPU is from the same company (Nvidia), and I used their software (Nvidia App) to take care of new drivers. App successfully detected GPU change without issues and gave me an "Update" button which I immediately clicked.

I managed to record the issue in case it might help. Here is the link to Youtube Video

Answer 1

Hello, my name is Mario, and I would be happy to assist you with your issue.

I’m sorry for what happened!

I watched your video and I can see that you're indeed having an issue with the taskbar. However, I'm glad it's not a complete freeze that's affecting the entire usability of the system.

With that in mind, I'd like to start by recommending a clean boot of Windows to check if the issue might be caused by a software conflict.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-t...

Note: This process will not affect the operation of your applications, they will just not start with the operating system. Later, you can activate them again.

Please return to this thread letting me know if you were successful, ok?

Best regards,

Mario B.

Answer 2

I really appreciate you taking the time to reach out to resolve the issue.

Have a great day!

Answer 3

Hello,
I'm back with an update.
Since turning all applications off the issue indeed stopped.
It looks like I have to manually find the culprit by slowly turning them back on one by one.
Thank you for guiding me into finding out the issue.

Answer 4

I'm waiting to hear back from you about what's happening.

Answer 5

Hello,
alright, I'll try to recreate the issue without as much apps open as possible.
Since I don't have a complete control over when this bug exactly happens, I'll respond as soon as it appears again.