Windows 10: Can't left click items in Taskbar

Hello everyone, first time posting here. First thanks in advance for any help.

So I am having an issue with my laptop (MSi GT73EVR 7RE) and I can't find a solution. I simply can't click on the items in my taskbar, like the Windows menu, search, or the notification area. Neither time/calendar, battery status, volume... Left-click works on minimized or pinned apps and folders, right-click works on everything, but that's it. Left-click won't work on most items.

I've been searching and found this post with my exact same problems: https://community.cisco.com/t5/switching/host-flapping-between-ports-fix/td-p/2015311

I've tried all the suggested options and nothing worked. If you scroll down, there's a second option using the Powershell that indeed found errors but didn't change anything. Funny enough, I think I also have the "DNS flapping" problem another user mentions in that post (my internet has been disconnecting randomly and I couldn't find the cause).

Can somebody give me any ideas on what to do? Anything I can try to fix the problem without losing my installed stuff and so? I tried checkdisck, BitDefender scan, found nothing. I'm desperate!

Thank you again!

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For us to better assist you with the taskbar Jump Lists issue, we'd like to know the following:

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In the meantime, we suggest to turn off/on Jump Lists in Settings. To do so, please follow the steps below:

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