Windows 10: Disabling "News and Interests" causes entire notification area to go blank

Forgive me if this has already been asked a thousand times before, but I just noticed this:Issue:Microsoft won't leave my [censored] computer alone!OK, yes, that's the overall issue, but I'm just venting here. ; Microsoft's newest addition - "News and Interests" - which was added to my system despite the fact that I may not want this kind of stuff - apparently by a recent update.So, not being interested in that cluttering up my "notification area" system tray, I disabled it.As soon as I do that, NOTHING in the system tray works anymore. All gone. Blank. Nothing.No solution I tried will

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(SOLVED/CLOSED)looking for help with Android phone CONSTANT wireless signal notification

Yeah, thats not a solution she is interested in......I've suggested that course of action. Thanks though.

Just to clarify, I feel that there MUST be a step, or series of steps to turn off JUST the wireless notification sound. Thats what Im driving @ here.

 

Startup and Notification area

R]I ran this batch file, but it did not help (which I understand, because Task Manager > Processes does NOT show WinDates).

I am back to the conclusion that Win 10 can run WinDates manually, but not automatically at startup (via link). If I double-click on the link C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\WinDates.lnk, WinDates opens fine.

My next step will be to run a scan of system files to see if something is corrupt. However, any other suggestions are welcome.

 

notification area on all display

Hi,

To resolve your concern regarding notification area, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

• Right click Taskbar.
• Select Properties.
• Untick Show taskbar on all displays; then, Apply.
• Drag the remaining primary monitor taskbar to the screen you want.
• Tick Show taskbar on all displays.

We appreciate it if you could get back to us and provide us your feedback.