Windows 10: Half of my taskbar icons are black on black ||-( How to make visible?

Discus and support Half of my taskbar icons are black on black ||-( How to make visible? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I find it unspeakably maddening that MS occasionally fiddles with basic UI settings and pesters users with "features" they never asked for! E.g. this... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by mmo, Dec 12, 2019.

  1. MMO
    mmo Win User

    Half of my taskbar icons are black on black ||-( How to make visible?


    I find it unspeakably maddening that MS occasionally fiddles with basic UI settings and pesters users with "features" they never asked for! E.g. this "dark theme" that pops up everywhere is about as desirable and useful as a goiter. ||-(
    It may be useful to save a few milliwatts on a tablet or a phone but I never ever want to see that theme on my Work-PC!

    After the last Windows update (v1909 Build 18363.535) suddenly about half of my taskbar icons are now black on black (or to be precise: very dark on black), i.e. practically invisible unless one hovers over them (then they turn into black on dark gray and become just barely recognizable). This is such a thoughtless bullshit!

    How do I make my taskbar icons visible and usable again?

    :)
     
    mmo, Dec 12, 2019
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  2. EDWIN
    Edwin Win User

    Clock in the taskbar regularly half visible


    Hi PK76, welcome to the forums! Half of my taskbar icons are black on black ||-( How to make visible? :)

    Check your screen resolution is set to it's native setting,
    maybe try dragging some of the icons into the 'hide' box, see if that does anything.


    Half of my taskbar icons are black on black ||-( How to make visible? [​IMG]
     
    Edwin, Dec 12, 2019
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  3. JONMARCHANT
    JonMarchant Win User
    Black menus and taskbar

    I messed up my windows 10 settings, so now I see the taskbar and pop-up menus in black with black text. If I roll over them with the cursor, I can see the icons but no text. I've tried to change either the text or background to something visible, but since
    I can't read the menus I'm stuck.

    Maybe a keyboard shortcut?

    HELP!
     
    JonMarchant, Dec 12, 2019
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  4. SHIVAMBANSAL
    shivambansal Win User

    Half of my taskbar icons are black on black ||-( How to make visible?

    lumia 520 suddenly started showing it's half screen black.

    I was using my Lumia 520 and suddenly its started showing its half screen black. I was able to open apps on touching black area but it was not visible. I switched it off and another day I switched on it was showing almost whole screen black and when I turned
    net card on the phone started getting hotter and then the screen was started getting visible more than half and instead of black it got litter black and every thing was visible with in use of 20-30 min. But when I when I used my phone after sometime it again
    start showing pure black and nothing was visible. Means when it is cooler the screen is not visible plz help me please.
     
    shivambansal, Dec 12, 2019
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