Windows 10: Minimize animation goes to the incorrect app in the taskbar Windows 11

Recently I've noticed that the minimize animation of the apps to the right of a point on my taskbar would all minimize to that point instead of where the app is actually located on the taskbar. I'm not sure if this happened after an update or just popped up recently. The last time I updated was on the 13th Dec 2023 to KB5033375, but I don't remember this being an issue. I've tried restarting explorer.exe, my pc, and reinstalling my NVIDIA drivers through DDU 546.33, but none of those have helped.Here's a video recording of the issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwFtiVfNNp0Windows specifi

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Clicking taskbar icon does not minimize app

I have the same problem on Windows 11 when a number of windows are running for the same application. In this case, hovering or clicking on the app icon in the taskbar just shows a list of window thumbnails to select from. Hovering on a thumbnail shows the close option "X", but no minimize option either. Also, the context menu (right clicking on the icon) no longer shows the minimize and move options that were in Windows 10. Apart from restoring a window, the only useful option remaining is to close all windows.

Minimization from the taskbar seems to work only when an application has a single window running. In this case, clicking on the app icon in the taskbar works as expected but, here too, the context menu no longer shows the minimize and move options.

While there are workarounds for the absence of the minimize option from the taskbar, the absence of the "move" option is a serious regression, as it is a life saver when a window is lost because the last time it ran was on an extended display that has been disconnected. In this case the move option can be used to drag the window from the non-existing display to the built-in display.

Restarting Windows explorer did not make a difference.

Note: The workaround I use to minimize a number of windows is to press Win+D to minimize all windows, then restore whatever window is needed.

 

Task Manager on start-up and minimized to tray

Confirmed on W10 2004 what you said - Task Manager starts minimized with an icon in the taskbar. If I click on the Task Manager taskbar icon, then minimize the Task Manager window, the taskbar icon goes away and Task Manager remains in the tray.

 

Taskbar animations are missing (Windows 11)

my taskbar animations are gone. but only some of them. the animations when hovering over closed icons and opening the start menu and the other things on the left are there but the animations for the windows that pop up when hovering on opened icons are gone.