Windows 10: Odd behaviour from Windows Taskbar

Discus and support Odd behaviour from Windows Taskbar in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; For some reason, Windows 10 taskbar is behaving in an odd fashion. I am unable to right click on the icons on the taskbar. I am able to launch the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by starbearer, Nov 17, 2015.

  1. Odd behaviour from Windows Taskbar


    For some reason, Windows 10 taskbar is behaving in an odd fashion. I am unable to right click on the icons on the taskbar. I am able to launch the application, sure, such as file explorer etc., with the left click, but right clicking on any icon has no effect.

    On the other hand, I am not able to left click on any of the icons in the system tray, but I am able to use the right click to bring up the menu. The same goes for the Start button (Windows button).

    So in essence, right click on the icons in the taskbar does not work, and the left click on icons in the system tray, does not work. The opposite action on both, works...

    I have restarted the system, and restarted the Windows explorer process as well, to no avail.

    Kindly advise.

    :)
     
    starbearer, Nov 17, 2015
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  2. Odd behaviour from Windows Taskbar

    For some reason, Windows 10 taskbar is behaving in an odd fashion. I am unable to right click on the icons on the taskbar. I am able to launch the application, sure, such as file explorer etc., with the left click, but right clicking on any icon has no
    effect.

    On the other hand, I am not able to left click on any of the icons in the system tray, but I am able to use the right click to bring up the menu. The same goes for the Start button (Windows button).

    So in essence, right click on the icons in the taskbar does not work, and the left click on icons in the system tray, does not work. The opposite action on both, works...

    I have restarted the system, and restarted the Windows explorer process as well, to no avail.

    Kindly advise.
     
    tigrisofgod, Nov 17, 2015
    #2
  3. Odd behaviour from Windows Taskbar

    Hello,

    Thanks a lot for your reply.

    1. I booted into safe mode and tried playing around, but the same problems persist, i.e., the right click on the taskbar icons does not work. Left click on the system tray, and the Windows button, does not work.

    2. After restarting into normal mode, I did a Scan of the system using sfc /scannow, and it did not report any integrity issues. Once again after the restart, the problem remains. I disabled all but the most essential of services, and that didn't help either.

    The OS is kept updated, except the big November update, which I do not wish to download at the moment because of high cost of data. No software or driver was installed, the system was working reasonably well, and I noticed this issue only after a restart.

    Kindly advise. Is the creation of a new user the only way? Booting into safe mode, with issues still persisting, does it point to an issue with the user profile?

    Thanks again.
     
    tigrisofgod, Nov 17, 2015
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    DustSailor, Nov 17, 2015
    #4
  5. Windows is fully updated, and the Scan did not report any integrity violations. The laptop was running perfectly fine sometime ago, only after a restart, did i notice this issue.
     
    starbearer, Nov 18, 2015
    #5
  6. No malware on the laptop either. I am not sure what the issue could be....
     
    starbearer, Nov 18, 2015
    #6
  7. Ah, I just don't know mate. You might wait for some other suggestions, or consider trying an in-place upgrade for the benefit of a repair install. See this: Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade - Windows 10 Forums
    - good news is you keep everything, but loose some Windows updates. The last build was just released, so you really shouldn't loose too many updates, since they should be included with the release.
     
    DustSailor, Apr 4, 2018
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