Windows 10: Right-click menu doesn't come up for taskbar icons ... ???

Seems like in Windows 10 with the latest cumulative updates (as of 9/14/19 yesterday), I can't right-click on my taskbar icons and have the right-click menu come up (the one that allows for the pinning or unpinning of icons). I uninstalled the updates, and this functionality has been restored once again. The problem originally appeared with the earlier cumulative update that caused the CPU spikes. It persisted after I installed the cumulative updates that were available via Windows Update as of yesterday (9/14/19). Again, I have uninstalled the updates, and everything is OK again. I have paused my updates until next month, and also reported the bug to Microsoft via their Feedback Hub. Has anyone else had a similar issue?

Seems like this is yet another bug. Thanks.

P.S.: All these update issues associated with Windows 10 have me thinking about switching to Mac ... *Sad

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Feature suggestion: Add right-click menu

Suggestion: Please add a Windows 7 Jump-List and/or right-click menu to the GPU-Z icon in the Windows taskbar. Possible menus in it would be "Exit" and "About GPU-Z...".
Maybe also "Switch to tab 1/Switch to tab 2/Switch to videocard 1/Switch to videocard 2" too.
Examples of programs that have such menus are ICQ, Skype, AIM.

NOTE: It seems for a right-click menu, Windows 7 is not needed - it works on WinXP and Vista too.
But even a Windows 7 Jump-list may be good enough.
What do you think?

 

System Icons on taskbar

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities.

Are you referring to the clock system icon on the taskbar?

If so, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below:

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  Click on the search bar on the taskbar.
  
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  Type system icons.
  
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  Under Turn System Icons ON or OFF, turn On the Clock and check with the issue.
  

Hope it helps.

 

Restore right-click menu on taskbar icon in Windows 10

Here is an article you should check.

Summed up:

No Shortcut Menu Is Displayed When You Right-Click the Taskbar

To resolve this problem, use the following steps:
Click Start, point to Settings, point to Control Panel, and then click Taskbar and Start Menu.

NOTE: If the Taskbar and Start Menu icon is not present, open Control Panel and click the view all Control Panel options link on the left-hand side of the Control Panel dialog box.

On the Advanced tab, in the Start menu and Taskbar area, scroll down the list until you see the Taskbar heading.

Click to select the Display shortcut menu on right-click check box, click Apply, and then click OK.