Windows 10: Something has changed with taskbar view upon hovering

Edition Windows 11 Home Version 24H2 Installed on ‎2/‎3/‎2025 OS build 26100.3775 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.66.0 Maybe this changed with the last update...I didn't notice when it started but it definitely didn't used to do this. On the taskbar when hovering the mouse over the file explorer icon, normally you would see the number of windows that are open and for example if there's only one open you'd see just the one in the hover view, two you'd see two, etc. As of lately, you can see below there are 2 windows showing as open even though I've only opened one window

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Quick Access view in Win 10 has changed view

Hi,

To change the view of your Quick access, see the steps below:

• Open File Explorer, and click on Quick access.
• Click on the View tab alongside with File tab.
• Click on Tiles button.
• You can also hover your mouse to the other buttons to see the their views.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Color Changes to mouse hover

Hi Dick

Tried the icon cache reset, it did reset, but so far I didn't detect any change.

I looked at your step recording. What's interesting is that your taskbar does show a loudspeaker icon, apparently even when you're not hovering over it. Then when you click on it you get the vertical slider picture. I get that but by clicking on an empty box. For me, the same is true for the other missing icon - "new notifications"

In your other picture of the mouse over the power icon, I get that just the same, but when I move the mouse down to the first option - Sleep - it is replaced by a black rectangle.

I'll live with these for the time being.

I will try MCBUILDER.exe and report the results later.

.....then I'd have to consider the Spitfires.......

Many thanks
Don

 

Taskbar bug: switching to another window -will not appear at the front


Follow either of these steps to fix the issue with the Active window hiding behind.

Method 1:
I suggest you to disable window by hovering over it with the mouse and check if it helps. To do so I suggest you to try the below given steps and check if it helps:

1. Press Windows key + X key and click on Control Panel.
2. Select or click Ease of Access.
3. Click or tap onEase of Access Centre.
4. Click on Make the Mouse Easier to Use was uncheck Activate Window by hovering over it with the mouse.
5. Check if issue is resolved.

Method 2:
I would suggest you to completely uninstall the touchpad driver and reinstall it. Kindly follow the below given steps.

1. Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Device Manager”.
2. In the list of devices, you should see the touchpad drivers.
3. Right click on the device and then select "Uninstall".
4. In the uninstall dialog, make sure you select the option to delete the driver package from the system. This causes the driver package installed earlier to be deleted.
5. In the Action menu of Device manager, select “Scan for Hardware changes” option. This will cause the device driver to be reinstalled. Once the driver is installed, close all windows and restart the computer.