Windows 10: Taskbar appearance changed by itself

When I turned on my pc and Windows 10 booted up, the taskbar, start menu and frame of every program/window I open is just the stock gray background. Everything functions completely normally so that is good, but I used to always have it on the "aero" look. I know that's what it was called at least in previous versions of Windows. It looks semi-transparent like foggy glass. Any help getting that back is greatly appreciated. I was looking around taskbar settings and other appearance settings and couldn't find it. Did Microsoft do an update that got rid of that feature? I know this is a very minor gripe, but if I can get that back I would like to. Thanks so much for the help.

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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.

 

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


I have been trying to fix this for months. Your solution Method 1 seemed to work. THANK YOU!!!!

 

Taskbar appearing in full screen mode and stopping video or game from working

Hello Brad,

To assist you better, please provide the following information:

• Have you made any recent changes prior having this issue?
• Have you tried to update your device to the latest build?

Meanwhile, may we suggest performing the provided steps from KristenKim
on this thread.

We look forward to your response.

Regards.