Windows 10: Taskbar Disappear When Switching Virtual Desktop

Hi,I'm encountering a bug where no one seems to be talking about.When switching between virtual desktops, taskbar and its blur background is not retained on the new desktop so the area appears as empty when switching, and taskbar suddenly appears after fully switched to the new desktop.Here is a screen recording I did showing the exact behavior: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NWXp33ZKEPkxXWOt5mw_BWVR_ycQV4Ej/view?usp=sharing This happens both when using the touchpad and when using key combination Win + Ctrl + Arrow Keys.However, in a video I found uploaded two years ago, the blu

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Windows 11 taskbar icons disappear after switching desktop

⬇️ ️ Here is a workaround, until Microsoft finally decides to fix the issue! ️⬇️

The workaround is to install ExplorerPatcher.

This seems to fix the issue where icons disappear when switching virtual desktops in a multi-monitor environment.

Steps:

1. Download ExplorerPatcher and install it. This will restart Windows Explorer and change your taskbar to the Windows 10 one.
   
2. Once installed, open the start menu and launch Properties (ExplorerPatcher).
   
3. On the first settings tab Taskbar, change Taskbar style back to Windows 11 (or keep Windows 10 if you want ^^).
   

Voil ! After restarting the File Explorer, the icons should stop disappearing when switching virtual desktops!

If this works for you, please share it as largely as possible! The issue has been driving us insane for long enough.

Also consider donating to the ExplorerPatcher project which is Open Source (disclaimer: I'm not affiliated to the project in any way)!

 

Major Taskbar/Virtual Desktop Bug

I have given up on Microsoft fixing this issue, clearly a major problem for anyone who uses the virtual desktop feature (obviously the folks at MS don't).

Fortunately, there is a fix for this. Look for "taskbar tweaker". It's free. Once installed, right click on the tray icon and select advanced options. Scroll down the list and look for "virtual desktop order fix" and change that to 1.

This fixes the issues of taskbar icons moving when switching between desktops!

 

After virtual desktop switch, taskbar buttons are rearranged!

Same issue reported December, 2019:

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But the issue still occurs 2023... Setting the group policy mentioned in above thread didn't solve the issue.

Using Virtual Desktop for a short time only, the first one/two weeks it was perfect, no rearrangement of the taskbar buttons happend, but now it does... and it's annoying and makes the cool feature "Virtual Desktop" less user-friendly...

How to prevent the arrangement of the taskbar buttons when switching between virtual desktops?

At least workarounds are available: Windows 10 virtual desktops - preserve taskbar order

But wondering that Microsoft was not able to fix this within 8(!) years...