Windows 10: Taskbar is dimming/shadowed - and how to stop it from doing that?

My Taskbar is exhibiting some odd behaviour - in that it becomes dimmed/shadowed when I am using any app, and it only goes back to full colour if i click on the taskbar bar. In addition, pop-up text of the app names does not show when it is dimmed. The pic on top shows the dimmed taskbar, and the one on the bottom shows the 'normal' taskbar when I click on it. How do I get back to it not being dimmed?I have tried changing SETTINGS, running SFC & DISM, turn on/off options related to Taskbar and also Personalization. Nothing helps.

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taskbar tranparency

Hi Dan,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused. I will surely assist you with this.

I would suggest you to change the desktop themes and check if you are able to see the transparent taskbar.

If that doesn't help I would suggest you to end the explorer.exe and restart it and see if you are able to see the transparent taskbar.

Please follow the steps below to restart explorer.exe:

stop and start Explorer.exe

• • 
    Right click on the taskbar and select task manager.
    
  • 
    In the process Right click on windows explorer and end the task
    
  • 
    Restart the task by clicking on the file and select new task
    
  • 
    Type Explorer.exe and press enter.
    

And see if it helps.

Do let us know the result. We will be glad to help if you need further assistance.

 

Remote Desktop Shadow not working in Creators Update

Since Microsoft refuses to fix this, maybe this will help someone that needs to shadow.

Create RDP.ps1 and save it to C drive.

$list = get-process | where-object processname -eq rdpsaproxy

if ($list -eq $null) { start-process rdpsaproxy }

Create RDP.vbs and save it to the startup folder.

Dim objShell

Set objShell=CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Do

objShell.Run "powershell.exe -file c:\rdp.ps1", 0

WScript.Sleep(30000)

Loop

The RDP.vbs script will run at startup and loop every 30 seconds, making sure to start the process needed for shadowing (if not running already).

 

Where do I stop auto-dimming of monitor?

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