Windows 10: TaskBar is split and only displays correctly on left or right

Since I tried installing TaskbarX via rainmeter I've had this issue. Even after uninstalling both rainmeter and it's skins the issue persists. It seems that the taskbar is masked to the left of the screen as it looks like this when on the top and bottom. It displays fully in a side position but the icons are not all visible

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Taskbar & Context Menus not displaying correctly

This problem occurred after updating some programs using Secunia's PSI, although I don't believe the updates caused this (more later).
Problems seen:

• Taskbar & its icons are displayed in a corrupted form (see screenshot)
• Date/Time is missing from the Notification area of the Taskbar
• Context menus (right-click) are not showing their content, just a bar with arrows for lower level items

After following advice on this board & checking for Shell Extensions and using Safe Mode, the problem still existed. I then restored the hard drive from previous nightly backups (went back 1 day, then 2 days and finally 3 days) but the problem still showed up. The program updates flagged by Secunia were not installed 2 days back, hence I don't believe they are relevant.
I checked the video driver and it did need updating, but that did not fix the issue.

I am at a complete loss as to what is causing this - does anyone have any suggestions.

 

How do I move the taskbar icons back to the left?

Hi,

Kindly follow these steps to return the icons on the left side of the Taskbar:

• Right click on the empty Taskbar and uncheck Lock all taskbars.
• Right click again on empty Taskbar and hover the mouse on Toolbar.
• Click New folder.

Please let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Outside temperature display in taskbar

I followed these steps exactly and the only thing showing in my task bar is a sun icon but not temperatures are being displayed.