Windows 10: The pointer is jumping and clicking on the first icon on the taskbar.

This is happening often and randomly. the laptop has touch screen and w 10. seems that is happening whit and without mouse connected.

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Pointer jumps to first icon on taskbar...

The pointer (not touchpad or mouse) will just jump and click the first icon on the taskbar. Ive tried to troubleshoot but I am not a comp tech.

I disabled the touchpad and used a mouse... Still happens.

Ive boot in safemode and ran Norton... Still happens.

I installed Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool... Still happens.

I shut down and hid Cortana and it just started clicking the task view.

Im lost... Any advice?

Thanks,

 

Pointer jumps to first icon on taskbar...

The pointer (not touchpad or mouse) will just jump and click the first icon on the taskbar. Ive tried to troubleshoot but I am not a comp tech.

I disabled the touchpad and used a mouse... Still happens.

Ive boot in safemode and ran Norton... Still happens.

I installed Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool... Still happens.

I shut down and hid Cortana and it just started clicking the task view.

Im lost... Any advice?

Thanks,

 

Windows 10 problem with duplicated icons in taskbar, broken Jump Lists


Hello,


I‘ve been recently having a problem with duplicated items in taskbar and broken Jump Lists. I‘m now using Windows 10 but this problem occurred in Windows 8.1 too but then it somehow fixed itself. Some programs that I pin to taskbar have a tendency to duplicate themselves when clicked on. For now, I‘ve noticed this behaviour only in Skype and Spotify but it‘s still very annoying since duplicate icons take valuable taskbar space and even more—make Jump Lists of those programs broken, meaning that you can still see tasks program developers provided but after you click them nothing happens.


I‘ve tried loads of times pinning, repinning, deleting whole User Pinned folder from %appdata%/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Quick Launch, clearing Jump List folders manually and automatically with Command Prompt commands as suggested here with no luck. The only thing I did achieve was when I pinned Skype to taskbar in my other user account, then copied the newly created shortcut from Use Pinned folder to my User Pinned folder—this made Skype Jump Lists working but duplicate icon in taskbar remained.


I‘ve recently found a tutorial which may force taskbar to use only one icon per app but I can‘t check this right now as 7+ Taskbar Tweaker isn‘t yet officially available for Windows 10 users.


Thank you for taking your time and reading my message, any suggestions would be appreciated,





P. S. I don‘t know if this is related but I can‘t pin any Control Panel item to Quick Access whilst I can pin folders. Interesting side of this is that pinned Control Panel items appear in File Explorer's Jump List but after clicked I get a message that item is unavailable and that it might have been moved, renamed or removed.