Windows 10: Unable to reveal hidden task bar when using the Edge Browser

I always have my task bar hidden, and I can reveal it when required by moving the pointer to the bottom of the screen. A few days ago it became impossible to show the task bar when using the Edge browser. I tried running the Chrome browser and the Firefox browser, and both of them have no deleterious effect on the Task Bar operation whatsoever. It also works normally with any other application. Reverting to Edge my default browser of choice again the Task Bar remains stubbornly hidden.Any bright ideas please?

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Hidden Task Revealer

Hi Cr00zng,

This is the reason I got involved initially and probably the reason others got involved too. A cryptic name with no info and no obvious link certainly looks suspicious. However conversely most malware writers these days try to make their stuff look unobtrusive as possible. In this case this was just a Windows background task.

The Windows task scheduler is now being monitored by a few antiviruses as it's a great place to host simple tasks that reintroduce deleted viruses from the net. The following link gives a few details.

Malware loves Windows Task Scheduler | CSO Online

Notably the Task Scheduler also used by Windows to make sure it's updates keep happening even though the corresponding services have been disabled.

I wrote this app to actually reveal exactly what these tasks are and added an option to delete them if necessary. This is to mitigate any such occurrence.

In regards to suspect tasks Try3's startup script is a great idea. My reply directly after adds to this.

Hidden Task Revealer

Clobbering a suspect task before it becomes a problem is a step forward. However shoot first ask questions later is sometimes a good idea but often it is overkill. A prompt for unknown tasks by such a script would be a good thing.

Cheers

 

Hidden Task Revealer

I'll need to dig in to this deeper, but off the cuff question...

Wait, a hidden task running periodically?

Coupling this with hidden files looks scary, may even turn out to be an attack vector for malware, if it is not already.

 

Hidden Task Revealer

Nothing found for me: