Windows 10: When I type in the taskbar it immediately closes?

Whenever I try to type in the search menu it closes, when I open settings via right clicking on the desktop and clicking display settings, there is a black bar outlining the about section. When I try to open the search, it just refuses to open. It also happens with right clicking an icon on the taskbar, it just closes. Any fix?

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System Icons on taskbar

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities.

Are you referring to the clock system icon on the taskbar?

If so, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below:

• 
  Click on the search bar on the taskbar.
  
• 
  Type system icons.
  
• 
  Under Turn System Icons ON or OFF, turn On the Clock and check with the issue.
  

Hope it helps.

 

Taskbar hides and shows itself after opening start menu.

Steps:

1. Using HDMI for a second monitor.
2. Open start menu using the icon.
3. Close start menu using the icon.
4. Click anywhere other than the task bars. (e.g. an open window, the desktop, even the first monitor's desktop)
   
5. Taskbar on second monitor slides down to be hidden.
6. Taskbar then immediately slides up to reappear.

If after closing the start menu (step 3), you click on the taskbar, then click outside the taskbar, this behavior does not occur.

Performing the steps on the main monitor's taskbar does not produce this behavior.

This has been happening for as long as I can remember using this laptop (~3years), with different nVidia drivers and Windows 10 updates.

 

Frequent and Recently Closed in taskbar

Hi,

Kindly follow the steps provided below:

• On the start search, type Settings, click
  Personalization, and click Start
• Set the Show recently opened items in jump list on Start or the taskbar
  to Off

Hope the information provided is useful.