Windows 10: Windows 10 Taskbar Icon pops up Invisible and disappears

Discus and support Windows 10 Taskbar Icon pops up Invisible and disappears in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Hello community, I've been trying to diagnose a computer for a while now and here are a list of what I know about the problem:... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by MerrillMerrill, May 28, 2020.

  1. Windows 10 Taskbar Icon pops up Invisible and disappears


    Hello community,

    I've been trying to diagnose a computer for a while now and here are a list of what I know about the problem:


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    -Taskbar square pops up flashing orange in the farthest right spot where any new application you open should/would appear


    -It is the only app that doesn't have an icon


    -It disappears after half a second making it hard to right click


    -when it appears it is rather random with no real rhythm


    -It forces any game I am playing to lower


    -Note worthy: mouse has been showing a loading circle every 1-3 seconds regardless of the processes I shut down

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    At first, I thought this was simply an application error with windows conflicting with it. Causing it to not open, but repeat the process over and over.


    This is a desktop with no bio-metrics.


    Here are a list of things I have already done to attempt to solve the situation:

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    - Clean reboot


    -Temporarily disabled windows firewall before the next step


    -Ran your standard scans, disk defrags, registry repairs, driver updates for windows/GPU etc.


    -Removing startup applications entirely with the exception of the antivirus and realtek audio


    -Stopped onedrive syncing process in fact I don't use it and removed it entirely from the comp


    -Repaired MS Office


    -Changed Steam and other programs I had been running to run comparability mode


    -Went through task manager and removed Spooler subsystem app and anything else that seemed unusual


    -Removed Nvidia streamer service


    -Verified mouse sonar wasn't enabled


    -Verified I don't have asus smart gesture


    -Msconfig normal startup > applied


    -Temporarily changed my mouse pointer to not show background loading circle just be the regular mouse pointer icon

    -Ran Command Prompt as Admin > dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth > FOUND an error proceeded with >

    dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth


    -Rebooted and still had difficulties


    -ReRan Command Prompt as Admin > dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth > NO ERRORS

    ___________________________________________________


    From here I was just unsure of what direction to go in. Task manger didn't show any unusual programs running, I tried to clear up common problems, and deep clean the basics/update.

    Any and all suggestions are welcome and much appreciated!

    Thank you in advance!

    V/R

    MerrillMerrill

    :)
     
    MerrillMerrill, May 28, 2020
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  2. Randomly disappearing taskbar and start icons

    I have tried doing fresh installs of Windows 10 multiple times but I always face this issue where items in the start menu and/or taskbar jump lists disappear randomly. I am attaching a screenshot for this. This also happens when after I close any game (Eg. Battlefield 4, Tomb Raider etc).


    Windows 10 Taskbar Icon pops up Invisible and disappears [​IMG]

    The icons, though invisible are still working if I move my cursor over them and click them. Restarting explorer.exe fixed the problem temporarily.
     
    sabaatworld, May 28, 2020
    #2
  3. AndreTen Win User
    Randomly disappearing taskbar and start icons

    Hi sabaatworld and welcome to Ten forums!

    Can you give us some more information.

    You mentioned fresh install. Always from same source? Is media OK?
    Did you try to clean jump lists, icon cache etc...

    Picture shows icons are there, but no text. Is info behind still there? Hoover mouse pointer over icon with empty text box (not pinned, below in list) to see if text - path info shows..


    Windows 10 Taskbar Icon pops up Invisible and disappears [​IMG]
     
    AndreTen, May 28, 2020
    #3
  4. thomaseg1 Win User

    Windows 10 Taskbar Icon pops up Invisible and disappears

    Windows 10 Calculator icon invisible on Taskbar

    Windows 10 Taskbar Icon pops up Invisible and disappears [​IMG]


    I don't have this trouble.
    Try Pulling the icon to desktop then right click / choose properties / change icon. If the one that
    shows doesn't work try browse and choose some other icon.
    Calc.exe maybe messed up and need a reinstall.

    Windows 10 Taskbar Icon pops up Invisible and disappears [​IMG]


    - - - Updated - - -

    you might also try changing taskbar icon size. to see if that will have an effect.
     
    thomaseg1, May 28, 2020
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