Windows 10: Windows 11 white circle in the lower-right corner of the screen, tangent to the taskbar and...

I am running Windows 11 Professional, version 10.0.22000 Build 22000 on a Dell XPS 17 model 9710 touchscreen. I opened the laptop today, resuming an existing Windows logon, to see a WHITE CIRCLE in the lower-right corner of the screen just above the Taskbar corner icons. There was not response from it via left or right clicks or screen touches. The circle remained on top of any application occupying that same region of the screen, so it was always present, including being present in the same spot even when I went to a remote-desktop session that I had running the remote desktop's taskbar w

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white circle in tray

This may be different then just the Locations setting. It would be in the preferences of the app you opened.

 

advertisements appearing a lower right corner of screen

advertisements appearing a lower right corner of screen each time computer is turned on. Anything that can be done to stop it?

 

white space lower right

Just thought I'd jump in here to say the same thing happened to me yesterday. White box appeared in lower right corner of my screen and I could do nothing to get rid of it except to reboot. I assumed it was a notification, but no idea which one. I have a new machine, all the latest Windows updates have installed, including latest drivers, etc. It's only happened once thus far. Hopefully the issue won't persist, but I've turned off notifications for most things, so we'll see. Hopefully the issue won't come back for you!