Windows 10: Windows Taskbar Appearance Has Changed

After the forced restart and update on Feb 22, my task bar is a mess. It has desk top icons on there now. And yes I tried to unpin them, but they are not pinned. Nothing on the top line except Microsoft edge should be there. I tried all the task bar settings. Some icons were able to be unpinned. I tried other remedies that were shown on other questions similar to this one. But no results. The options for the steps were not available.




The 1st six icons were never on the desktop at all. These all work, but it's very annoying.

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Taskbar bug: switching to another window -will not appear at the front


Follow either of these steps to fix the issue with the Active window hiding behind.

Method 1:
I suggest you to disable window by hovering over it with the mouse and check if it helps. To do so I suggest you to try the below given steps and check if it helps:

1. Press Windows key + X key and click on Control Panel.
2. Select or click Ease of Access.
3. Click or tap onEase of Access Centre.
4. Click on Make the Mouse Easier to Use was uncheck Activate Window by hovering over it with the mouse.
5. Check if issue is resolved.

Method 2:
I would suggest you to completely uninstall the touchpad driver and reinstall it. Kindly follow the below given steps.

1. Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Device Manager”.
2. In the list of devices, you should see the touchpad drivers.
3. Right click on the device and then select "Uninstall".
4. In the uninstall dialog, make sure you select the option to delete the driver package from the system. This causes the driver package installed earlier to be deleted.
5. In the Action menu of Device manager, select “Scan for Hardware changes” option. This will cause the device driver to be reinstalled. Once the driver is installed, close all windows and restart the computer.

 

Taskbar bug: switching to another window -will not appear at the front


I have been trying to fix this for months. Your solution Method 1 seemed to work. THANK YOU!!!!

 

Taskbar appearing in full screen mode and stopping video or game from working

Hello Brad,

To assist you better, please provide the following information:

• Have you made any recent changes prior having this issue?
• Have you tried to update your device to the latest build?

Meanwhile, may we suggest performing the provided steps from KristenKim
on this thread.

We look forward to your response.

Regards.