Strange W11 taskbar bug after upgrading Nvidia driver

Hello all,

Upgraded my main Core i7 tower to Windows 11 last night. Just now I upgraded my Nvidia driver (RTX 2060 Super), as it’s been a few months since I’ve done that.

After that, all the icons of all the running applications I had open on the task bar disappeared (not including everything from the widgets button going left to the Start button), and it took a reboot to get them back. However you could still see the little “tick” marks that indicated they were running applications. It was like they were invisible or transparent.

Anybody experience this bug?

Conversation 8 comments

  • pecosbob04

    26 October, 2021 - 5:36 pm

    <p>"you could still see the little “tick” marks that indicated they were running applications. It was like they were invisible or transparent." <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Not a bug but a security feature. </span> This prevents your session being compromised by a nefarious evil-doer using shoulder surfing techniques to discover what software you like to run. The tick mark artifacts will be eliminated in a subsequent update. To see what is there try "Cortana, Task bar cloaking off." Hey it could wo . . . Whoops . . . Never mind.</p><p><br></p>

    • erichk

      Premium Member
      27 October, 2021 - 10:16 am

      <p>Found it … I right-clicked on each invisible icon and selected, "Display Again" :-D</p>

  • SWCetacean

    Premium Member
    27 October, 2021 - 9:07 am

    <p>I haven’t seen it on my end. I’m running an RTX 3070 and I just installed the latest Nvidia drivers last night with no issues on the taskbar or anywhere else. I’d uninstall and reinstall (or reinstall using the Clean Installation option) the drivers.</p>

    • erichk

      Premium Member
      27 October, 2021 - 10:04 am

      <p>That’s an idea, thanks. If it happens again I’ll consider it.</p>

  • beckoningeagle

    Premium Member
    27 October, 2021 - 10:57 am

    <p>It has happened to me a few times, but only on secondary monitors.</p>

    • erichk

      Premium Member
      27 October, 2021 - 11:12 am

      <p>Thanks for your input.</p>

  • jimchamplin

    Premium Member
    27 October, 2021 - 5:43 pm

    <p>Is the RTX the only card, or is it configured to run alongside integrated video? </p><p><br></p><p>I mention that because my Acer Nitro 5 switches between GTX1650 and integrated Radeon Vega. Sometimes if I switch from an external display (which runs exclusively from the GTX1650) back to the Radeon, this exact thing happens. </p>

    • erichk

      Premium Member
      28 October, 2021 - 10:13 am

      <p>That’s interesting, however the PC is not set up that way, as the only thing going to my monitor is a DisplayPort cable from the discrete graphics card. I’m pretty sure I have onboard/integrated graphics disabled … at least, I think so. :)</p>

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