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Windows 7: unknown window in taskbar

29 Mar 2009   #1

Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
Mumbai, India
 
 
unknown window in taskbar

this window is unknown and even after restarting my system, i have this window without any name.
it wont even show in task manager.
any ideas?

unknown window in taskbar-capture.jpg


Last edited by Brink; 06 Apr 2009 at 02:31 PM..
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29 Mar 2009   #2

Win 7
 
 

It looks like the windows explorer is missing its default icon, did you upgrade your windows 7 build or do a clean install?
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29 Mar 2009   #3

Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
Mumbai, India
 
 

default icon?
im using build 7000 & i did a repair install 2 weeks ago.
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29 Mar 2009   #4

Win 7
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by dinesh View Post
default icon?
im using build 7000 & i did a repair install 2 weeks ago.
The default icon for explorer looks like a folder, if you right click it does it show you the explorer jump list?
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29 Mar 2009   #5

Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
Mumbai, India
 
 

so how do i remove this window?
nothing comes up when i right click on this windows.
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29 Mar 2009   #6

Win 7
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by dinesh View Post
so how do i remove this window?
nothing comes up when i right click on this windows.
If it is pinned to the taskbar you can right click it and unpin, have you determined if it is explorer? do you have an explorer on your taskbar?. Perhaps you could post a screen shot of the entire taskbar with out safari running.
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29 Mar 2009   #7

Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
Mumbai, India
 
 

this is how my taskbar looks:
did that help?

unknown window in taskbar-capture.jpg

Last edited by Brink; 06 Apr 2009 at 02:32 PM..
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29 Mar 2009   #8

Win 7
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by dinesh View Post
this is how my taskbar looks:
did that help?
Yes that helps. Explorer is right next to that window on the left. It may be a user pined item, try looking in %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar for a shortcut that has a missing icon and remove it.

Hmmmm looking at the photo again it appears that is not a pinned item but a running application, you say that it is there everytime you start your computer?
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29 Mar 2009   #9

Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
Mumbai, India
 
 

i just disabled this in msconfig and now it wont appear any more.
thanks for the efforts dude.
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29 Mar 2009   #10

Windows 7 RC 7100 32bit/64bit
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by dinesh View Post
i just disabled this in msconfig and now it wont appear any more.
thanks for the efforts dude.
So what was there in msconfig that you disabled and it fixed it?
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