Minimized apps and Running apps not on task bar

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twasmer

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Hello All

I upgraded from Vista Ultimate 32 to 7 Ultimate 32.

The only quirk I cannot solve is that I see no apps on my task bar. ANd when I minimize a window it does not go to the task bar as it should. It look like a small minimized window. See attached snip.
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Any ideas?

Tim
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7
twasmer said:
Hello All

I upgraded from Vista Ultimate 32 to 7 Ultimate 32.

The only quirk I cannot solve is that I see no apps on my task bar. ANd when I minimize a window it does not go to the task bar as it should. It look like a small minimized window. See attached snip.
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Any ideas?

Tim
http://www.thebartman.com/Capture.JPG
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Hi! Welcome to SevenForums!

Have you tried locking the taskbar? Try it.

If that doesn't work, right click the taskbar and click properties. [See Screenshot Called Properties]

Then under Notification Area click Customize. [See Screenshot called Customize]

Then tick the box at the bottom and click apply. [See Screenshot called Notification Area.]

Try that and report back!

ZeshanA
 

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Done as asked and no change (other than all icons in notification area). As you can see I have a few Firefox windows, Quickbooks and Dreamweaver. DW is the only one that is acting correctly.

Thanks for the upload tip. I went to "Manage Attachments" below and the window would not open.
 

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My Computer

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7
twasmer said:
Done as asked and no change (other than all icons in notification area). As you can see I have a few Firefox windows, Quickbooks and Dreamweaver. DW is the only one that is acting correctly.

Thanks for the upload tip. I went to "Manage Attachments" below and the window would not open.
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Hi! Could you show me a snapshot of the Window you get when you click Customize??

ZeshanA
 
Nope. IE, Quickbooks, Yahoo, iTunes etc.

I have been thru every setting that I can find and I am thinking it is a Bug
 

My Computer

OS
7
Ok, I scoured around the web and most people with this problem seem to fix it by right-clicking on the icon for Firefox or whatever program and then going to properties, then to the Compatibility Tab and under Privilege Level ticking Run As Administrator.

Try this and report back!

ZeshanA
 
Z

Yes I did.

But get this (it is typical MS). For grins I ran Windows update. It had ONE security update for IE8. Installed and restarted. Amazing..........things work now.

I have been in IT for years and there are things that happen that make you go HUMMMM. This is one :)

Thanks for the suggestions! Have a good weekend!

Tim
 

My Computer

OS
7
twasmer said:
Z

Yes I did.

But get this (it is typical MS). For grins I ran Windows update. It had ONE security update for IE8. Installed and restarted. Amazing..........things work now.

I have been in IT for years and there are things that happen that make you go HUMMMM. This is one :)

Thanks for the suggestions! Have a good weekend!

Tim
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Great to hear! Mark this thread as solved please!

ZeshanA
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I had this exact same problem. I scoured the web for a while and found nothing useful, including this thread. What finally worked was this: I opened the task manager, went to processes, and ended the explorer.exe process. I then re-started explorer manually by going to File -> New Process -> type "explorer" (without quotes) in the field -> hit Ok. After this everything worked normally.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
twasmer said:
Hello All

I upgraded from Vista Ultimate 32 to 7 Ultimate 32.

The only quirk I cannot solve is that I see no apps on my task bar. ANd when I minimize a window it does not go to the task bar as it should. It look like a small minimized window. See attached snip.
Capture.JPG


Any ideas?

Tim
http://www.thebartman.com/Capture.JPG
Click to expand...

i just faced this problem, and i successfull fix that problem by removing update patch from microsoft installed
 

My Computer

Computer type
Laptop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Lenovo E440
OS
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit
It's an explorer.exe problem

Just start the Task Manager (Cntr/Alt/Del) and end "explorer.exe" from the processes. Then go back to applications, click on New Task, and type in "explorer.exe"
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 10
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