Handles of taskbar disappear and reappear every few minutes

[jayjaymiller45]

Hello all,

my problem is rather simple. Every few minutes, my computer (Windows 7 64) freezes for a couple of seconds and on the taskbar, the handles (the three parallel dotted lines) disappear and reappear and so does the language selection drop-down menu in the taskbar. I assume it is some process that is restarting but I don't know which one and why. Any help is appreciated!

 

[UsernameIssues]

Welcome to the Seven Forums.

You might want to try Process Monitor to see just what going on.

See this post for some info on filtering on the Explorer.exe:
Missing start menu icons

You would not want to limit the returns to those impacting only the registry... you want to see all activity by Explorer.exe.