Windows 10 update causes taskbar display glitches

[NavyRet]

I've been beating my head to a pulp for a week now trying to figure this out and fix it. I was just about ready to trash the whole damn thing and get an iMac when I finally came across this web site:

The latest Windows 10 2004, 20H2, and 21H1 preview update is causing display issues and glitches on the taskbar's system tray.

Last week, Microsoft released the optional Window 10 KB5003214 preview update so that users and the enterprise can test the fixes coming in the mandatory June 2021 Patch Tuesday updates.

This update also enables the new Windows 10 News and Interests taskbar news feed for all users of Windows 10 2004 and later.

Since installing this update, numerous users report that the system tray in the Windows 10 taskbar began having display glitches where tray icons disappear, get pushed to the right, overlay each other, or get pushed off the edge of the screen.

"I'm experiencing an issue that I've traced to the new "News and interests" taskbar feature. I got this feature recently - within the last few weeks, I don't recall exactly because I shut it off immediately - and things were fine," a user posted on Reddit.

"But after a few updates yesterday (21H1, KB5003214, KB5003254), the notification area in the far right edge of the taskbar began behaving strangely."

An example of these display glitches is shown below, where you can see the system tray icons all overlaying each other in a mess.

After users experimented with different settings, it was determined that the bug is caused by disabling the News and Interests widget on the taskbar.

Once disabled and a new system tray icon is shown, it triggers the glitch. Once you enable the News and Interests widget again on the taskbar, the icons begin to display correctly.

Windows 10 users affected by this bug found that it could be fixed by uninstalling the KB5003214 preview update, but unless Microsoft fixes the issue before June 8th's Patch Tuesday, all users will be faced with this issue.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-kb5003214-update-causes-taskbar-display-glitches/

 

[andjayik]

yep glithches for me

 

[jeropo5678]

Update 5003690 is supposed to fix these issues. If your Windows didn't get this update yet, just download and install manually from the Microsoft Update catalog.

 

[NavyRet]

Thanks. Getting it now. Will post back the results.

 

[Katzenfreund]

As a rule, any problems appearing after an update are fixed by the next one.

Personally, I haven't experienced this problem, actually rarely experienced any problem - touch wood.
This makes me suspect that systems affected have been modified somehow by their users, e.g. by installing system-modifying software, so that the update does not find the normal system it was prepared for. Though this is just a suspicion, to be on the safe side, I avoid installing such software. So, for example, I resisted the temptation to change my Start or install those privacy-protecting add-ons.

 

[NavyRet]

OK, the update fixed it. I can now turn it off with no ill effects. Thanks for the link jeropo5678.

 

[DammagedAgain]

Until the "Next " time, what better way to push you in to WIN11 than turn 10 into a headache every other day other or are the little headaches popping up pure coincidence? Letting YOU DECIDE to maybe give 11 a try. Option #2: Keep the "Help Section" handy. See if the "problems" with 10 begin to escalate as WIN11 "Official Release Nears."

 

[Tania Tee]

Option 3: Throw Windows out the window. If only

 

[Weaserlorian]

Option 3: Throw Windows out the window. If only

LOL

 

[EMS]

As a rule, any problems appearing after an update are fixed by the next one.

Best way to solve an issue with an update......uninstall it and then stop all updates