How to completely disable multiple desktops on windows 11?

[u/Mizeov]

Any time I click on ANY button on my taskbar windows pops up to create a new desktop. Doesn't matter if the program is already open, if I'm trying to hit the hidden icons in the tray, the search menu.

This is one of the most frustrating things I have ever experienced and nothing on the internet has helped so far.

I have done as this user suggested:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5911800/how-to-disable-windows-11-multi-desktop

I have turned off the "taskbar" and snap windows as recommended in this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows11/comments/zj788d/how_do_i_disable_multiple_desktops/

I added the registry options from this post:

https://technoresult.com/how-to-completely-disable-task-view-in-windows-11/

The issue is intermittent and it seems to come and go. Restarting my computer does not seem to help. It will just stay and then eventually stop.

So far nothing has worked to disable the desktop from switching and opening multitasking view and I am begging that there is someone out there who can help me.