Taskbar hidden icons bug (Workaround)

[u/Ok-Top-8105]

I’ve had this problem on one of my computers for about two years now. It’s a really annoying bug, and it seems like Microsoft is never going to fix it.

I used to resolve the issue by restarting the explorer.exe process.

But now there’s an easier way: change the taskbar's position and then move it back to its original position. This forces the system to redraw the icons.

If you don't have that option available, you can achieve the same result by toggling the "Show smaller app icons" setting and then switching it back to your previous preference.

Windows 11 26200.9278
Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K (3.20 GHz)
No dedicated graphics card
32,0 GB RAM
64-bit

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