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Second monitor taskbar items

Second monitor taskbar items

Some of the taskbar item will not work when clicking. I have to reset the explorer.

Example: I click on Chrome icon it does nothing until I reset the explorer on the second monitor.

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Reply #27 Top

Mine is doing the same thing, right after this recent update. All my taskbar items on the second screen become unclickable, i have to alt+tab to get to my open programes now. Others are mentioning chrome, but all my apps are unclickable on the second monitor.

It works for a few moments on restart, or restart windows.exe , But within seconds it will bug out. 


Reply #28 Top

Tried it, no change. After some time, taskbar is not clickable anymore (looks like it's freezed) on both side monitors, works only on my main monitor. When I hover a bit over the the icon on the side monitors, sometimes preview appears and then the button is getting active again. Or I click on my other side monitor, the freeze is gone also for some time.

Reply #29 Top

Quoting thomas5, reply 28

Tried it, no change. After some time, taskbar is not clickable anymore (looks like it's freezed) on both side monitors, works only on my main monitor. When I hover a bit over the the icon on the side monitors, sometimes preview appears and then the button is getting active again. Or I click on my other side monitor, the freeze is gone also for some time.
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There is a 2.51 beta available now which should address this.

Reply #30 Top

Quoting Neil, reply 29

There is a 2.51 beta available now which should address this.
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Installed 2.51.  Did a little quick testing.  Seems to be working for me now.

Reply #31 Top

The beta has not fixed it for me totally, the bar is no longer completely frozen until i click a window but takes two clicks, one to focus on the start bar then one to open the window

Reply #32 Top

Quoting InputSourceSelect, reply 31

The beta has not fixed it for me totally, the bar is no longer completely frozen until i click a window but takes two clicks, one to focus on the start bar then one to open the window
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Uninstall, REBOOT, reinstall.

I suspect the files were not replaced correctly.

Reply #34 Top

I have the same issue. Win11 24H2. I have three displays, from left-to right:

- laptop display (secondary)

- primary monitor

- secondary monitor

Clicking an icon on a secondary display only works if I first click on the splitter (to increase/ decrease number of rows) first. Clicking on a taskbar icon only occasionally works otherwise. 

Thank you.

 

Reply #35 Top

The beta seems to fix this for me. Thank you! 

 

I did uninstall the old version, restarted Windows 11, re-installed the beta.

Reply #36 Top

since the latest update, i have the same problem.  

Dual monitors (identical) and on the 2nd monitor most times you cannot click on the task bar to open or close.  if you right click it acts as if it is an empty field and gives you the stardock11 options

Reply #37 Top

Same here, started with 2.5. Have 2 monitors connected via docking with laptop. Sometimes taskbar doesn't work on second monitor. When pressing start 2x times doesn a refresh of something and the taskbar comes alive.

Reply #38 Top

Quoting guidorobben, reply 37

Same here, started with 2.5. Have 2 monitors connected via docking with laptop. Sometimes taskbar doesn't work on second monitor. When pressing start 2x times doesn a refresh of something and the taskbar comes alive.
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If you install the 2.51 beta you should find this is resolved.

Reply #40 Top

Quoting guidorobben, reply 39

I have 2.51 installed, but this does not fix the issue.
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Uninstall, reboot and then reinstall as I suspect some files were not replaced correctly.

Reply #41 Top

I just did the update this morning and everything seem to be working fine. I will give it a spin and report back if I have any issue.

Thank you support & dev team for solving the issue.

I would recommend changing the graphics to state v2.51 in stead of 2.0 This happens during installation. 

Scot