Noticed a bug with the taskbar widgets


MK77P

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So since I began using Windows 11 noticed a few times that when I try to click on a item or right click nothing happens, today for the second time I got sure that it was the widgets causing this, the left side of the screen is where the no responsive clicks happens, had a few files on the desktop scattered on both sides, when I tried to click on a folder that was to the left nothing happned...clicked on one to the right all good, back again to the left nothing, back to the right all good, clicked on widgets opened its paged closed it and I was able to click on whats to the left just fine, did this twice and the same thing on each time.

I'm guessing whenever it refreshes or some other reason is cuasing it to act as if it was open? hence why whatever is behind the widgets page cannot be clicked as if it was open when it's not.

And this happens even if I was browsing through files in the explorer and not necessarily only on the desktop.
 

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I have seen that behavior as well when right-clicking is not registered on the left side of the display.

Widgets seem to have been implemented with little testing and are quite buggy.
For what it's worth, the problem can be temporarily remedied by using the command line:

tskill widgets <enter>
 

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I have seen that behavior as well when right-clicking is not registered on the left side of the display.

Widgets seem to have been implemented with little testing and are quite buggy.
For what it's worth, the problem can be temporarily remedied by using the command line:

tskill widgets <enter>
Does the command also kill the taskbar weather forecast or only the widget page?
 

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    Windows 11 Pro
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    PC/Desktop
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    Intel Core i5-14600KF
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    MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4
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    G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB
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    GIGABYTE 4080 Gaming OC
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    ASUS VZ249 23.8 inch Full HD
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    1920 x 1080
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    Lian Li Edge EG0850G 850W Gold
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    ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360
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    Logitech G513 Carbon LIGHTSYNC RGB Mechanical
    Mouse
    Steelseries Prime
    Browser
    Firefox
Widgets seem to have been implemented with little testing and are quite buggy.

THIS.


I just removed Widgets entirely. The Store has plenty of weather apps.


Not only do I not use Widgets....

I hung garlic around their necks, staked their hearts, left them out in the sunshine, shot them with silver bullets,
beat them with an ugly stick and took their lunch money. :D


I kilt the Widget Man. o_O
 

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Does the command also kill the taskbar weather forecast or only the widget page?
The entire widget set including the weather one. But the weather icon on the taskbar will remain as it seems to be cached.
 

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System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
    CPU
    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
    Memory
    24428 Megabytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) Display Audio / Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9
    Hard Drives
    2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    WDCSDAPNUW-1002 256 GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
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    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev-Chrome Dev
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  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Insider Canary
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    Laptop
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    ASUS X751BP
    CPU
    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 M420
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
THIS.


I just removed Widgets entirely. The Store has plenty of weather apps.
Every few releases I check the Widgets functionality but so far it is always bug ridden and I remove it.
 

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