Hyper-V Guest VM makes it impossible to see my Taskbar.


CartmansPiehole

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I just recently upgraded from 22H1 to 22H2 (not sure if that's the culprit) and my Taskbar (mainly the System Tray portion where there's no color) is very difficult to see. I have nailed the culprit down to Hyper-V. Either when I launch Hyper-V Manager or even open a Hyper-V VM, the Taskbar's background takes on the color of the Hyper-V Manager or a Hyper-V VM. I mean, the whole effect does look cool, but it renders, particularly my host's System Tray useless, since I can't see it. Hyper-V is the only app that I can tell that does this, and I'm unable to tell of a way to prevent it in any Hyper-V Manager options.

Any thoughts on a fix?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    N/A
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-5960x
    Motherboard
    Rampage V Extreme
    Memory
    64GB RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 980 SC'd
I just recently upgraded from 22H1 to 22H2 (not sure if that's the culprit) and my Taskbar (mainly the System Tray portion where there's no color) is very difficult to see. I have nailed the culprit down to Hyper-V. Either when I launch Hyper-V Manager or even open a Hyper-V VM, the Taskbar's background takes on the color of the Hyper-V Manager or a Hyper-V VM. I mean, the whole effect does look cool, but it renders, particularly my host's System Tray useless, since I can't see it. Hyper-V is the only app that I can tell that does this, and I'm unable to tell of a way to prevent it in any Hyper-V Manager options.

Any thoughts on a fix?
Post a picture
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro + others in VHDs
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Vivobook 14
    CPU
    I7
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    N/A
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Optane NVME SSD, 1 TB NVME SSD
    PSU
    Yep, got one
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wired
    Internet Speed
    72 Mb/s :-(
    Browser
    Edge mostly
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0
I just recently upgraded from 22H1 to 22H2 (not sure if that's the culprit) and my Taskbar (mainly the System Tray portion where there's no color) is very difficult to see. I have nailed the culprit down to Hyper-V. Either when I launch Hyper-V Manager or even open a Hyper-V VM, the Taskbar's background takes on the color of the Hyper-V Manager or a Hyper-V VM. I mean, the whole effect does look cool, but it renders, particularly my host's System Tray useless, since I can't see it. Hyper-V is the only app that I can tell that does this, and I'm unable to tell of a way to prevent it in any Hyper-V Manager options.

Any thoughts on a fix?
What's the GUEST's video driver. Can you post a pic,

Cheers
jimbo
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows XP,7,10,11 Linux Arch Linux
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    2 X Intel i7
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