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 11
    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
    Sound Card
    N/A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS 27" Monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080p
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 960 Pro NVME 2TB (System Drive)
    Samsung QVO 8TB SSD (Data) - Installed on Feb 2024
    Seagate BarraCuda Pro 10TB HDD (Backup, haven't used much since installing the 8TB SSD.
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 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Zenbook 14
    CPU
    I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB soldered
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop OLED screen
    Screen Resolution
    2880x1800 touchscreen
    Hard Drives
    1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
    PSU
    Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
    Keyboard
    Built in UK keybd
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
    Internet Speed
    900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

    Macrium Reflect Home V8
    Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
    Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
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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