Strange widget panel bug


Colif

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Twice now I have closed a message in the widget bar, and the pane has seemed to freeze.
If I click on desktop it won't close the panel. Like it normally would if working right
If I click on the button it closes panel but leaves a ghost of the panel on desktop, showing the images associated with whatever was on panel before I closed it.

Alas, both times this has happened there have been things showing between ghost and me so I have tried to close a window of an app and the desktop would go black. I have to assume its just explorer crashing as the taskbar still shows. Fact it doesn't have focus and hides behind everything is a little strange.

First time I just logged out and in and it fixed it.
Last time I just waited and desktop came back.

I could be wrong but I think both times happened after I was told I had access to the new Bing Chat in a chat box on widget panel, and I had hit the X to close it.

If/when it happens again I will try to get a screenshot. That has been goal last 2 times I moved an app after. It appears to show everything on desktop even if it wasn't showing there at time. Opens discord if its only running on taskbar before.
 
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Avoiding a bug rather than fixing it just doesn't fly well with me.

SFC didn't find anything but that is normal, I find it doesn't help with desktop problems.

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The widget panel is bugged, I've had problems with it
 

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