Solved Taskbar gap in icons


wiganken

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Updated Windows to 22H2 about a week ago on both my machines and has been okay up until today when I see gaps in the icon spacing on the taskbar. I have tried restarting but the gaps remain. This happens on both machines. There are two user profiles on both machines and the gap appears on both profiles. The position of the gap varies with profile and machine. See photo.

Is anyone else seeing this?
Is there a fix?

Thanks.
Taskbar gap.jpg
 

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Looks like you have apps that are not loaded correctly or have been uninstalled and left in the system tray manager.
Right click the taskbar and select taskbar settings, select "Other system tray icons" and start there by disabling potential culprits.
 

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@Yosemite - Thanks. I discovered that the gap is in fact the WhatsApp icon but it has a completely black face so it blends in with the taskbar and looks like a gap. How do I know this? I hovered my mouse cursor over it and the text showed 'WhatsApp desktop'.

I saw that MS Store had updated the WhatsApp app yesterday so this update has probably caused it. I unpinned the 'black' icon and repinned WhatsApp back on the taskbar and everything is okay now. Gap is gone. Phew!
 
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System One System Two

  • At a glance

    Windows 11 ProAMD Ryzen 9 8945HS32GB DDR5 SO-DIMMIntegrated AMD Radeon 780M (4.00 GHz)
    OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    GMKtec K11
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
    Memory
    32GB DDR5 SO-DIMM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated AMD Radeon 780M (4.00 GHz)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq 2250HM
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD

  • At a glance

    Windows 11 HomeIntel® Core™ Ultra 7 - 255H processor16 GB LPDDR5 SDRAMIntel Arc 140T onboard graphics
    Operating System
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED 14" Laptop - UX3405CA-QL192W
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 - 255H processor
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5 SDRAM
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Arc 140T onboard graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200 (16:10 WUXGA resolution) OLED Touchscreen
    Hard Drives
    1TB SSD
Nice to hear you have it sorted
 

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Windows 11 ProI7 8700 @ 3.20 GHz32 GBGTX 1070
OS
Windows 11 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
CPU
I7 8700 @ 3.20 GHz
Motherboard
gigabyte Z370M D3H
Memory
32 GB
Graphics Card(s)
GTX 1070
Monitor(s) Displays
3 X PHILLIPS 273V
Hard Drives
1gb NVMe
PSU
Silverstone SX500-G 500W Modular 80+ Gold PSU
Keyboard
Microsoft wireless 900 kit
Mouse
Microsoft wireless 900 kit
Internet Speed
1gps
Browser
Edge
Antivirus
Sophos Endpoint
Yosemite said:
Nice to hear you have it sorted
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Yosemite said:
Looks like you have apps that are not loaded correctly or have been uninstalled and left in the system tray manager.
Right click the taskbar and select taskbar settings, select "Other system tray icons" and start there by disabling potential culprits.
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wiganken said:
Updated Windows to 22H2 about a week ago on both my machines and has been okay up until today when I see gaps in the icon spacing on the taskbar. I have tried restarting but the gaps remain. This happens on both machines. There are two user profiles on both machines and the gap appears on both profiles. The position of the gap varies with profile and machine. See photo.

Is anyone else seeing this?
Is there a fix?

Thanks.
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Unfortunately that does not work for me nor the changing a them - which I did and then restarted - the Apps are actually "on" the Task bar as it were but the image is not shown.
 

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    Windows 11
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    PC/Desktop
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    Lenovo
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    Device name DESKTOP-91AVJSJ
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9400 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz
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