Very Minor Desktop Icon issue

duckworth · May 23, 2023

The reply after mine with instructions on uninstalling the Widgets feature of W11 worked for me:

marodor50 said:
Completely uninstalling the Widgets feature of W11 is the only solution I have found. No more problems with the icons
I don't care about widgets

How to completely uninstall Widgets feature on Windows 11 - Pureinfotech

To remove Widgets completely on Windows 11, open PowerShell (admin) and run the "Get-AppxPackage *WebExperience* | Remove-AppxPackage"

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spapakons · May 23, 2023

For all of us using Edge but not widgets, I think is better to disable the latter. Download Winaero Tweaker and have a look at the available tweaks.

tigandym · May 26, 2023

Ultragravy said:
Hi all, having a slightly odd issue on Windows 11 that is very minor but wanted to see if it was anything to be remotely concerned about in case something wasnt setup right.

Whenever I leave my PC for a length of time, maybe 15-30 minutes, about the time you'd expect a screensaver or power management to kick in, when I return, my Desktop icons do not highlight when i hover over them, and mouse clicks to them will not respond. However, if I click on the taskbar or load up another app, everything is then 100% fine and the system works with no issues and all icons respond normally.

I have most screensaver/sleep/power management things turned off I believe, but it's a curious issue. There's nothing untoward in event logs, and a single click on a bar or loading an app or anything like that will resolve it fine. I'd read things about invisible windows from the Windows 11 Search function in previous patches, and wondered if it was related, but I've turned off the search box on the taskbar. I havent established EXACTLY what makes the icons start working again, but just clicking on the taskbar seems enough.

Is this something anyone has experienced before?

I honestly believe it's the widget window. If I move my icons outside the window footprint, they work fine. Make sure your widget window is minimalized. For me, when maxed, the window takes up the full screen and the icons won't work anywhere you put them. I'm going to use this work around until it gets fixed...

arby80 · 2023-06-05T17:19:32-0400

You people are lifesavers. I have been trying to figure out for a week and a half as to why my desktop froze for 10 seconds after being left idle for 25-30 minutes. Go figure it is a mandatory half baked (ie useless) program from Microsoft that out of nowhere started causing the issue. I noticed that the location icon was suddenly always up on my PC and so I turned location settings off for widgets. Then sometime later I noticed the freezing issue. Who would have guessed the 2 were related.

I tried everything; sfc/scannow, deleting the file explorer cache and turning off frequently used folders, creating a new profile, messing with the display scale (I really thought I was on to something there), turning off all non Microsoft services and disabling startup services. I thought for sure that the only way I would fix the issue was going to be to reinstall windows.

Nope it is a Microsoft program that was poorly implemented to begin with causing the issue, go figure. Even funnier that it is so far only affecting my gaming PC and not my Surface Pro or other PC. Uninstalling Widgets using Powershell seems to have worked like a charm.

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