Solved Weird Windows 11 bugs

Windows 11 User · Oct 16, 2023

Sometimes, after clicking a taskbar icon, it opens the icon next to it. I have to restart explorer.exe to stop this behavior.

Also, when opening a window, it constantly and randomly returns to a previous one.

I have these issues for months (at least) even after making several Windows 11 clean installs.

Ghot · Oct 16, 2023

Try a different mouse or mouse driver maybe?

Fabler2 · Oct 16, 2023

Are you using any third party apps to change Windows' GUI?

glasskuter · Oct 16, 2023

Along with trying another mouse I would disable widgets to see if it makes a difference. Widgets have caused a lot of strange GUI problems so it may be the cause of yours.

Enable or Disable Widgets Feature in Windows 11

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Windows 11 User · Oct 16, 2023

Ghot said:
Try a different mouse or mouse driver maybe?

Already did.

Fabler2 said:
Are you using any third party apps to change Windows' GUI?

I don't know. I've had these issues before installing apps. Maybe it's caused by a custom image created by NTLite.

glasskuter said:
Along with trying another mouse I would disable widgets to see if it makes a difference. Widgets have caused a lot of strange GUI problems so it may be the cause of yours.

Enable or Disable Widgets Feature in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the widgets feature for all users in Windows 11. Widgets are small windows that display dynamic info on your Windows desktop. They appear on the widgets board, where you can add, remove, arrange, resize, and customize them to reflect your...

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I don't have any widgets.

Fabler2 · Oct 16, 2023

I've no experience of NTLite. Could be the issue. I would ask on their forums to see if there have been similar issues.

antspants · Oct 16, 2023

Could you list your windows version/build?
Windows key + x/ type: “Winver”/ press enter
I’m just curious.

Windows 11 User · Oct 17, 2023

antspants said:
Could you list your windows version/build?
Windows key + x/ type: “Winver”/ press enter
I’m just curious.

22621.2428.

Windows 11 User · Oct 29, 2023

When clicking taskbar icons, it often doesn't do nothing or the icon doesn't get inside a blank square as if it wasn't active and to fix both bugs I have to restart explorer.exe.

TM21 · Oct 29, 2023

I was gifted an HP Laptop that developed some similar tendencies. I'd click on a desktop icon and the one next to it would run.
There were other and similar 'Bugs'. Minus a few parts, that laptop is now in the county land fill. Problem solved!

Cheers Mates!
TM

Fabler2 · Oct 29, 2023

Windows 11 User said:
When clicking taskbar icons, it often doesn't do nothing or the icon doesn't get inside a blank square as if it wasn't active and to fix both bugs I have to restart explorer.exe.

You might as well do another clean install and this time don't use the NLite frigged .iso to see if the same problem occurs.

Fabler2 · Oct 29, 2023

You could also try this during install,

Secret trick installs Windows 11 without the bloatware – but Microsoft is looking to fix it

Say no to bloatware

www.techradar.com

Windows 11 User · Oct 29, 2023

TechnoMage2021 said:
I was gifted an HP Laptop that developed some similar tendencies. I'd click on a desktop icon and the one next to it would run.
There were other and similar 'Bugs'. Minus a few parts, that laptop is now in the county land fill. Problem solved!

Cheers Mates!
TM

So, do you think these problems are hardware-related?

Fabler2 said:
You might as well do another clean install and this time don't use the NLite frigged .iso to see if the same problem occurs.

Unfortunately, these problems are somewhat random and I don't want to have all the frigged apps and components back.

Fabler2 said:
You could also try this during install,

Secret trick installs Windows 11 without the bloatware – but Microsoft is looking to fix it

Say no to bloatware

www.techradar.com

I doubt that would remove as many apps as NTLite since the latter also removes system ones, not to mention it also enables and disables settings.

Fabler2 · Oct 29, 2023

Windows 11 User said:
So, do you think these problems are hardware-related?

Unfortunately, these problems are somewhat random and I don't want to have all the frigged apps and components back.

I doubt that would remove as many apps as NTLite since the latter also removes system ones, not to mention it also enables and disables settings.

OK. Good luck.

wiganken · Oct 29, 2023

Instead of restarting Explorer have you tried pressing F5 to refresh the screen? I sometimes find that clicking on desktop icons does not activate them and pressing F5 fixes the issue (until another random occasion).

OS is Win 11 Pro 22H2 Build 22621.2428.
Also StartAllBack v3.6.15 is installed.

TM21 · Oct 29, 2023

In the case of my errant HP Laptop; I proved it was not a glitch in the OS, by swapping the HD with two other HD's containing different OS's. Regardless of what OS was running, the problem with the cursor persisted.
I don't give up on a PC easily! I spent several hours of troubleshooting before scrapping out the Laptop and putting the dead carcass in the trash.
TM

glasskuter · Oct 29, 2023

Fabler2 said:
you might as well do another clean install and this time don't use the NLite frigged .iso to see if the same problem occurs.

To the OP, Fabler2's suggestion is a solid piece of advice if I've ever heard one. Start at the beginning and start with a Windows install as it's meant to be installed. Folks need to realize we're not in Win7Land anymore. We all tweak here and there, but tweaking 11 to death is only asking for problems. Ask, and you shall receive.., and from reading your other posts, you did.

Windows 11 User · Oct 29, 2023

wiganken said:
Instead of restarting Explorer have you tried pressing F5 to refresh the screen? I sometimes find that clicking on desktop icons does not activate them and pressing F5 fixes the issue (until another random occasion).

OS is Win 11 Pro 22H2 Build 22621.2428.
Also StartAllBack v3.6.15 is installed.

Actually, no, since I didn't recall. I'll do it next time.

TechnoMage2021 said:
In the case of my errant HP Laptop; I proved it was not a glitch in the OS, by swapping the HD with two other HD's containing different OS's. Regardless of what OS was running, the problem with the cursor persisted.
I don't give up on a PC easily! I spent several hours of troubleshooting before scrapping out the Laptop and putting the dead carcass in the trash.
TM

I doubt its a hardware problem. I think its either a bug that will be fixed by an update or a bug that was caused by removing components with NTLite.

glasskuter said:
To the OP, Fabler2's suggestion is a solid piece of advice if I've ever heard one. Start at the beginning and start with a Windows install as it's meant to be installed. Folks need to realize we're not in Win7Land anymore. We all tweak here and there, but tweaking 11 to death is only asking for problems. Ask, and you shall receive.., and from reading your other posts, you did.

To be fair, I've had strange isses even with untouched images or with minimum custom ones.

wiganken · Oct 29, 2023

Windows 11 User said:
Actually, no, since I didn't recall. I'll do it next time.

I'd be interested to know if it worked so feedback appreciated.

Windows 11 User · Oct 29, 2023

wiganken said:
I'd be interested to know if it worked so feedback appreciated.

Currently, I'm not having the issue. If I have it, I'll let you know.

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