Press Windows + R to bring up the Run application. Type “taskmgr” in the dialogue box to bring up. Random, intermittent, suspicious icon in taskbar. I have seen this strange, star-shaped, orange program icon pop up in the taskbar of Windows 10 machines only to disappear without a trace about 3 seconds later before I can screenshot it.
Sorry to report that this was only a temporary solution. It worked until I turned my computer off, and then it stopped working. If I repeat the procedure, the taskbar comes back again until I turn the computer off. Back to the drawing board…
Taskbar Is Showing In Game
I like to have the maximum amount of screen space, so I set the taskbar at the bottom of Windows to hide when it’s not in use. Whenever I need the taskbar, I just hover over where it should be and it pops up. However, I recently noticed that I couldn’t get my taskbar to unhide itself when I was using Google Chrome as my browser. The taskbar worked fine with every single other program, but not Chrome.
Taskbar Showing Up In Game
Here is how I fixed this problem.
Unhide the Windows Taskbar When Using Chrome
Follow these steps to move the position of your taskbar and move it back again:
- Minimize Chrome or close it so you can see you taskbar.
- Right click on the taskbar and select “properties”.
- Change the position of your taskbar from the bottom of your screen to the right of your screen.
- Click on Apply or OK and close the dialogue box.
- Right click on the taskbar again and select “properties” again.
- Change the position of your taskbar back to the bottom.
- Click on Apply or OK and close the dialogue box.
Windows Taskbar Showing Over Game
That is it. After I did that, my taskbar worked fine in Chrome. I’m not sure if this will be a permanent fix or not, but it seems to be working for now. I will report back if this solution doesn’t seem to stick.