DisplayFusion RSS: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba DisplayFusion RSS: Taskbars showing all icons Sun, 03 May 2026 10:37:23 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#47 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:05:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#47 DisplayFusion We've just posted DF 11 Beta 3, and this should hopefully be all fixed up now.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#46 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:47:22 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#46 DisplayFusion Thanks, Keith. It's not a huge problem. Glad you have a solution in mind. ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#45 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:41:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#45 DisplayFusion Thanks Fred! We've got an idea of what's causing this now, just need to figure out the best way to solve it. We'll post an update when we've gotten it sorted out. ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#44 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:17:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#44 DisplayFusion Keith,

It happened again. The L1 log is attached. Also confirming that restarting Explorer makes the behavior go away temporarily.

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Could you enable L1 debug logging and send me a copy of the log next time it happens?

Thanks!
]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#43 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:44:01 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#43 DisplayFusion I will do so and send it on the next time it happens. Right now it's functioning normally, for the last two hard boots ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#42 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 20:26:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#42 DisplayFusion @Kirk: Could you send over a debug log for this when the taskbars are missing?
  • On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal" and click Apply
  • Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
  • Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
  • Reply with the file attached
  • Disable debug logging after sending the log
]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#41 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 22:17:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#41 DisplayFusion I rebooted and now I have no DF taskbars at all. I confirmed they're turned on in settings. Please advise. ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#40 Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:59:40 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#40 DisplayFusion I've just had this issue occur for the first time as well. Tried installing the beta for 11.0--no change. I also cycled the Windows and DF taskbars on and off. Still no change. So my primary (Windows) monitor has every icon, while my secondaries (DF) correctly show only the relevent windows. ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#39 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:49:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#39 DisplayFusion Could you enable L1 debug logging and send me a copy of the log next time it happens?

Thanks! ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#38 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:23:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#38 DisplayFusion I am seeing this behavior again. Restarting Windows or rebotting will fix it for a period of time, and then it happens again. That is, the taskbars of both monitors show an open program, not just the monitor on which the program is open. ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#37 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 21:05:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#37 DisplayFusion Will do ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#36 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:43:02 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#36 DisplayFusion We've just released 10.1.2 Beta 1, and we've added some more logging to help track this down. Could you enable debug logging and send over a new log next time you notice the issue?

Thanks! ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#35 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:47:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#35 DisplayFusion Thanks! We'll take another look at the troubleshooting info and logs.

I suspect what's happening is that something is breaking in explorer.exe, then when DF asks it to remove the button from the taskbar, it fails to do so, but doesn't tell DF that it failed. We need to look into a way to confirm that though.

We'll keep you posted! ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#34 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:35:13 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#34 DisplayFusion Just happened again. ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#33 Sat, 16 Sep 2023 16:53:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#33 DisplayFusion It just happened again. I had two programs (including Display Fusion) showing on both monitors. Restarting Windows (without rebooting) fixed the problem. Log attached. ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#32 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:56:54 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#32 DisplayFusion Interesting, might be a tough one to reproduce here but I'll keep an eye on it! ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#31 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:48:54 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#31 DisplayFusion It has been relatively infrequent recently. Certainly not even daily. Not even weekly at this point.
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Ok, thanks! How long does it take before the issue occurs again? Just wondering for a test machine here how long I need to leave it logged in for.

Thanks!
]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#30 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:29:21 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#30 DisplayFusion Ok, thanks! How long does it take before the issue occurs again? Just wondering for a test machine here how long I need to leave it logged in for.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#29 Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:00:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#29 DisplayFusion Yes. I just run a restart explorer.exe command
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Does just restarting explorer.exe fix it? (Without restarting Windows itself)
]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#28 Tue, 29 Aug 2023 14:58:11 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#28 DisplayFusion Does just restarting explorer.exe fix it? (Without restarting Windows itself) ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#27 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:10:25 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#27 DisplayFusion Yes. Restarting windows does fix it.

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Thanks! I can see in the log where DisplayFusion is attempting to remove it from the Windows taskbar. There aren't any failures in the log, but I believe Windows doesn't return anything for that API call :(

When this happens, if you kill explorer.exe with Task Manager and start it again, does that also fix it?
]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#26 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:45:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#26 DisplayFusion I will try that when it reocurrs and report back. ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#25 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:43:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#25 DisplayFusion Thanks! I can see in the log where DisplayFusion is attempting to remove it from the Windows taskbar. There aren't any failures in the log, but I believe Windows doesn't return anything for that API call :(

When this happens, if you kill explorer.exe with Task Manager and start it again, does that also fix it? ]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#24 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:19:10 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#24 DisplayFusion It has occurred again. The time was 6:16 PM Central. The program at issue was Adobe Acrobat. Showing on both taskbars.

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Yes. The issue has not appeared again for a while. the next time it does I will get a log and send it.

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Would you be able to capture an L2 debug log for this issue?

  • On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L2: Log Detailed" and click Apply
  • Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
  • Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
  • Reply with the file attached
  • Disable debug logging after sending the log

Thanks!
]]> RE: Taskbars showing all icons https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#23 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:51:15 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/taskbars-showing-all-icons/?ID=f06bba0d-e4c8-4df0-86f6-7c264cf7b0ba#23 DisplayFusion Yes. The issue has not appeared again for a while. the next time it does I will get a log and send it.

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Would you be able to capture an L2 debug log for this issue?

  • On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L2: Log Detailed" and click Apply
  • Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
  • Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
  • Reply with the file attached
  • Disable debug logging after sending the log

Thanks!
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