I have the latest version of Winstep Xtreme. The taskbar including the time and date goes blank all the time except for Quicklaunch icons. I have an arrow to the extreme right to collapse the entire taskbar to the left then clicking on it brings it back and which restores the running tasks and calendar. I have to do this constantly and it has been this way for at least two years.

Any ideas?

At first glance sounds like a 3rd party application interfering with Xtreme.

What other Windows customization application(s) are you running? What version of Windows? What's your GPU? Does it have the latest drivers? Does this only happen with the NextSTART taskbar? Which theme? Does changing themes make any difference?

The short answers are: Windows 11, no other 3rd party apps, latest version of everything. GPU is Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. I'll try another theme.

Wait! Is that what you are seeing? I thought the whole taskbar went blank?

If that is what you are seeing I have no explanation for THAT (unless you changed that theme's bitmaps).

That just showed the theme I was using and what it should normally look like.

Here's what it looks like when the running tasks and calendar disappear.

Ah, I understand now.

Do you have your taskbar set to Always on top? If you click on an empty place of the taskbar when the tasklist and the clock button disappear, do they pop back up?

Yes, it shows always on top. It toggles between normal Z-Order and always on top.

I'll wait for it to happen and see if clicking around actually runs anything as if it was just invisible but there.

-Steve

I found one thing that will always do it. I have a switch to go from two monitors to the one on the right (not normally the main monitor). When I switch back it is missing taskbar stuff. When I slide the taskbar to the left with the minimize button near the clock and bring it back, it has restored. I know it happens at other times but not exactly sure when. At any rate thanks for your help. I don't think this deserves any more attention.

Thanks.....Steve

I have the same problem. I have a Windows 11 laptop connected to two monitors at work, and I can take the laptop home with me. The taskbar is docked on one of the monitors when connected to them. Disconnecting or reconnecting the monitors causes the task list on the taskbar to disappear when the taskbar relocates. There are two ways of recovering from this issue: 1) Restart NextSTART. 2) Go to Preferences->Taskbar->Taskbar Settings->Taskbar Sections, then clear the Tasklist checkbox and apply it, and then set the Tasklist checkbox and apply it.

This reply is informational only in case there are plans to do a fix. It doesn't bother me that the tasks have disappeared because I always use the Nexus to switch between tasks.

Does the tasklist return if you click the NextSTART Start button to open the main NextSTART menu?