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Uploaded by on Jul 23, 2009

Windows 7 has a taskbar bug where the highlight state gets stuck for whatever was moused over last. This is an issue that usually only surfaces weeks after installation, in my experience.

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  • all you do is restart explorer.exe process from the task manager ... fixed :D

  • @r34dm4n That sounds like a more disruptive solution. You shouldn't have to do anything in the first place.

  • Why on earth would you go back to using the old style taskbar? Problem solved - use the new improved one.

  • @fade11 The new one is virtually unusable. No thanks.

  • are you sure thats windows 7? on my pc i cant do that. Is it a theme on windows vista?or windows XP? It looks like a fake windows 7.

  • How would I not be sure if I'd installed Windows 7? This video was done with the Win7 RC, but RTM exhibits this bug sometimes too. It comes and goes.

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  • i have the same issue... thanks for the tip, Shift + Right Click trick is working for me too :)

  • I am having it also. I just learned tonight that shift right click on an icon will bring up that old menu and I am told after that it should correct it. It's better then restarting which I used to just do. PLEASE let us know if you have found an issue

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  • @r34dm4n this works ty

  • @Tbird761 also, i have win7 64bit taskbar and i have the exact same problem

  • I visited this video and it fixed iteself. Now I just go on YouTube and it works :) Odd.

  • @Tbird761 with windows u always have to do something....thats just windows for ya...sure its a hassle to do that everytime it happens...it happens to me a few times too...but thats one solution i came up with.

  • Shift and right click works! Thanks!

  • I thought I was the only one with this really annoying bug. Thank you. You really helped me with the "shift-while-right-clicking-tr­ick".

  • @Tbird761 I find the old one unusable derp.

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