Select Windows Explorer and right-click on it, and click on the Restart option to relaunch Windows Explorer. Inside the Processes tab, locate Windows Explorer process. If you don’t see ongoing tasks, click on the More Details button. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys together on the keyboard to launch task manager window. If you don’t own a touchscreen laptop, you can go ahead and hide the Show Windows Ink Workspace button and Show touch keyboard button. Similarly, you can also disable Show People on the taskbar option if you don’t use it.
For instance, the search icon, search box, Cortana, and task view are a few unnecessary items that can be easily accessed using shortcut keys. Thankfully, Microsoft Windows 10 allows us to remove or hide any taskbar icon if we don’t use them. We often keep items in the taskbar that we have no use for that take up valuable room, thereby cluttering the taskbar. Re-registering your Taskbar via PowerShell
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