Hi guys, this is an issue that has been bugging me for a while now.
Basically, randomly and following no specific action the start button, charms bar and hot corners stop working. They do not appear at all, and the start button becomes unclickable.
Physical button combinations do make them appear though.
This is happening on my main desktop PC (Non-touch), freshly installed Windows 8.1.
It's happening on my surface RT and laptop PC as well. It does not matter how many times I format, reinstall or uninstall apps, the bug is still there. Weird for it to happen on the surface RT too. I'm starting to think it's a bug in the OS itself and it's my usage pattern that triggers it. Nevertheless, it's annoying.
The only way to restore proper functionality is to restart explorer.exe (or to reboot).
I hope somebody has a clue.
Just to be clear: this is happening on a fresh install both on my desktop and laptop. They share NO drivers at all so I'm ruling them out. As I said earlier, it seems like my surface RT is affected too (mostly when I use my mouse) but I can't really say for sure as I don't use it with mouse/keyb that often.
Thanks for your help.
Basically, randomly and following no specific action the start button, charms bar and hot corners stop working. They do not appear at all, and the start button becomes unclickable.
Physical button combinations do make them appear though.
This is happening on my main desktop PC (Non-touch), freshly installed Windows 8.1.
It's happening on my surface RT and laptop PC as well. It does not matter how many times I format, reinstall or uninstall apps, the bug is still there. Weird for it to happen on the surface RT too. I'm starting to think it's a bug in the OS itself and it's my usage pattern that triggers it. Nevertheless, it's annoying.
The only way to restore proper functionality is to restart explorer.exe (or to reboot).
I hope somebody has a clue.
Just to be clear: this is happening on a fresh install both on my desktop and laptop. They share NO drivers at all so I'm ruling them out. As I said earlier, it seems like my surface RT is affected too (mostly when I use my mouse) but I can't really say for sure as I don't use it with mouse/keyb that often.
Thanks for your help.
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