Windows 10 has encountered a new error after installing KB5003214 for May 2021 Update (21H1), October 2020 Update (20H2), and May 2020 Update (2004).
This optional update breaks the line work (system tray) and various others.
This happens to users running the May 2020 Update (2004) or later with KB5003214 installed (optional update).
One of the affected users reported that his taskbar is cluttered and icons are blank or overlapping, especially when the News and Interests feature is enabled.
Some users report that the notification center and the network icon have stopped working after the update. In some cases, users have noticed that the system tray icons began to move randomly, disappear, or hide when the News & Interest taskbar feed function is enabled.
“After installing the cumulative preview update KB5003214, I'm having some problems with the taskbar, mainly the right side icons moving randomly, disappearing or hiding. Tested on a Surface Book 3 and the Alienware M17 R5”, αναφέρει ένας χρήστης στο Feedback Hub.
"Uninstalling the update solved the problem."
In other words, those who use the latter cumulative information with News & Interests enabled experience issues with the system tray used to display app icons.
“After installing KB5003214, my taskbar (lower right the clock, the notification center, the network icon, etc.) crashed. Icons disappeared,” reports one user on Feedback Hub.
The search box also does not appear in the taskbar for some users, while others report problems with the screen scaling, which could be related to a system tray error.
Uninstalling the cumulative update will rid you of system tray problems, but if you want to keep the update for whatever reason, there seems to be a second solution.
Όσοι τρέχουν το May 2020 Update ή κάποια νεότερη έκδοση μπορούν να απενεργοποιήσουν τη λειτουργία Ειδήσεις και ενδιαφέροντα (News and Interests) από τις ρυθμίσεις. Για να απενεργοποιήσετε αυτή τη λειτουργία, κάντε δεξί κλικ στο εικονίδιο, και επιλέξτε “Απactivation".
