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Every minute, as my master script adds another cmd.exe instance in the background, my cmd.exe Taskbar icon group now "bounces" or "shrink-expands" in an extremely distracting animation.

How do I stop this madness? It has started in Windows 11 and was not done on Windows 10.

It does not "flash", and the one taskbar setting about disabling "flashing" doesn't impact this.

I've looked in Winaero Tweaker without finding any way to remove this. It's going to drive me insane if it continues. I can't use my computer while constantly seeing (and waiting for) pointless, distracting animations. What possible reason could there be for this to exist in the first place?

Tykell B
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I have (by random chance) discovered the solution:

Settings, Accessibility, Visual effects, "Animation Effects" = off.

I first tried to uncheck "Animations in the taskbar" in the separate "Performance option" GUI box, but that didn't have any effect. It has to be done through the other settings GUI, under "Accessibility"...

This kind of thing gives me grey hairs.

Tykell B
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The Windows 11 taskbar does not expose many customization options. Perhaps your best bet is to try a third-party replacement.

I don't have any recommendation to give here, so here is a list of candidates:

harrymc
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There are very limited options for customizing the Windows 11 Task Bar. I suggest you not use 3rd party apps to manage the task bar. I do not use such apps and my Task Bar behaves properly.

Also adjust your master script so that it does not interfere with the Task Bar. Since the Task Bar cannot be readily customized, this will be the best approach.

Windows 11 has limits that early Windows systems did not have, but is now providing asked for features like Tabbed Explorer and similar.

You can also use Power Shell terminal sessions with multiple tabs that may help you.

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I've had the icons on my Windows 11 Taskbar constantly moving left and right for couple months. I tried many things and nothing worked - but I solved it! I opened Microsoft Edge and updated it - hey presto, it solved the problem!

JulieLancs24
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