Right click on Taskbar icons only works on certain icons but not all of them?

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DenisBlanchard

Hi,


For example, if I right-click on Excel and try to start a file from a pinned file, it will not start, but if I click on Word and do the same the file will open. Or if I right-click on Chrome or Edge and try to start Incognito or private window it will not work.


I have done some research on this.


I think this issue happened after I installed a new graphic card but I'm not sure. It also happened after a "forced" BIG Windows update a few weeks back (I just happened to look at my computer and it was updating and I did not ask or approve the update...)


My Restore points were not activated so I could not go back to a previous version :(


I am using three adapters for 5 monitors:

Intel(R) HD Graphics - on the motherboard (recently installed driver)

NVIDIA GeForce GT710 (recently installed driver)

NVIDIA GeForce GT740 (older card driver not changed)


I tried the following from other threads** to no avail:


**You can System Restore from Repair Mode if it will not work in Windows, following one of these paths: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2294-advanc...

**There are also fixes that are working for right click dysfunction reported recently here:
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-file-exp...

**Another fix working for this is to find a right click shell extension that has malfunctioned due to latest Update:
https://www.winhelponline.com/xp/slowrightclick...


This last one (with ShellEXView) seemed to be the most viable, but all it did was give me right-click on Word.

I also tried reinstalling Windows (keep apps and files) using the "Reinstall Windows using installation media" and keep everything (Don't want to start over and re-install years of apps and data if possible!) but that did not change anything...

Also, right-click on the start menu does not work on anything either!


Can someone make some sense out of this?

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