Until today when an application was minimized its icon was still on the Taskbar. To return focus to the program I would simply click the icon on the Taskbar.
Today, minimized applications now appear as minimized windows taking up desktop space. The Taskbar functionality has not changed. (See below.)
Why are minimized apps now showing as a small window on the desktop? More importantly, how does one restore things where just the Taskbar icon represents the application?
Best Answer
I have had the same problem just now. I believe it is a disorder caused by explorer.exe. What I did to fix it without restarting the machine, is to kill (or end) the process "explorer.exe" in Task Manager, then re-run it again [File>New task (run..)]. Hope that helps!