Windows 10 taskbar icons don't stop glowing orange

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I've been running into this UI issue on Windows 10 where when I get a notification through an app (especially Slack or Outlook), the icon glows orange to indicate it, but it never goes back to normal. The icon just stays orange unless I kill the app and relaunch it.

Is this a setting for some reason or a bug?

Windows 10 Pro
Version 1607
OS Build 14393.51

The Whether Man

Posted 2016-08-17T14:51:38.817

Reputation: 73

Answers

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Eventually I found a solution to this problem, so for anyone who comes across this:

My solution was to change the blink rate of the keyboard caret in my Windows settings to something greater than zero.

Control Panel > Keyboard > Cursor blink rate: set to something greater than "None"

The Whether Man

Posted 2016-08-17T14:51:38.817

Reputation: 73

@NicolasMartel Yep, I was trying to go for a block-style caret that didn't blink, apparently that property of the caret is tied to the notification animations some how? Bizarre – The Whether Man – 2017-08-15T20:39:21.047

Incredible... I have been looking for a solution to this for the past week. Unreal. – ThoAppelsin – 2019-03-01T17:45:35.443

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