Steam is open in taskbar but when I click it, the screen will not open

[Rabbi Joe]

If I hover over the task, I can see the steam store as usual, but clicking it does nothing, meaning I cannot interact with steam other than the updates I get when opening steam through my desktop. Any ideas? Windows 10 btw.

I've tried running it in compatibility mode, compatibility troubleshooting and I've closed steam through task manager but to no avail.

Processor - AMD A8-9600 RADEON R7, 10 COMPUTE CORES 4C+6G, 3.10 GHz

RAM - 20.0 GB (19.5 GB usable)

System type - 64-bit OS, x64-based processor

Display adaptors - AMD Radeon R7 graphics, Radeon RX 580 series

Monitor - ASUS VP247HA

[KoptiK⁧⁧ ゴースト]

this problem has been here for a while now. for what i do when this happens i right-click on the taskbar icon and quit steam and restart it again

[Rabbi Joe]

I do that but the same thing happens, constantly.

[Satoru]

note steam has a few subprocesses that it runs so ensure you pin the correct subprocess

[Rabbi Joe]

Originally posted by Satoru:

note steam has a few subprocesses that it runs so ensure you pin the correct subprocess

And how would I do that?

[Satoru]

exit steam entirely
launch steam
then righclick 'pin to taskbar'

[Rabbi Joe]

Originally posted by Satoru:

exit steam entirely
launch steam
then righclick 'pin to taskbar'

You don't seem to understand, steam is open in my taskbar and when i hover over it i can see it just fine, but clicking it does nothing, meaning i cannot get it on my screen and therefore i cannot interact with the steam store/library/etc

[Rabbi Joe]

Anybody got any help? Problem still occurring.