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Taskbar goes dark black intermittently
Pretty sure this is a bug with Windows' MPO or graphical presentation model, but basically: For the past few months my taskbar has 'randomly' been going dark black, usually with Chrome open. Upon mo...
Since your research led you to MPO, this is a direct way to address it. A blog post discussing a similar "window overlay bug" on Windows 11 25H2 specifically mentions that the issue is caused by an MPO or DWM rendering conflict and provides a registry fix.