The taskbar notifications.

'Customize' in the task bar are grayed out or disabled. Impossible to select notifications in the taskbar.

I finally fixed the problem by using information from 'Kelly Korner' and 'COMODO '.

The problem was more aggravating, because I couldn't get the ir correction. I would like to finish all the tasks I undertake, but being a PC novice, was challenging my brain.

Thanks for your help and certainly for your concern. It was much appreciated.

I performed all tasks with the task bar & start, but does not open the box to hide the notifications and customize. They are grey and of course disabled. Therefore, I'm unable to select and add notifications and/or the behavior for each of the notifications.

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