Unidentified icon appeared in the Alt - Tab

Referring to the picture above, the red/yellow/blue icon appeared in my 'Alt - Tab' profile.  Unlike any other icon in the list, it has no description when selected and has no obvious purpose.  Selection, it does nothing.  Everything is linked to does not appear on the Task Manager.  I have no idea why it appeared, or that she can relate to.  So I'm concerned.  Anyone can get an idea?

This generic icon is usually a window off the screen (the operating system and programs use often, at some point, that you normally have hundreds of them out of sight, tasks and working with the system).  The first thing I would do is just reboot and see if it comes back.

If she comes back, you can identify it by opening the program MSCONFIG and reseraching the "Startup" tab to find the program that represents.

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