I’m using the latest version of Windows 10 and Brave V1.19.88. Yesterday, I noticed Brave Rewards ads weren’t working. I reinstalled Brave. Now, the rewards page is working, but I can no longer right click the Brave taskbar icon and select “New Window” or “New Private Window”. I have tried remov…

I was able to get this working by doing the following: Remove Brave taskbar icon Run CCleaner and let it clear jump lists Right click taskbar → Settings → Start Turn “Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar and in File Explorer Quick Access” off Turn “Show rec…

Windows Tasks "New Window" and "New Private Window" broken after reinstall

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If I install the beta and pin it to the taskbar, it doesn’t have any right click tasks associated with it:

Release:

Beta:

Can't open private window from taskbar anymore

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Windows Tasks "New Window" and "New Private Window" broken after reinstall

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