Program windows not iconizing to the taskbar

Whenever I open a program and click the minimize button, it does not iconize to the taskbar as usual, but does this in the following image. How to fix?

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 530
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Keyboard
    Dell/Logitech
    Mouse
    Dell USB Mouse, Logitech Wireless Mouse or Windows Optical
    Other Info
    Thank you for everything you've done for me in the past years. I'm sorry that games require much more than you're capable of, but you'll never be forgotten as my first personal computer <3
Easiest fix may be a restore point from just before the problem started. If you have one. I don't think I've seen this unless some automatic MinimizeToTray type app was used.

Have you booted the machine since this started?
If you have a Registry backup such as with ERUNT that may be one thing sort of using a Restore Point.

For future reference I back up my Registry every day using
ERUNT

edit: the other time you might get funky behavior like this is using a 3rd party Theme especially if it replaces the shell DLL.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion m9515y
    CPU
    Phenom X4 9850
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Some Radeon Cheapie with 512 MB Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    CRT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    750 GB SATA 3G
    2 SIIG Superspeed docks w/WD Caviar Black Sata II or III
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