Right Click close open windows from taskbar

An error beep is heard after windows 8.1 (april Update)

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When I right mouse click on an open window (browsers/folders/email program - anything that shows on the taskbar) I get one error beep.... Its not a sound in system sounds but apparently a computer speaker beep. After I un-installed Modern Mix this behavior stopped. When I re-installed Modern Mix, the beep returns.  Windows 8.1 pro 64 bit with the most current update and the latest Modern Mix (beta) .....

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks for reporting this.  The issue has been found and it will be fixed in the next update.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I also suffer from this issue. Have uninstalled MM for the moment.

The issue only seems to affect closing a window from the jump-list style context menu, and not from the titlebar button, nor the shift-right-click style menu. It does not hang the system but does sound the tone and wait for about a second before actually closing the window. I've demonstrated in a short video (which I had originally posted to another forum trying to diagnose the issue).

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting DeanKellham, reply 2

I also suffer from this issue. Have uninstalled MM for the moment.

The issue only seems to affect closing a window from the jump-list style context menu, and not from the titlebar button, nor the shift-right-click style menu. It does not hang the system but does sound the tone and wait for about a second before actually closing the window. I've demonstrated in a short video (which I had originally posted to another forum trying to diagnose the issue).

The issue is already fixed internally and was some debugging code left in (it is a beta release).

The Beep itself is harmless, but as noted the release build which should be out next week resolves this.