ISSUE:

• Jump list entries does not work.
• It quickly open and close a process in the task bar.

CONDITIONS TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM:

• OS: Windows 7 64 bits (may apply to other versions of Windows 7).
• Launch any program.
• Right click on the application in the task bar.
• Select any entry in the jump list.

FIX:

• Uninstall WinRAR and try to reinstall the latest / a more recent version of WinRAR.

OTHER FIXES:

• Erase the content of those folders (but you will lose your history!).
  • %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
  • %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations
• Disable / uninstall applications like:
  • a-squared
  • ATItray tools
• Perform a clean boot by enabling the startup services one after the others.

Some comments

I spent a whole morning to fix this bug. I crawled over the net but the provided solutions (those in “OTHER FIXES”) did not work for me.

I could notice that every program were launching a “mysterious program” when I was left clicking any jump list entry. So I installed system explorer, a task manager alternative, to sort the processes by “Start Time” and then to deduce what was this program. Then I could found out it was “RarExtLoader.exe”, that is to say WinRAR. I uninstalled it and I was done!