Windows 10 taskbar not working: Fix now in easy steps

Fix now: windows 10 taskbar not responding

While Microsoft was working on windows, adds useful functionality that helps to simplify life for their customer. Such functionality is Taskbar (task view icon), that’s allows you to see the entire task icon you currently have open. But the annoying problem on user interface component for instance Taskbar is failed to respond to clicks at the restart of your computer, often this problem faces many users. If you’re the one facing the issue on every restart of your computer, the Taskbar freeze. This article will help you troubleshot and fix the issue.

• Restart the windows Explorer process in Task manager

If happen you restarted your computer, and the windows Taskbar fail to respond, this is one of the easy and best steps that can help you fix the windows taskbar not working problem especially if the persist problem is not such big, don’t waste your time in manipulating with other windows systems settings before you try this option. Here is how you can operate in windows explorer to fix the issue.

Press Windows Key + R simultaneously on your keyboard to launch run prompt. Enter the taskmgr.exe command and hit enter to open task manager.

Or type Run on search windows to open the desktop app, right click the app and run as administrator then enter taskmgr.exe command then hit Ok.

Now, check the menu, under Processes tab on Windows processes scroll down and look for Windows explorer. Click, Windows Explorer and hit restart button on right hand at the bottom.

• Use command prompt system scan     

If the issue persist, try system scan to fix it using command line interface. First open command line interface, right click on your PC screen, new select shortcut from the list, type CMD on prompted windows then hit enter or next then finish.

Now, command line interface shortcut will be created on a desktop apps, tap and right click the shortcut, select Run as administrator, click yes to verify user account. 

In the command lines enter SFC/scannow, then hit enter. The system scan begins, be patient the process will take some time.

• Use PowerShell with administrator right to create new task.

If above option didn’t work for you, try to use windows built in command line tool to create new task. One such built command line tool is PowerShell, run PowerShell with administrator right to configure system settings and automate windows tasks. Follow the following step by step wizard to fix taskbar not responding issue using windows built in PowerShell tool.

Press a cursor on Search windows and type in PowerShell. Tap and right click on windows PowerShell (desktop app) and select run as administrator. Click yes to verify user account on pops up window.

Copy and paste the code below: “Get-AppXPackage-AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage –DisableDevelopmentMode –Register “$(_.InstallLocation)\ AppManifest .xml”}

Wait for some time during command execution, when the command executed effectively. Open file explorer, select This PC and explorer in the following directories to locate and delete the folder named TileDataLayer. Navigate to local disk C: /Users/TEMP/Appdata/local/. Make sure you checked show hidden items.

• Check your drivers for update

This seems to be easy and can make your taskbar work again, but you might omit and not use it at all, but you have to remember outdated drivers usually results in worse performance of your windows PC. So make sure you updated your windows drivers such as graphic drivers.

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