Taskbar issue

Question

I try to press windows key, nothing happens, I right click on taskbar and then select taskbar settings, nothing happens. The only thing that works when I click it in taskbar seems to be opening an app or right clicking. When I try to access settings from Task Manager by running ms-settings:dateandtime, an error pops up as seen in the image with a File system error. I can't access anything from taskbar (search, notifications, date and time, wifi logo, sound logo, peek at desktop, etc.) Also, it would be interesting to note that I can't alt+tab properly, I've tried restarting my PC, ran DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth, sfc /scannow, and chkdsk /f, but nothing seemed to be an issue.

Answer 1

Forum helper

Hi : if may I suggest, some additional solutions..

Have you tried to - Reset - The taskbar to

its default settings. it may help

Restart or Reset Taskbar via Command Prompt

 Command Prompt is a command-Line tool that can help you 

       restart or reset your taskbar by running the command,,

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe && start explorer.exe and press - Enter

 After get the result >> *close the* ***"CMD - Prompt"*** and Restart the PC

if get lose with the Steps. use this other method. Shown on this video below

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How To Reset Windows 10 Taskbar To Its Default Settings - YouTube

Answer 2

I did that and rebooted, but still nothing changed at all :/

Answer 3

Hello,

Thank you for your reply and providing Information.

Please use below Powershell -> Right Click run as Administrator

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name windows.immersivecontrolpanel | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml" -Verbose}

Reboot your Computer.

Best Regards,

Prakash

Answer 4

Hi, thanks for the response.

"Get-AppxPackage *windows.immersivecontrolpanel* | Reset-AppxPackage" didn't work for me and I also tried everything else:

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Answer 5

Hello,

Thanks for reaching out! I'm Microsoft user like you.

1. Cleanup below Temp folders location -> Open Start -> Run -> Type below location one-by-one and press enter -> C:\Windows\Temp -> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
2. Run Disk Cleanup from Select C:\ Drive from Properties- > General -> Disk Cleanup - >Cleanup system files
3. Run below DISM commands from elevated

prompt.

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

5. Run sfc /scannow from elevated prompt.
6. Reboot your computer
7. Open PowerShell as Administrator

Copy and paste the command below then press Enter.

Get-AppxPackage *windows.immersivecontrolpanel* | Reset-AppxPackage

8. Reboot your computer and try to open Date and time settings from control panel.

In case of additional questions, reach out back to me, and I will be happy to help and try our best to resolve your issue.

Best Regards,

Prakash