Windows Task bar Frozen Error

Question

I am HP Notebook laptop. I have installed all the updates in Windows 10 including optional updates. After the last two updates I am facing a problem with frozen task bar. This issue happens mostly when connected to internet. With the latest updates of windows, there is a News and Interest Panel with weather forecast. When loading this panel, the whole taskbar including start menu button stucks. Even I cannot disconnect wifi  or open minimized applications.  It takes more than 5 minutes to recover and sometimes I had to restart the laptop. Why is that ? 

Could you please help me to solve this issue ?

Answer 1

Hello KishanMalinda,

Thanks for updating me with that information and I’m happy that worked. It can be just a hiccup in the system after installing recent updates. If it doesn’t happen all the time, there’s no need to worry about it.

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor

Answer 2

Restarting Windows Explorer works for me. But I want to verify the reason behind that. Is that any problem with my OS or any other problem like crashing between apps ?

Answer 3

Hello KishanMalinda,

I'm John an Independent Advisor and a Windows user like you. I'll be happy to assist you today. What is your current Windows operating system and version? Press Windows key+R to open Run then type: winver

Please try the following methods below.

**Restart Windows Explorer

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.

Select the Processes tab.

Scroll down and look for Windows Explorer

Right click then select Restart.

**Please try to run SFC and DISM to check for any system errors and corrupted files.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/usi...

After that, Restart your PC

Note: You can open command prompt by doing this,

Press Windows Key+R to open run then type: cmd

Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to run it as administrator

Continue with the commands within the link above.

**Repair all Windows apps via PowerShell

Press Windows key+X then select PowerShell(Admin)

Copy and paste the command below one at a time then press Enter. Please ignore the red errors and let the process complete.

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register "$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Restart your computer

**Please try creating a new local administrator account then check if the issue still persists.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/cre...

Kindly let me know if this helps or if you have any further concerns.

Kind regards,

John DeV

Independent Advisor