Multiple problems

Question

Good day. I own a Lenovo Thinkpad 8th gen 16gb ram 256gb ROM laptop. Windows 10 pro.

Occasionally, my taskbar just stops working, I can't access my settings...

Many Microsoft apps don't open and many fail and don't respond. It just started about 2hrs ago.

Please what do I do?

I've tried everything possible

Answer 1

Please try to return to the login screen

While holding the Left Shift key, click the Power icon at the bottom right > Restart

This will bring you to Windows Recovery Environment

Select Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Uninstall Updates

Uninstall latest quality update

If this doesn't work, Select Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > System Restore

Select the restore point at an earlier date where everything is still working.

Click Next then Finish

Answer 2

Hi, good day!

Have you made any changes to your computer recently?

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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/windows/using-system-file-checker-in-windows-365e0031-36b1-6031-f804-8fd86e0ef4ca

After that, restart your computer

Note: You can open command prompt by doing this,

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager then click File

Select "Run new task" then type: cmd

Make sure to put a check mark on the "Create this task with administrative privileges" box

Continue with the commands within the link above.

• Repair all Windows apps via PowerShell

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager then click File

Select "Run new task" then type: powershell

Make sure to put a check mark on the "Create this task with administrative privileges" box

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

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