Task manager and Win 11 general issues

Hello mat stewart，

Welcome to the Microsoft Community！

It looks like you have a complex set of problems and they seem to be interrelated. I understand what is troubling you.

I noticed that you mentioned in your edit that your computer rolled back, and that there is a known issue in KB5034848: Windows 11 devices may experience problems during this process and the installation may roll back to 96%.

Please refer to this official document: February 29, 2024—KB5034848 (OS Builds 22621.3235 and 22631.3235) Preview - Microsoft Support

According to your description, you are unable to perform a restart of Explorer, probably due to a corrupt registry that prevents you from opening Task Manager, here are some options on how to fix Task Manager, if you haven't tried them, you can try these possible options:

1. Repair Task Manager from the registry:

• Windows search "regedit" to open "Registry Editor".
• Then navigate to the following location:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies
  

• If there is no item under "Policies", right-click on "Policies" and select "New" > "Item". "and name it System.
• Select "System" and right-click on the blank space in the right window. Select "New" and then select "DWORD (32-bit) Value". Name it DisableTaskMgr.
• Double-click DisableTaskMgr and set its value to 0, and then click OK.

Disclaimer: Generally, modifying registry subkeys or work group is intended for advanced users, administrators, and IT Professionals. It can help fix some problems, however, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For further protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click How to back up and restore the registry in Windows - Microsoft Support to view the article. 

2. Check if Task Manager is blocked from Group Policy

Windows search "gpedit.msc" to open the "Local Group Policy Editor".

Click User Configuration---Administrative Templates---System---Ctrl+Alt+Del Options---"Remove Task Manager" to confirm that it is set to "Not Configured" or "Disable with "Then click "Apply" and "OK".

3. If the above actions do not fix Task Manager, you can try to re-register Task Manager:

Right-click on "Start" at the bottom left corner of your desktop and select "Windows PowerShell (Administrator)".

Copy and paste the following code and press "Enter":

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

Then open "This Computer", select "View" and check "Hidden Items".

Then open c-drive>User>Username>AppData>Local, delete the TileDataLayer folder, and restart your computer to test.

4. Also, I noticed that you have used iso repair, have you tried restoring to a restore point? If not, this is also an option to try so that you can restore to the previous setup state. You can refer to the "System Restore Point Restore" section at the bottom of this document, link below:

Recovery options in Windows - Microsoft Support

Hope this helps,please feel free to reply me if anything is unclear or if there are any further updates, thanks.

Best Regards ,

Morning | Microsoft Technical Support Community

Hi Morning, Thank you for your reply.

I have gone through the fixes you have provided me and here's how it went. (P.S. Thank you for some different fixes not like generic "turn it on/off" type fixes :D)

1. Regedit policies folder only contained "Explorer" so I added the system folder and added the DisableTaskMgr registry.
2. In the group policy Remove Task Manager was set to Not configured so I left it alone.
3. I attempted to re-register but your code didn't work, I looked up a few other GET syntax's and realized the line of code just needed me to remove the space between GET and -AppxPackage also between Add and -AppxPackage so I ended up getting that command to work.

I then went to C drive with hidden files/folders shown and got into local AppData but there was no folder called TileDataLayer, and there wasn't anything really similar so I skipped this step.

In regards to the number 4 point, I have only just recently upgraded my PC last week so I could run Win11 so the restore point was only from then.

I also looked into the update issue and have done the fix provided in that link (but have not done the update yet to see if that part is fixed as I don't have to time fto go through the restore process again if it didn't)

Lastly I did a full restart of the system and nothing I did changed, Still all the same issues unfortunately.

Thank you again for your reply

Hi, same issue over here, I tried everything on the menu, All DISM posibles and sfc scans, OS reinstalls and nothing seems to work, the temporal remedy that im using is to kill the process (DasHost.exe)Device Asociation Service using Resource Manager, and suddenly I was able to get Task Mngr working and was able to open Display Settings again. idk why but I have to do it every single time I restart my pc.

Hello mat stewart，

Thank you for taking the time to share the progress of the issue with me, I appreciate you working closely with me on this issue.

Thank you for the further information you have shared about the issue, and I apologize that point 4 is clearly the inappropriate solution for this problem situation.

Based on the analysis of the current situation, you have tried very many fixes and you are experiencing this issue after upgrading to Windows 11.

• If you have upgraded your system using something other than a fresh install, it is recommended that you try a fresh install to reconfigure your system.
• If you are upgrading your system with a fresh install, you will not normally encounter this issue unless there is some fault with your media media, so it is recommended that you recreate a new media and perform a fresh install scenario. Below is a detailed Windows 11 fresh install procedure I found for you, you can follow the steps in the link to perform a fresh install: Reinstall or clean install Windows 11 - Microsoft Community**** Disclaimer: At this point, we have exhausted all troubleshooting and I recommend that we try to perform a clean install to get your computer back into a I recommend that we try to perform a clean install to get your computer back into a working condition.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation, your support and understanding is highly appreciated, any progress is welcome. Thank you!

Best Regards ,

Morning | Microsoft Technical Support Community

Hello Morning,

So Sorry about the late reply I work away from home and have to fly out every week for 2 weeks.

I have done 2 Fresh Installs at this point and have done an install from a USB drive and nothing has fixed the issue. I have also tried a clean install on Windows 11 and still get the same problems. I got to the point where I thought maybe an update has been pushed out to resolve some of these problems and got stuck again without a taskbar after doing the new updates (Also didn't fix task manager).

I have had to roll back to my earliest previous state and am still stuck in the same boat. I just don't think I can ever use task manager/Update my PC at this point.

Thanks for the help Morning, I appreciate it.

-Mat Stewart