Taskbar not working

Hi Andy,


In many cases, if there are outdated or incompatible device drivers with your system, many Windows 10 taskbar, start menu and task manager issue can also occur, like Windows 10 taskbar not working or not responding. to resolve the issue, you may follow suggested troubleshooting below:

Method 1: Restart Windows Explorer to Fix Taskbar Not Working after Windows 10 Update

1. Press Ctrl + Shift+ Esc altogether to open Task Manager.
2. Head to Processes tab and select Windows Explorer.
3. Click Restart.

Method 2: Download and Update Windows 10 Drivers

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• Reboot your computer.
• Afterwards, reboot your computer to make all the driver updates take effect.

Method 3: Use WindowsPowerShell

1. Right-click on Start Menu and choose Command Prompt (Admin).
2. Type PowerShell and press Enter.
3. Paste the following command in the PowerShell window and press Enter.

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

4. Close PowerShell and navigate to C:/Users/name/AppData/Local/
5. Delete TileDataLayer folder

Method 4: Create a New User Account

1. Press Windows key + I to open up Settings.
2. Head to Accounts and choose Family & Other Users.
3. Select Add someone else to this PC under Other Users.
4. Select I don't have this person's sign-in information.
5. Select Add a user without a Microsoft account.
6. Create the user and select Next.
7. Make the new account an administrator account.
8. Under Other users, select the new user account you created, and then select Change account type.
9. Select Administrator, and then select OK.

Let us know how it goes.

Thank you for your reply...

I have used Method 3 as your suggestion

Now, my laptop works properly.

Thanks

I am having the same problem but Method 1 doesn't work as everytime i try and go on my Task Manager and it doesnt respond, tried method 3 also but comes up command not known or something like that, tried method 4 but everytime i go onto user accounts and try createa new one it also freezes and doesnt respond.

Please help!

Hi Liam,

One of the possible reasons why Start Menu, Taskbar, and Task Manager is not showing is due to software conflicts. To resolve your issue, we recommend that you perform a clean boot. This will help eliminate software conflicts that may have occurred when you updated Windows. To perform a clean boot, follow the steps on this link.

Let us know how that turned out for you.

Hi,

The appdata folder might be hidden. To open the appdata folder, kindly press Windows key + R, then type %appdata%. Follow the steps in Method 3 again, and check if the issue persists.

We look forward to your response.

Hi,

The appdata folder might be hidden. To open the appdata folder, kindly press Windows key + R, then type %appdata%. Follow the steps in Method 3 again, and check if the issue persists.

We look forward to your response.

Since you were unable to rename (or delete) the TileDataLayer folder due to files being used by the State Repository Service, we recommend that you follow the steps below.

1. Use Ctrl-Shift-Esc to open Task Manager, and in the Processes tab find the appmodel entry under Windows processes (click on the Name column heading at the top to sort processes by name - the Windows processes will be towards the bottom).
2. Expand to show the 2 entries it comprises - State Repository Service and Tile Data model server.
3. Select each of the two in turn and choose End Process (don't do this on the appmodel entry itself, it won't let you do that without choosing to shut down). You may need to wait some time for the processes to end - you may also find that they disappear and then reappear. I had to make several attempts.
4. Rename the TileDataLayer folder (eventually it allowed me to do so).
5. Clicking on the Windows icon in the taskbar brings up a Start Menu, (but of course a pristine one without your saved entries). It also creates a new TileDataLayer folder (as expected).
6. Repeat step 5 (A-E) with all workarounds as above in order to rename the newly created folder and then rename the original back to its original name. At that point, the problem should be fixed and you'll have your original Start menu with all its original contents back.

Check if the resolves the issue.

Regards.

Since it was advised in the original solution posted that you need to delete the WindowsTile, we recommend that you follow the original steps provided.

Regards.