Taskbar icons are blank for some apps

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community. I understand your concern, and we in Community will try to help you in the best possible way.

I suggest that you try the steps below and check if it helps

1. Close and save anything that you are working on before proceeding. The next steps will involve killing explorer and restarting the PC.
2. Open a command prompt.
3. Copy and paste each command below one at a time into the command prompt, and press Enter after each command.

ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache
taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
DEL "%localappdata%\IconCache.db" /A
shutdown /r /f /t 00

The last command will shut down your computer

Hope this information helps 

I'm not sure what this did, but it didn't solve the problem for me. Any other suggestions?

Hi,

Thank you for the response and keeping the status updated.

Please follow the below methods to troubleshoot on the issue:

Method 1: Perform a sfc scan on the computer to check if there are any corruptions on the computer. Please follow the below link to perform a sfc scan on the computer.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833

Method 2: Try to perform a DISM commands on the computer. Please follow the below link to know how to perform DISM in Windows.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/947821

Method 3:Run Power shell Command

1. Open the Task manager.  Here’s a tip:  Press CTRL+Shift+ESC.
2. Click File > Run New Task
3. Make sure you have a check mark beside “Create this task with administrative privileges”
4. Type Powershell

Type the following in the Powershell prompt:

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

1. Wait for PowerShell to execute and complete the command. Ignore the few errors (in red color) that may pop up.
2. When it finishes, try hitting Start and hopefully it’ll start working.

Please reply with the results. I will be glad to help you further.

Thank you.

One of those methods messed up my apps. I can't even open them up now. The problem is that there are lots of apps that have this problem, including Camera, Photos, Calculator, Maps and so on.

And I checked the other apps that are not on this list, like Groove, Store, Mail, and NONE OF THEM ARE WORKING!

Hello,

Thank you for the update on the issue.

You may check the same issue with the new user account.

Try these steps to create a new user account and check if it fixes the issue. Refer to the steps below to create a new User Account:

1. Go to Settings.

2. Choose Accounts and then select Other User Accounts towards the left.

3. Select Add an Account.

4. Enter a user name and hit Next.

5. Click on Finish.

6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

7. Check if issue persists.

Hope this information is helpful. Please write back to us if you need any further assistance, we'll be glad to assist you.

Hello! The issue reappeared after trying to fix my internet connection. I tried the method you suggested, but it's still the same.