Thank you. I have saved all the info and will give it a go.

I did as suggested but didn't get to Troubleshoot or Reset computer. When it started back up with taskbar was complete and start button working. Everything seems ok, but slower. So thanks for...

Left click doesn't work, right click shows "open action centre" but nothing happens - underneath "turn on quiet hours"

I have right clicked on the tool and no option to "mount" is there

There appears to be two copies of Media Creation tool in my downloads - 17.5MB

no idea - it never came up with the box to show where it was

Yes back at square one. When I switch on the computer I can open the icons on the desktop but nothing in the taskbar. To close down I have to switch off via the button, when it flashes I click on...

THere was nothing about insuffcient disk space by the way.

I had a blue box, which indicated progress of the tool download. I assume it had completed because a box popped up within the screen to click finish, which I did. The box disappeared, a small...

I downloaded it, clicked finish at the end then a message popped up saying trying to delete files and now nothing at all. Was not able to do the right click etc. What do I do now?

Giving it a go now

My apologies. 2 it is then please.

I'm concerned about what I might lose. If I try 2 will I still lose everything?

No to questions 1 and 2 but obviously something I need to find out about. Question 3 - I have the notification icon (the one that looks like a page with a tick at the bottom and with the up arrow...

No I'm afraid not

Please help. Windows 10 has worked pretty well since installing it a couple of months ago but last week suddenly the taskbar is empty and start button not working. I tried the powershell idea but...