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Tray Icons and Windows Start button stops working.
The Tray icons and Windows start button stop working at random times, when this happens nothing shows up when i click the icons.
Does anyone know a fix for this issue?
The Tray icons and Windows start button stop working at random times, when this happens nothing shows up when i click the icons.
Does anyone know a fix for this issue?
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Did you upgrade to Windows 10 and how or did you buy a PC with it on it ? How long has this been happening ?
Have you been able to do any Windows updates before this happened ? Make sure have updates for windows up to October.
Have you added more apps on taskbar ?
I would first try at (Admin) command prompt copy and paste this and press enter, let it finish
sfc /scannow
Again after other finishes at the same open command prompt copy and paste this and press enter ,let it finish
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
Reboot (restart) after both commands complete, try start menu and taskbar.
This issue has happened to many in past and this resolution has worked for some can try it after if the first one does not help.
Using Powershell
Step 1: On Keyboard Press Windows+R
Step 2: Type in powershell.exe and hit enter.
Step 3: Paste the following Command in the Powershell window and hit enter.
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Step 4: Wait for the process to finish and complete the command, may see some red errors just let it finish.
Step 5: Restart PC, then try Start Menu and Taskbar.
If after you try those fixes, and later the same problem happens again, you might just want to start thinking about doing a clean install of Windows 10. I had those same problems myself, and I didn't really want to do a clean install, but after a while, I decided to finally do the clean install and since then, computer has been running better and even a lil faster than before. Just thought I'd mention it.
Take care, Mike.
You upgraded over the existing operating system, keeping it also there to go back to it, clean install will wipe that cleanly off and allow you to have just fresh copy and Windows 10 on the PC. You will loose all settings and installed software have to reinstall it again along with system and hardware drivers. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html
Can also do an inplace upgrade first or a refresh on Windows 10, inplace upgrade will repair and you will not loose anything as a refresh you will loose software just not settings you made.Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade
A reset is also like a clean install.
This is other alternatives if commands did not work, should always backup any important files and software before any process like this to an external device.
You also have another method, doing a clean install without losing your installed apps. This is for a system that has not upgraded to windows 10 yet, but will work for folks that already are running windows 10 also. Just giving you a few ideas.
Clean Install Windows 10 Directly without having to Upgrade First[2]=Installation and Setup
But try what jds63 suggested 1st, that might work for you and fix your problems. And like jds63 mentioned do a complete image backup of your c-drive just to be safe. Macrium Reflect is a free app, and does a great job for making the image.