Taskbar gone, and more

Hi All, here's my problem:

Everything in my taskbar has gone except the Cortana button, the multitasking button (whatever that's called) and the windows button. The windows button only opens if i right-click on it, and then gives an old style menu. There's no 'settings' option, just things like 'system', 'control panel' and those old things. When I open control panel the old windows 7 panel opens and when I try to go further the new Windows 10 settings panel starts to open but gets no further than the cog icon in a blue screen. Anyone know what I can do?

flatscreenface said:

Everything in my taskbar has gone except the Cortana button, the multitasking button (whatever that's called) and the windows button. The windows button only opens if i right-click on it, and then gives an old style menu.

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That sounds like a description of Tablet Mode. If you also have to the far right of the taskbar the Action Centre icon next to the time/date, then click on it. If the Tablet Mode tile is blue that confirms it - click on the Tablet Mode tile to turn it off. This should return you to your normal desktop and taskbar.

Hi Bree, i tried your suggestion but no go- Action centre will not open. Got anything else? :)

Yes, I did restart, twice 😊 Cheers

Win+I gets me as far as the start screen for settings and goes no further than that cog image

Can you post a screenshot of the bottom half of your desktop ? Something like this -