Windows 10: Startup task lis missing aan icon. Can't find.

When I used to startup my computer I got a taskbar including several of the normal icons including a file icon labeled "Explore" Just had to replace my computer due to a hydro hit which fried old one and on new one with Windows 10 it does not appear. Used to identify, when clicked, all my files, their locations and file structures. Now Explorer icon does not appear on startup and I can't find on searching questions on web, plus live chat or "Talk to a Person" questions sequences. All I want is to find what was a very useful screen.


Sorry but I'm just a novice 80 yr old and need a younger mind to help. Many tnx for any thought time u can give me.

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Startup items not in Startup tab of Task Manager, Windows 10 Home

Ok well then why is your post stating turning off Microsoft services

>>There is no place to tick "Hide all Microsoft services" as this answer suggests<<

These are 2 separate subjects and tabs.

If you reset your PC (depending on what type of reset or restore) and your start up programs that are usually for your task tray icons of running programs at start up, and they are now all gone, Then this can happen as there is some corruption that happened
and they are not listed in this tab. However, they could still be running at start up as maybe some may be in your task tray (ICONS) that you know would also be in the startup tab in task manager.

I have seen this happen from back to XP to the current 10. That is why using system restore or resetting pc, or even Windows notorious updates destroying peoples pcs these days with windows 10, things like this can and will happen.

My old trick I use to do is uninstall all the service pack or update or the programs that are suppose to be in startup, and icons in task tray missing and reinstall them. Then the icons in tray and startup list are there.

You already did a reset, whatever you mean by that, so I don't know really what advice for the next step to take without knowing the type of reset you are talking about.

If you had not reset it, I would have suggested to uninstall the latest windows update, which was actually today a new cumulative update was available, and then see if that fixed it and then had you do a manual install of the newest update you may have installed
that started this issue to begin with.