Windows 10: Task Bar File Explorer shortcuts stopped working after Windows 11 update

I installed the 22H2 update on 22nd September 2022 and my File Explorer in the Task Bar stopped working correctly.When I right-click the File Explorer icon, a list opens that shows pinned and recent items. None of them work anymore with a left-click, except the This PC shortcut. Nothing happens upon clicking them. The whole list just disappears. They only open if I right-click on them and click Open, which is tedious.

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File Explorer Task Bar icon not working Windows 10

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and all was fine. Two days later I attempted to uninstall an non-compatible program. This hung and was a major failure, leaving me with a semi-functioning Windows 10. I did a system restore to prior to the removal of
TuneUp Utilities 2011. Now everything seems fine except the File Explorer shortcut in the Task Bar. I can right click on it and get a list of folders and locations, but not properties to change the target. If I right click on it I get the attached message.
I have tried removing the shortcut and then manually creating a shortcut, first for Explorer.exe, then for File Explorer. Both will work on the desktop, but not if moved to the Task Bar. I would like to have my Task bar icon functional so any suggestions
would be appreciated.

 

File explorer in task bar stopped working.

Hi,



Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

I will certainly help you to resolve the issue.

Please answer these queries, mentioned below:

• 
  Do you receive any error code/message?
  
• 
  Is there are any update pending or failed to install?
  

If the file explorer in task bar is
not responding, follow these steps, mentioned below and check, if it helps:

• 
  Press Windows + X keys on the keyboard, select
  Command prompt (admin).
  
• 
  Enter the below commands one by one and hit
  Enter key.
  
  PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
  
  

• 
  It will open the PowerShell window.
  
• 
  Now enter the below command and hit
  Enter key.
  
  Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers |Where-Object {$_.InstallLocation -like "*SystemApps*"} | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
  

Please feel free to contact us, if you face any issues with Windows.

Thank you.

 

Windows 10 move .bat shortcut to task bar

I want to be able to launch a .bat file I've written from the task bar.

I've successfully created the shortcut and have located it in Explorer. However, Windows doesn't do anything when I drag the shortcut to the task bar, and it doesn't display "task bar" as a destination in the "Send To" menu.

Is this a new restriction, or is it possible to have a bat launcher on the task bar?

Steps to reproduce:

• Create a .bat file on the desktop (contents don't matter).
  
• Create a shortcut to that .bat file.
  
• Try to drag the shortcut to the task bar from Explorer.
  
• Right-click the shortcut and look in vain for some way of making it launchable from the task bar.
  
• GIVE UP
  

OS: Windows 10 Pro