Windows 10: Task Bar & Start Button Probs

I can no longer see my log in page and am having a black screen to log in. When my screen desktop comes up, the search bar doesn't work and neither does the start button. I am using surface pro & windows 10 but I cannot find any windows files. Can anyone help in plain language, I'm not too familiar with all this tech stuff.

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Windows 10 Start button, task bar menu and swipe does not work

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

Step1: End Task the Windows Explorer.

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  Open task manager (CRTL+SHIFT+ESC)
  
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  Right-click on windows explorer
  
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  End task (Note: don’t close Task manager)
  
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  Click on File > Run new task
  
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  Type explorer.exe and press enter
  
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  Your search bar should be functional again.
  

Step 2: If Start button is not working then I suggest you to check for the latest updates.

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  Press Windows logo key +R, enter
  MS-settings: and then press OK. This opens Settings.
  
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  In Settings, go to Update & security >
  Windows Update, and then select Check for updates. Install any available updates and restart your PC if required.
  

Step 3: Some problems can be fixed by signing out of your account and then signing back in. Press Ctrl + Alt+ Delete and select
Sign out. Once you’ve signed out, sign back in to your account.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.

 

Windows 10 Start button, task bar menu and swipe does not work

Dear Arun B J,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my query. But unfortunately this has not helped. Let me give you some more information on this.

I had tried all the remedies that you can find when you type in "Windows 10 start button is not working' in bing or google... ie. powershell.. safe boot etc.. non of them worked and then I wrote to the window community.

I have tried all the steps you have told me to do, but it has not helped me as the start button still does not work. also the window store icon and mail icon in the task bar is also invisible and only when I put the cursor on those it only shows the name
i.e store or Mail. They are also not working when click them.

I am really in trouble as I can not use the start button as I should be able to.

PLEASE HELP... When would Microsoft have an remedy for this....

Thanks

Partha

 

Windows 10 start button and search on task bar not working

Hi Kelly,



Welcome to Microsoft community and thank you for posting. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.



We apologize for the inconvenience as you are unable to access Start button and Task bar, we will help you to resolve this issue.

This issue might occur, when some of the system files got corrupted.



I would suggest you to try perform System File Checker (sfc) scan and check if it helps.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

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  Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
  
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  Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
  
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  Now check for the issue.
  

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.