Windows 10: Taskbar and start menu are unresponsive on desktop and task manager will not open

Title says it all. Taskbar won’t even load app icons. I only have recycle bin on my front page so I don’t know if apps like chrome would even open, but when I open the bin and try to navigate to my files it’s goes unresponsive. Right clicking does not do anything on the taskbar and all button combos to get task manager open don’t work. Loading in safe mode did not fix this. I’ve searched for answers but all the results I’ve found require the start menu to open which mine can’t. Thanks for any help

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Taskbar hides and shows itself after opening start menu.

Steps:

1. Using HDMI for a second monitor.
2. Open start menu using the icon.
3. Close start menu using the icon.
4. Click anywhere other than the task bars. (e.g. an open window, the desktop, even the first monitor's desktop)
   
5. Taskbar on second monitor slides down to be hidden.
6. Taskbar then immediately slides up to reappear.

If after closing the start menu (step 3), you click on the taskbar, then click outside the taskbar, this behavior does not occur.

Performing the steps on the main monitor's taskbar does not produce this behavior.

This has been happening for as long as I can remember using this laptop (~3years), with different nVidia drivers and Windows 10 updates.

 

Taskbar, Start Menu, Task Manager are not opening.

My Taskbar and Start Menu are not opening by any means. I tried opening Task Manager and, by any means, it doesn't open either.

I searched for solutions online and some of them told me to open PowerShell as Admin, but when I try to do it, it doesn't open either, it just opens as normal, not as Admin.

Some others told me to delete the TileDataLayer folder. I did, but it didn't work.

Finally, I tried to Start the computer in Safe Mode, holding down the F8 key as it starts, but it started as it normally does, not in Safe Mode.

I really don't know what to do. Please, help me.

 

Can't use taskbar,start menu,task manager,personalize,settings, or edge

Hi,

There are several factors why a component may be unresponsive. It can be due to corruptions. To better isolate your concern, we'd like to ask the following questions:

• Have you tried booting up your computer in safe mode?
• Did you get any error messages when you try to open those apps?

In the meantime, we suggest that you follow the steps in this article;
Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10. It will let you perform safe mode. You may also troubleshoot Start menu or Cortana by clicking on this

link to follow the instructions.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.