Windows 10: Taskbar and windows generally frozen after boot

Greetings,

I have been having this strange issue lately, though it doesn't appear every single time I boot my PC. Basically I get to the log screen with no problems and when I type in my password it takes a little longer than usually to get into the desktop and when it does the wallpaper goes up with no problem, but the taskbar is like mid way through loading but frozen, start menu, search bar and cortana icons are nromally loaded but nothing else, when I hover over it with mouse I get the clock icon. Nothing will happen until I sign out and then sign in through ctrl alt del, taskbar won't react to anything.

After I sign back in the whole PC works completely fine. I think this may have a connection to two other weird problems I've been having.

1 When I turn off the PC wether through taskbar or by clicking the power on button on the PC case it takes like 5-10 minutes to actually start shutting off, in those 5-10 mins I can use the PC just fine. It also takes an eternity to turn off... like seriously it sometimes feels like it takes 15-20 min untill the screen goes off and fans stop spinning. I'm rocking an NVMe M.2 SSD, this stuff should take seconds.

2 When I turn on the PC and log on and stuff even if the weird freeze thing doesn't happen my second monitor won't get recognised until I plug it off and back in, it then works just fine.

After some time that this has been happening it got really annoying and I didn't really find any help online. Hope this may do it, thank you all very much for your potential suggestions and for saving my nerves <3

:)

 

Windows 10, Taskbar frozen

i have tried all above solution but the problem still exists. please help....

 

Windows 10, Taskbar frozen

Hi Richard,





There are multiple reasons why Windows Taskbar freezes. Before we proceed, we would like to confirm if you have already tried
restarting Windows Explorer as suggested by ArchitKhandelwal on
February 8, 2017. If the issue persists, you can follow the methods provided below:



Method 1: Use Powershell



Use the Powershell command to unfreeze the frozen taskbar by following the steps below:



1. Press and hold the
Windows logo key + R.

2. Type
powershell in the Run dialog box.

3. Hit
Enter.

4. Type the following command line:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}.

5. Hit
Enter.



Take note that you have to enable the Windows Firewall before performing the task above. Here are the steps on how to check if the Windows Firewall was enabled:



1. Open
Task Manager.

2. Click
More Details.

3. Select the
Services tab.

4. Make sure that
MpsSvc, also described as Windows Firewall, is running.



Method 2: Enable the User Manager.



A disabled User Manager sometimes results in a frozen Windows taskbar. To re-enable the User Manager, follow these steps:



1. Press and hold
Windows logo key + R.

2. Type
services.msc.

3. Double-click the
User Manager.

4. Set the
Startup type to Automatic.

5. Hit
OK.

6. Restart the computer.



Method 3: Disable Recently Opened Items.



Disabling the recently opened items helps to speed up the list launch. To disable items that are recently opened, follow the instruction below:



1. Go to
Settings.

2. Select
Personalization.

3. Click
Start.

4. Slide the toggle button beside
Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Star or the taskbar to turn it off.



Let us know if you need additional assistance.

 

How to fix taskbar showing generic blank icons on Windows 7 professional?

How to fix taskbar showing generic blank icons on Windows 7 professional?





These icons correspond to Windows Explorer, IE and Office 365 programs.

Steps i took to resolve issue, but did not help are:

1. In order to fix generic blank icon issue on taskbar i killed explorer.exe and restarted it but this did not resolve issue.
2. Ran quick repair on Office 365 & restarted Windows.