Windows 10: taskbar buttons not working

The taskbar buttons on my Dell E5530 win10 pro, build 2404???? laptop suddenly stopped responding to either the mouse pad or usb mouse commands. Everything was fine yesterday when I used it. If I click (left or right, doesn't matter) on any one of the icons or in the system tray, nothing happens. Any desktop icon opens up just fine. Right click the desktop, it works. It is just the buttons on the taskbar including the windows icon on the far left, search, etc. I've rebooted and removed the battery and held down the power on button. I did not add any programs for quite a while, just whatever windows updates on its own. If I could get to system restore I'd try that but I do not know how to get to it without going into search.Thanks.
Mark

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Taskbar not working


Hello, there are so many threads on this topic, which can readily be found using the white search box at the top.

Here are a few I've found for you. I suggest you work through these, and if no success, please list everything you've tried and post back. Good luck!

Solved Start Button and taskbar not working - Page 4 - Windows 10 Forums
Taskbar/Start button not working! - Page 15 - Windows 10 Forums
Start button right clicking on taskbar icons suddenly does not work - Windows 10 Forums

 

Taskbar buttons not working

Hi,

To resolve your concern regarding the Start button, follow the steps below:

• Go to This PC.
  
• Click on Local Disk (C.
• Select Windows.
• Click on System32.
• Right click on cmd, and then Run as administrator.
• On the Command Prompt box, type sfc/ scannow, and then press
  Enter.

7. Check the result that you will get.

If the result is Found corrupt files and repair successfully, test your Windows and Search button again.

If the result is Found corrupt files but unable to repair, follow the steps below:

• Open Command Prompt as an Administrator.
• At the flashing prompt, type dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth then press Enter.
• Once it says Operation successful, try your Windows and Search button again.

If the result is No integrity violation, follow the steps below:

• Open Command Prompt as an Administrator.
• Type powershell, and then press Enter.
• Wait until you see PS C:\windows\system32>, at the flashing prompt type this command
  Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} then press Enter.
• If you see any error in red, ignore it.
• Once done, try your Windows and Search button.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Start Button and taskbar not working


I did as suggested but didn't get to Troubleshoot or Reset computer. When it started back up with taskbar was complete and start button working. Everything seems ok, but slower. So thanks for that. Can you tell me about creating restore point manually and creating system image backup ?