Windows 10: Taskbar buttons stopped responding (Start, Search, Internet access, Notifications)

Hi,

I have Windows 10 Pro, Ver. 1709 on a brand new Desktop. After about a month, my Taskbar buttons stopped responding (Start, Search, Internet access, Notifications). The anticipated menus don't pop-up. Also, in the Safe Mode those buttons don't work. But some other buttons do respond, like: Show Hidden Icons, Safely Remove Hardware, Languages – in all modes.
However, in a new different account (non-administrator), all those buttons work fine – both in regular Windows operation mode and in Safe Mode.

I tried the solution of Clean Boot as Administrator, but it didn't help.

Any ideas ??

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Start, calendar, notification, speaker, Internet access, search buttons disabled

Hi. After Windows critical update on 06/01/2018 all buttons of the taskbar except program launchers and hided icones work anymore. I tryed without success many solutions but that did not solve this issue.

When i deconnect and reconnect entering my password, Start, calendar, notification, speaker, Internet access or search button works only once. My laptop is an Inspiron 3551 with wondows 8.1immediatly updated to windows 10.

Thanks for helping.

[Moved from: Windows / Windows 10 / Windows update, recovery, & backup]

 

Unable to access Start menu, Search bar, notification buttons on Task bar after install the Update KB3139907 on Windows 10

Hi John,

Thank you for responding.

We are glad to know that you are able to access Search bar and notification center after performing the above troubleshooting steps.

For the issues with Start menu, try the below steps.

Step 1: I suggest you to run the below PowerShell command to re-register Start menu and check if it helps.

Follow:

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  Right click on the Taskbar and select
  Task Manager from the context menu.
  
• 
  In the Task Manager window, click on
  File and on Run new task.
  
• 
  Type powershell, place a check mark on
  Create this task with administrative privileges and click Ok.
  
• 
  In the administrative Windows PowerShell window, carefully type the below command and hit Enter key from the keyboard.
  

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  Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml”)}
  

5. Once the command execution is completed successfully, close the PowerShell window and reboot/ restart the computer.

NOTE: When you are running the PowerShell command, I recommend you to close all the apps on your system and try.

If the issue still persists,

Step 2: I suggest you to try the troubleshooting steps mentioned in the below Microsoft article and check if it helps.

Get help with the Windows 10 Start menu

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of this issue for further assistance.

 

Start Button Stopped Working

Yesterday the start button stopped responding. Cortana works okay and right clicking the start button opens a long list beginning with Programs and Features through Desktop. I restored from a point yesterday before experiencing the problem. Did not help.
Any suggestions?