Windows 10: Taskbar dissapearing, can't open windows tab and more!

The last few months I've had an issue which I've managed to get around but its driving me insane.

Heres a summary of my problems

- Taskbar at random times vanishes before returning a few seconds later, minus icons that were on it previous for programmes I had opened.
- When clicking the windows icon, absolutely nothing happens
- When typing into the search bar pinned to the task bar, after a short while the text I've inputted dissapears so no search can be completed.

I made another user account to see if the same issues affect the new one, which it does not. Very confused!

Using windows 10 Version 1903 (OS Build 18362.295)

Any help appreciated!

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Windows 10 Taskbar is not working and "fixes" don't fix it.

Hi Carole,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community and being a part of Windows 10.

I understand your concern about accessing Taskbar on Windows 10. We will help you with resolving the issue.

Provide us the additional information to understand the issue and assist you better:

• What exactly happens when you press Alt+Tab keys from the keyboard to switch between the apps?
• Have you made any changes to the operating system prior to this issue?
• What are the troubleshooting steps you have tried to resolve the issue?

As you said Taskbar is not working, and you will minimize all the opened apps to access the one you wish to from Taskbar. Be clear with how exactly you are trying to accessing the apps from Taskbar.

Step 1: I suggest you to check if you have enabled the Auto-hide option for Taskbar, if so try to disable and check if it helps.

Steps to enable auto-hide Taskbar:

• Right click in the empty space on the Taskbar, click on
  Properties,
• Under Taskbar tab, uncheck the Auto-hide the Taskbar option, click on
  Apply and Ok.

Step 2: I suggest you to install all the pending updates on your device.

• Connect to the internet.
• Press Windows key and type
  updates.
• Click on Check for updates.
• Under Windows Updates, click on
  Check for updates.
• Try to install the updates being shown.

Hope it helps. Get back to us with an updated status of this issue and brief description for further assistance.

 

Dissapearing pinned taskbar icons

Hi
sjain963,

The disappearing taskbar icons can either be a software conflict or permission restriction on your computer. I'd like to clarify the following for us to have a better understanding of how did this occur:

• Are you able to remember when did the issue stared, changes on the computer, recent updates installed, or newly installed applications on your device that may have triggered this?

• Which version or build of Windows device are you using? To verify your Windows, press Windows + R to open the Run window. Type WINVER and press Enter. A new window will open showing the version and build number of your Windows device.

• For my awareness, can you provide all the troubleshooting steps that you've done so far?

• Is your computer new and if it's a personal computer or not (company owned)? It's for us to know if your device is still warranty-protected.

 

having a problem with Windows 10 taskbar. help needed,

It's still happening after i have done the above mentioned steps. I was running FireFox, I had 3 tabs open. 2 were Newegg.com, 1 was TPU. Closing them did NOT resolve the issue. Im starting to think that this is being caused by a windows process. notifications are entirely off too. FFS, this is really annoying.

***edit***
I tried This fix, and im Hoping it will work.
RAN=elevated PowerShell\Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}\Enter\fingers Crossed *Wink

I Also installed "start10" and customised the start Menu, and Added a proper start button. Still no frozen taskbar, and its been Far longer than it normally takes until it used to happen.