Windows 10: Taskbar options no longer work.

Right clicking on the taskbar clock doesn't open the calendar, it opens the same window which appears when right clicking in a vacant area of the taskbar.

Right clicking on the action centre icon and then on Open Action Centre doesn't do anything except close that window.

Some of the taskbar icons used to be revealed only when the, now absent, up arrow was clicked.

I want to restore the settings as they were before. How can I do this?

:)

 

Taskbar no longer working

Option 1: Run Start menu troubleshooter

http://aka.ms/diag_StartMenu

Option 2: Reregister

1. Type Powershell in Windows Start Search box

2. Right click on Powershell > Run As Administrator

3. Paste the following command in the PowerShell window and press Enter.

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} (ignore the errors)

4. Close PowerShell and navigate to C:/Users/name/AppData/Local/

5. Type services.msc in Windows Start Serach Box and click services.msc

6. Locate Tile Data Service and Stop it

7. Delete OR Rename TileDataLayer folder

8. Wait until Windows has recreated TileDataLayer folder

9. Reboot your computer

10. Now all your apps and tiles are probably gone. To restore them, paste the following command in the PowerShell: Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} (ignore the errors)

Option 3: Restart Windows Explorer

1. Windows Key+X

2. Click Task Manager

3. Head to Processes tab and select Windows Explorer.

4. Right click > Click Restart.

Option 4: Create a New User Account

1. Press Windows key + I to open up Settings.

2. Head to Accounts and choose Family & Other Users.

3. Select Add someone else to this PC under Other Users.

4. Select I don't have this person's sign-in information.

5. Select Add a user without a Microsoft account.

6. Create the user and select Next.

7. Make the new account an administrator account.

8. Under Other users, select the new user account you created, and then select Change account type.

9. Select Administrator, and then select OK

Option 5: Open a command prompt (admin) then copy paste powercfg /hibernate off and hit enter.

Option 6: Update Display Adapter

Windows Key+X (Or right click on Start)

Click Device Manager

Expand Display Adapter

Right click on entry below

Click Update Driver Software

Click Browse my computer for driver software

Click Let my pick from a list of device drivers on my computer

Choose the driver

Click Next to update

If this does not work, select Search automatically for the updated driver in place of Browse my computer for driver software

Restart your computer

Option 7 - if nothing works, perform Windows 10 repair upgrade

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki...

 

Taskbar no longer working

after the last update by taskbar stopped working. It still displays along the bottom of my computer, but none of the windows apps work. I cannot click on the date and time and have a calendar come up, the notifications window that use to pop up that showed
notifications and other settings at the bottom no longer comes up. The start button in the bottom left corner no longer works. Even if I can get the settings window open through other means, I cannot open things like 'available wifi networks'.

I have no way of connecting to a new network because there is no way for me to see this information as it was always displayed through the taskbar, even when you clicked the link in the settings window.

Is there any way to fix this?

 

Hey there, Syncopator: sorry for your troubles. I'm a little puzzled about your difficulty with the calendar. I tried your "right-click" approach on several of my Win10 PCs, and ALL OF THEM behave like yours does. On my machines, I have to "left-click" the clock to get the calendar to show up. If that also works for you, you may not have a problem.

Can you left-click on Action Center to open it? On my PCs, right-clicking does produce the menu you describe, but then when I click "open Action Center" it does indeed work as it should. I found another TenForums thread that reports Action Center problems, but I can't find anything that's exactly like yours. However, Brink's tutorial Enable or Disable Action Center in Windows 10 suggests a possible course of action: Disable the Action Center first, then re-enable it second. See if your problem persists. If not, declare victory; if so; report back here and we'll come up with something else for you to try.
HTH,
--Ed--

 

Thank you for the information Ed.
I tried tried the REG file fix mentioned in Brink's tutorial but that has had no effect.
I don't see how to disable/enable the Action Center.
I have the suspicion that I am going to have to do a Windows repair *Rolleyes


To reiterate what happens;

If I hover over the Action Center icon a message comes up. At the moment it says No new notifications.
Left clicking does nothing. Right clicking opens up a window giving four options; Open Action Center, Turn on quiet hours, Show app icons, and Show number of new notifications.

Hovering over, or right clicking the time display shows the date just above it. Right clicking on it does nothing.

Having clicked on the taskbar, clicking on Taskbar settings does nothing.

 

Understood. I'm casting about for additional solutions, but so far coming up dry. Perhaps @Brink @Essenbe or @f14tomcat might have some ideas?
--Ed--

 

Half an hour ago I discovered another problem. A frequently used graphics program doesn't work now. Clicking its icon brings up a window "Browse for folder" in which the folders on the C drive are listed. In the folder which holds the program I don't see another folder labelled "Program" in which I would expect to see the .exe file.

I used the repair option from its installation disc but that hasn't changed a thing. This suggests to me the inevitability of a Windows reset.

Nothing to lose, so I think I will do that.

 

Hi Ed,

I reset Windows and that has cleared that problem and one or two other minor things.
I'm still reinstalling applications and shortcuts.

Regards,

David

 

Glad you got it (somewhat or inconclusively) sorted. An upgrade repair install is becoming my go-to solution when I find myself spending more than an hour to try to solve a problem. That only takes half an hour at most and it solves the vast majority of problems I encounter. I must also confess that, as somebody who likes to tinker with Windows, many of those problems are self-inflicted!
HTH,
--Ed--

 

Yes, I too, am guilty of self-inflicted palaver.

David