Windows 10: Windows 10 desktop/taskbar wont show up

After closing out of Firefox, the desktop was just completely black, and the taskbar was missing. I tried using ctrl+alt+del to open the task manager and that worked. I then closed explorer.exe to see if that would fix the taskbar, but it didn’t do anything. Then I tried to restart but it got stuck on the restarting screen so I force shut it down. When I turned it back on, i logged in as normal, but when I got to the desktop, it was black again. I tried the same task manager method, but it didn’t work. I’m not sure what to do at this point.

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Readability Taskbar Windows 10

Hello Frans,

Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community and providing us with the detailed description about the issue.

As per the description, I understand that you are experiencing issue with
the desktop icon text color on your Windows 10 operating system.

I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you.

I would like to provide you with the information that
with default settings, Windows 10 uses black color for Start menu, taskbar and action center. While the default black color looks nice and goes well with the default wallpaper, after using Windows 10 for a while, you might want
to change your taskbar color to your desired color.

Microsoft has included a number of settings to customize taskbar and Start menu in Windows 10. You can make Start menu and taskbar transparent, add or remove the search box from the taskbar, and configure taskbar to use the
color of desktop background or set your own custom color.

I would suggest you to try the steps given below and check if that helps.

• 
  Right-click on desktop and then click Personalize option to Personalization section of Settings app.
  
• 
  In the left-pane, click
  Colors to see various settings on the right.
  
• 
  On the right-side, turn on the option labelled
  Show color on Start, taskbar, and action center. Make sure that the first option labelled
  automatically pick an accent color from my background is turned
  off.
  
• 
  Now, under Choose your accent color, click on a tile to select and set it as the color for your taskbar, Start menu and action center.
  

The other method is:

• 
  Open Personalization section of Settings app. To do so,
  right-click on desktop and then click Personalize.
  
• 
  On the left-side, click
  Colors.
  
• 
  Now, on the right-side, turn on the following options:
  

• 
  Automatically pick an accent color from my background
  
• 
  Show color on Start, taskbar, and action center.
  

That’s it! From here onwards, whenever you change the desktop background and the color of taskbar and Start menu will also be changed automatically.

The above steps holds good for Windows 10 as well.

For more information:

I would suggest you to refer to the suggestions provided by
“Andre Da Costa” replied on January 22, 2015 in the following Microsoft Community link.

Frequently Asked Questions: Windows 10

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I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

Jayant

 

cannot find option to pin a Show Desktop button to taskbar

Hi Sherry,

There is a button besides the notification are in the taskbar that when clicked, you are directed to the desktop. Also, there are other ways on how you can access the desktop. Here are some:

• Press Windows key + D on your keyboard.
• Right-click on the taskbar and click Show the desktop.

You can also access all the files, shortcuts, programs that you have in the desktop from the Toolbars in the taskbar. Here's how you can enable the feature:

• Right-click on the taskbar and click Toolbars.
• Click Desktop.
• A Desktop label would show on the left side of the notification area and to see the desktop items, click the arrow.

Let us know if there's anything else you need.

 

Apps opened on one virtual desktop now appearing on ALL taskbars!

Hello Gusgf,

You can use step 4 in Option One of the tutorial below to set to show windows that are open on Only the desktop I'm using to not have them show on the taskbar of all desktops.

Select Desktops to Show Open Windows on Taskbar in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Customization Tutorials