Windows 10: Windows 10 Start Button and Task Bar Issues

On my NEW Lenovo desktop, the Windows 10 start button and task bar stopped functioning.


This seemed to happen after the PC suddenly launched into what seemed to be an "automatic update," that I did not initiate! Now I'm wondering if this, itself, was a bug???


I have tried some of the fixes on this site, but nothing has worked thus far.


(I cannot try anything that requires an admin account b/c MS will not let me be admin for my own PC!)


Has anyone experienced this issue? Can anybody help?


I am very frustrated.


Thanks, Carla

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Windows 10 start button and search on task bar not working

Hi Kelly,



Welcome to Microsoft community and thank you for posting. We appreciate your interest in Windows 10.



We apologize for the inconvenience as you are unable to access Start button and Task bar, we will help you to resolve this issue.

This issue might occur, when some of the system files got corrupted.



I would suggest you to try perform System File Checker (sfc) scan and check if it helps.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• 
  Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
  
• 
  Now check for the issue.
  

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

 

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We accidentally clicked on the pop-up offer to upgrade to Windows 10 about 3 weeks ago (end of November). Not impressed, especially since the start button and task bar stopped working yesterday. I have tried several of the the solutions out there but nothing
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