Windows 10: Windows 11 becomes unresponsive unless I open task manager immediately after I can access...

HowdyVery bizarre issue I'm having with Windows 11. Personally have never seen or heard of this kind of issue.So...When I restart or shut off then power on, windows 11 will become unresponsive UNLESS I access, or open, the taskamager as my PC is starting up.If I don't open it in time, then windows 11 becomes unresponsive.I am unable to access to open any programs, access files on my HDD/SSDfor example, I can't open images, videos, or applications/exe files, or just interact with windows in general.I *can* move the mouse and attempt to do the above. If I try to open task manager, right click

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Taskbar wont load, cannot open files, settings not accessible. Windows 11

Does this apply? Can we not try this?

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22449 | Windows Insider Blog

Recently, Windows Insiders in both the Dev and Beta Channels began reporting that Start and Taskbar were unresponsive and Settings and other areas of the OS wouldn’t load. We quickly discovered an issue with a server-side deployment that went out to Insiders and canceled that deployment. If you were impacted by this issue, you can use the following steps to get back into a working state on your PC.

• Step 1: Use CTRL-ALT-DEL and choose to open Task Manager.
  
• Step 2: Choose “More details” at the bottom of Task Manager to expand Task Manager.
  
• Step 3: Go to “File” and choose “Run new task”.
  
• Step 4: Type “cmd” in the “Open” field.
  
• Step 5: Paste the following (everything in bold):
  reg delete HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\IrisService /f && shutdown -r -t 0
  
• Step 6: Hit enter, and then your PC should reboot. After rebooting, everything should be back to normal.
  

 

how do you re-enable task manager on windows 11

Sure, here are the steps on how to re-enable Task Manager on Windows 11:

1. Open the Run dialog box by pressing Windows + R.
   
2. Type "gpedit.msc" and press Enter.
   
3. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl+Alt+Del Options.
   
4. In the right pane, double-click on "Remove Task Manager".
   
5. In the "Remove Task Manager" dialog box, select "Disabled" and click OK.
   
6. Close the Group Policy Editor.
   
7. Open a command prompt as administrator.
   
8. Type the following command and press Enter:
   
   attrib +h "%windir%\system32\taskmgr.exe"
   
9. Restart your computer.
   

After following these steps, Task Manager will be re-enabled. You can now open it by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Esc.

 

Taskbar unresponsive in Windows 11 (Beta+Dev)

Omg this was a life saver! Thank you so much! I needed to start working and was like OMG WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO MY COMPUTER. I chatted w/ a couple folks from support and they were of absolutely no help. Thanks so much again for this answer.