Windows 10: Windows Start Menu and Taskbar Don't Work

Discus and support Windows Start Menu and Taskbar Don't Work in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hi, on occasion when I mouse over either the start bar or the taskbar it doesn't change colour like it usually does (the little blue background it... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by JackaloMoss, Dec 18, 2015.

  1. Windows Start Menu and Taskbar Don't Work


    Hi, on occasion when I mouse over either the start bar or the taskbar it doesn't change colour like it usually does (the little blue background it changes to for instance) and it doesn't let me click on them. As well as this, it doesn't let me click on any window that isn't the currently selected one. I've tried running SFC /scannow but it says there's no problem, as well as reinstalling windows apps with powershell.

    There doesn't seem to be any noticeable way to recreate this happening reliably, it just happens completely randomly. I've found a way to fix it when it comes up, which is to run any program in administrator mode (I usually run cmd in administration mode by opening it with my keyboard and holding ctrl shift enter) and then when the message asking if I want to open it in administration mode comes up, entering yes with my keyboard. When I do this it fixes it back to normal.

    Thank you for any help.

    :)
     
    JackaloMoss, Dec 18, 2015
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  2. AndrewD88 Win User

    Start menu and taskbar don't appear to be working...

    My apps won't minimise to the taskbar, not sure where they go but I can retrieve them using the task manager (CTRL ALT DEL) but not exactly a streamlined computing experrience. My Start button does nothing when I click it as well. It does acknowledge
    via a green temporary colour change but no menu appears.
     
    AndrewD88, Dec 18, 2015
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  3. AndrewD88 Win User
    Start menu and taskbar don't appear to be working...

    Google was operating with "no sandbox". Not sure what this means but I went into Google properties and changed the file name by removing "no-sandbox". Google now works without warnings and my start button and tool bar is back. Not sure what the issue
    was but it is resolved.
     
    AndrewD88, Dec 18, 2015
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  4. davidhk Win User

    Windows Start Menu and Taskbar Don't Work

    Give this a try...............................

    Right click at it > click Command Prompt (Admin) > type powershell > press Enter key.
    At the flashing prompt, copy and paste this command line ( to avoid typo it's best to apply Copy/paste method)......
    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

    > press Enter.
     
    davidhk, Dec 18, 2015
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  5. As I said in the opening post, I have already done that, thank you anyway.
     
    JackaloMoss, Dec 18, 2015
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  6. davidhk Win User
    Sorry, I don't see anywhere from your original post mentioning that you had already done that.

    But, if you say so, then I apologize for repeating something you have already tried.
     
    davidhk, Apr 4, 2018
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