Windows 10: Windows TaskBar Blank and File Explorer search not working

We bought an IdeaPad 5 Pro 14ACN6 for work purposes. When you start up the computer there are icons on the desktop but the taskbar down at the bottom has nothing. No windows symbol, no icons, no battery info, nothing. If you minimize something it disappears and I can't get the windows button on the keyboard to do anything. I googled my problem but the solutions keep saying to open up the start menu but I have no way of doing that because there is no button for that on the taskbar. The keyboard options are not working either. The other solutions say to take it off of tablet mode, but when I go

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File Explorer Search Not Working


I am trying to search in File Explorer (Windows Explorer, My Computer) and it will not find anything. I can copy text from a name in the list and paste it in the search box and it still finds nothing. I have looked at the suggestions that have been posted and nothing I find that is relative to this works. Anyone have any suggestions? I am running Win 10 Pro on an I3 coustom desktop computer.

 

my taskbar search is working sporadically

My taskbar search bar is working some of the time. For example, if I type in "TaskMgr", it will list taskmgr, and when I click on it, it opens my Task Manager, as expected.

But if I type in a file name or an app, like WinMerge, it will list them properly in the Search list, but if I click on them, either nothing happens or it takes me to the root window of File Explorer, instead of to the file or the app.

I ran through all the steps on this page, to no avail: How to fix search problems in Windows 10

Any ideas?

 

File explorer icon from taskbar dissappears while working on it

Hi,

To assist you with your concern, we suggest you pin the File Explorer from the Start Menu by following these steps:

• Click the Start Menu.
• Right-click File Explorer.
• Choose Pin to taskbar.

If you need further assistance, feel free to reply to this post.