Windows 10: Windows taskbar/explorer unresponsive on first login

Hi,


This is a bit of a strange one and I'm at a loss:


I have a desktop PC running Windows 10 build 19042.662 with two local admin non-MS accounts, one for personal usage and one for work where I use OneDrive, Office 365 etc. This is not linked to any domains.


Scenario:

1 Login to personal user account after turning PC on or restarting - login is instant and no issues are encountered

2 Switch to work account - logging in takes a minute or so and when it takes me to the desktop, the taskbar and windows explorer are frozen for about 10 minutes. I can move the mouse and click but I can't open anything except task manager. Using task manager to restart Windows Explorer accomplishes nothing and just seems to make the process drag on for longer.


This happens in any combination, such as logging into work account first after a restart fast then switching to personal account.


I'm not sure if the issue started happening because of 20H2 because I always had a single user on this system prior to 20H2. Today I reformatted and reinstalled Windows 10 on this PC hoping that the problem would go away but I'm seeing the exact same behaviour.


Yes, I can live with it, but it would be nice to fix or figure this out.


Thank you

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Cannot launch File Explorer from taskbar in Windows 10

Hi Juzzy,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

• First unpin the File Explorer from the task bar.
• Press Windows + E.
• And right click on File Explorer in the taskbar.
• And Pin the File Explorer to Taskbar and Check if it helps.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.

 

Windows 10 Taskbar Unresponsive.

Dear Amma,

Sorry for the trouble, here are few steps that I would suggest:

• Press the Windows + X
• Open the Command Prompt (Admin)
• Now type the command as " Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
• Push Enter
• Restart the system.
• Now see if the issue persists
• If it persists the only option is to create a new user admin account.

Do let me know if it helped and please mark the answer as helpful if it helped.

 

Windows 10 Taskbar Unresponsive.

Dear Amma,

Sorry for the trouble, here are few steps that I would suggest:

• Press the Windows + X
• Open the Command Prompt (Admin)
• Now type the command as " Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
• Push Enter
• Restart the system.
• Now see if the issue persists
• If it persists the only option is to create a new user admin account.

Do let me know if it helped and please mark the answer as helpful if it helped.

I appreciate the assistance, but the Windows key doesn't respond to my pressing.