Question Taskbar empty on boot ?

[EBarratt]

I’ve recently upgraded to Windows 11 but when signing in I get this:

https://imgur.com/a/dAZrutr

View: https://imgur.com/a/dAZrutr


Rainmeter works, but nothing on the taskbar loads.
I have a feeling that it’s an issue with Taskbar X, which I did use when it was Windows 10. An error used to appear saying that the OS does not support taskbar x, but that has since gone. I have looked through my files and there are no deletable Taskbar X ones, other than some that cannot be found.

The only way I have found to temporarily fix this issue is by going into the task manager, running a cmd task as admin, and performing an “sfc /scannow“. After that, I restart Windows Explorer and it works. But that's a pain to do every time, any fix?

 

[Colif]

clean install would fix it.

run this in cmd before you run sfc /scannow

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

you shouldn't need to do it every start up.

Try a clean boot and see if it changes anything - make sure to read instructions and make sure NOT to disable any microsoft services or windows won't load right - https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows

it doesn't remove anything, just stops non microsoft programs loading at start up

if clean boot fixes it, it shows its likely a startup program. You should, over a number of startups. restart the programs you stopped to isolate the one that is to blame.

you could also use this to stop any thing loading at startup, can also uninstall from it - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

 

[EBarratt]

clean install would fix it.

run this in cmd before you run sfc /scannow

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

you shouldn't need to do it every start up.

Try a clean boot and see if it changes anything - make sure to read instructions and make sure NOT to disable any microsoft services or windows won't load right - https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows

it doesn't remove anything, just stops non microsoft programs loading at start up

if clean boot fixes it, it shows its likely a startup program. You should, over a number of startups. restart the programs you stopped to isolate the one that is to blame.

you could also use this to stop any thing loading at startup, can also uninstall from it - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

Did a clean boot and disabled all startup processes (other than Microsoft) and I am still having the same issue, and so I assume it is something to do with windows itself?

 

[Colif]

lets try safe mode

1. go to settings/recovery
   
2. next toadvanced startup, click restart now button
   
3. this restarts PC in a blue menu
   
4. choose troubleshoot
   
5. choose advanced
   
6. choose startup options
   
7. click the restart button
   
8. choose a safe mode (it doesn't matter which) by using number associated with it.
   
9. Pc will restart and load safe mode
   

if its still missing in safe mode, its likely windows.
If it works in safe mode, its probably a driver problem.

Reset might fix it.
Clean install probably will.
they about as painful as each other. I generally just clean install as I seen resets do funny things before.

if you have more than 1 drive, a clean install isn't so bad as you just copy everything onto other drive while you reinstall windows. Putting all the applications on again is what sucks.