Windows 10: All items in taskbar not working correctly

Steven Merrell

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Dec 17, 2014
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Before we go any further I just want you guys to know that I've looked all over for a fix and nothing seems to permanently fix the problem. Here are the problems that I'm having:

Start Menu and Cortana are completely unresponsive.

Aside from NVIDIA GeForce Experience none of my startup items load on startup.

The taskbar doesn't display any icons besides the start button, Cortana search box, "Task View" icon, the arrow for the startup items and the notification icon, the clock is not displaying (I'll provide a screenshot to show you what I mean).

I've tried using powershell with this command and rebooting my computer:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

I've tried doing a clean install of Windows 10

I've done a full system scan with Avast! and Malware Bytes.

The only things that work are the powershell code and doing a reinstall of windows but those only seem to work temporarily.

EDIT Here's the screenshot of the taskbar I promised
 
I'd suggest you perform a repair install and see if the taskbar is back to being responsive again. I'd also suggest backing up your critical data onto an external storage device in case Windows 10 decides to go belly up. Speaking of belly up any minor changes be it in powershell, CMD or regedit can cause the OS to brick and worse can also render system useless being unable to boot nor enter into BIOS. So please be careful.

* You're link doesn't work...

Please pass on your full systems specs.
 


Thanks for the reply! So far since a previous update I actually haven't had this issue. Just in case the problem comes up again though, I'd like to find a permanent solution.

Sorry my link didn't work, maybe this one will?

http://i.imgur.com/WeOi4U3.png

And finally, here are my system specifications:

CPU: AMD Richmond 760K running at 3.8 GHz
PSU: Rosewell HIVE 650
Motherboard: MSI A88X-G43
System Memory: 8 GB PC3 17000 (DDR3 2133 MHz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 ti Super Clocked
Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit