TASK BAR PROBLEM

SHELANIEJEAN L. LIM, MIT

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TASK VIEW ICON
 At the immediate right of the search bar
 It allows you to see all the windows you currently have open at
a glance.
SOLUTION #1: RESTART WINDOWS EXPLORER
 To restart this process, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to launch the
Task Manager.
 Click More details at the bottom if you only see the simple
window. Then on the Processes tab, locate Windows
Explorer.
 Right-click it and choose Restart.
If this doesn’t work, you can also try signing out and back in of your user account. Don’t
forget that restarting your PC is always a good idea if you haven’t done so in a while
2. WINDOWS 10 TASKBAR NOT HIDING

 When you’ve enabled the auto-hide functionality of the Taskbar,

it’s annoying if it doesn’t work properly.
 If restarting the Explorer process doesn’t work or the issue
happens frequently, you can try some other fixes.
 2. WINDOWS 10 TASKBAR NOT HIDING
 First, make sure you actually
have auto-hide enabled. Head
to Settings >
Personalization >
Taskbar and make
sure Automatically hide
the taskbar in desktop
mode is enabled. It’s worth
disabling and re-enabling this
while you’re here, too.
 CAUSES OF THE TASKBAR FAILING TO RETRACT AUTOMATICALLY

 is an app requiring your attention. While this often comes

accompanied with a glowing app icon, it’s not always obvious when
this is the case.
 Cycle through the apps that you have open and make sure that
there are no error messages or other alerts waiting for you.Your
browser can switch to this “attention” state if a website displays a
notification, for example, or WhatsApp might have just received a
new message.
 CAUSES OF THE TASKBAR FAILING TO RETRACT AUTOMATICALLY

 If checking your open apps doesn’t fix this, take a look at the apps
in your System Tray. One of them, running in the background, may
be calling for attention.
 Should you run into this problem on a regular basis, try adjusting
notifications for the app that keeps getting stuck—
open Settings > System > Notifications & actions or check
inside the app’s own settings. Failing that, reinstalling the app may
fix the problem.
CAUSES OF THE TASKBAR FAILING TO RETRACT AUTOMATICALLY
 3. WINDOWS 10 TASKBAR ICONS MISSING
In the resulting prompt,
 First, use the Windows + you should first try an
X shortcut (or right-click the Start SFC command, which
button) to open the Power User runs the System File
menu. From here, you can launch Checker utility to patch
a Command Prompt (Admin) up Windows issues.
or Windows PowerShell Use this command to
(Admin) window. do so, then reboot
 From either of these, you can access once it’s complete:
a few tools that can perform the fix.
sfc /scannow
3. WINDOWS 10 TASKBAR ICONS MISSING
 If this doesn’t fix the issue, you can try another utility.
 Enter the following command to invoke Disk Image Servicing
and Management (DISM), and you should find that your
Taskbar returns to its normal state after a reboot

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

4. WINDOWS 10 TASKBAR FROZEN
 If your Taskbar is present, but you can’t click on any of the
icons, you can try a few PowerShell fixes.
 There is a relatively easy process that should clear up this
predicament with a non-invasive command.
Type PowerShell into the Start menu, then right-click its entry
and choose Run as administrator.
 Enter the following command to re-register all apps:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode
-Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
4. WINDOWS 10 TASKBAR FROZEN

 After this, navigate

to C:\Users\[Userna
me]\AppData\Local.
Find
the TileDataLayer fo
lder and delete it.
Hopefully, after a
moment, this will fix
your Taskbar up.
 To try it, open PowerShell with admin credentials as
demonstrated above. Then input this command:
Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online

Afterwards, restart your system and hopefully, you’ll have

everything fixed.
5. CHECK FOR DRIVER AND WINDOWS UPDATES
 While you’re at it, make sure you’ve installed all Windows
updates at Settings > Update & Security > Windows
Update. Sometimes the latest Windows patches can clear up
issues like this.
 6.TRY SYSTEM RESTORE OR CREATE A NEW USER
ACCOUNT
 Failing this, you can create a
new Windows user account to
clear up the problem. Though this
is fairly inconvenient, of course.
 To create a new user account,
open up the Settings app
(Windows + I) and navigate
to Accounts > Family & other
Users. Under the Other You can then work your way through the account creation process. If
Users section, select Add you’re replacing your own user account, you should choose the I don’t
someone else to this PC. have this person’s sign-in information, then Add a user without a
Microsoft account to avoid any confusion with your original login.
 Hopefully, you’ll never run into issues with your Windows 10
Taskbar (again).
 We hope one of these tips helped you fix any annoying
problems.