Solved taksbar items missing and/or not respoding

BlueFeather · Feb 2, 2022

OK pressing windows icon and/or button yields no results, type here to search box on taskbar not responding, clock, date, internet, and sound missing from taskbar, Windows Store unresponsive...

Ideas, suggestions

The-Hive · Feb 2, 2022

Try running the trouble-shooters after a reboot or an in place repair

BlueFeather · Feb 2, 2022

The-Hive said:
Try running the trouble-shooters after a reboot or an in place repair

that was the 1st thing i tried

glasskuter · Feb 3, 2022

The-Hive said:
or an in place repair

Just the troubleshooters, or the upgrade, too? The-Hive is right. It can fix a plethora of problems. If you ran the inplace upgrade and still have the problems, I would look at your user account. Enable the hidden administrator account or make a second user account. See if you have the problems using the new account. If not, then your user account is corrupt.

BlueFeather · Feb 3, 2022

glasskuter said:
Just the troubleshooters, or the upgrade, too? The-Hive is right. It can fix a plethora of problems. If you ran the inplace upgrade and still have the problems, I would look at your user account. Enable the hidden administrator account or make a second user account. See if you have the problems using the new account. If not, then your user account is corrupt.

Enable the hidden administrator account how

Try3 · Feb 3, 2022

BlueFeather said:
Enable the hidden administrator account how

www.elevenforum.com/t/enable-or-disable-built-in-administrator-account-in-windows-11.709/

But just creating a new user account for testing with would be just as effective.

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Have you already tried reinstalling your display driver?

Denis

humbird · Feb 3, 2022

Posted the same as above so deleted.

humbird · Feb 4, 2022

Have you updated to KB5008353 yet which does fix many issues. If not run windows update. Then repost if new issues with winx start menu appears.

BlueFeather · Feb 4, 2022

Says KB5008353 is already installed and yes tried display drivers, troubleshooters not helping and i am already upgraded, make a second user account or enabling secret administrator is doing nothing to help

humbird · Feb 4, 2022

Something here may help since I see you have customized your taskbar.
https://www.askvg.com/fix-broken-se...lorer-after-applying-undockingdisabled-tweak/

Did you try uninstalling the update. It will come back on patch Tuesday and maybe with more fixes.

Try3 · Feb 4, 2022

BlueFeather said:
enabling secret administrator

Not that it will help with your current problem but please do be aware that the Built-in Admin is nothing special.

It has UAC disabled by default but any other Admin is also able to disable UAC.

It is no more powerful than any other Admin account.

The Built-in Admin exists for one reason & one reason only, to be enabled by Windows to appear on the Safe mode login screen if Windows cannot detect any other Admin account on the computer.

This behaviour is stated in Administrator account status, Safe mode considerations - MSDocs

Best of luck,
Denis

BlueFeather · Feb 4, 2022

I really don't want to go messing with Registry Editor, last time I did I seriously messed stuff up
is there a simplifies way? Because the askvg site is too confusing and reads like a badly translated Russian nuke manual

I tried the premade regedit thing off the site, but it just made the search on my task bar disappear and fixed nothing

humbird · Feb 4, 2022

Did you try to uninstall the update?

BlueFeather · Feb 4, 2022

humbird said:
Did you try to uninstall the update?

Yes then rebooted, then reinstalled, then rebooted

humbird · Feb 4, 2022

This is an optional update that will be installed automatically on patch Tuesday. It may have new fixes by then. When you uninstalled it did you check if things were back to normal before reinstalling it?

EDIT what are you using to tweak the taskbar?

BlueFeather · Feb 4, 2022

humbird said:
This is an optional update that will be installed automatically on patch Tuesday. It may have new fixes by then. When you uninstalled it did you check if things were back to normal before reinstalling it?

EDIT what are you using to tweak the taskbar?

I was using Classic start from ninite, but I uninstalled it when the issues began,
so at the moment I am using NOTHING to alter my task bar or start menu

humbird · Feb 4, 2022

I went to ninite but there are no help sections nor any user forums, so I am not sure how to undo stuff that it changed except using the registry or trying to do a repair install of windows which you will find in the tutorial section.

Lokien · Feb 4, 2022

BlueFeather said:
I was using Classic start from ninite, but I uninstalled it when the issues began,
so at the moment I am using NOTHING to alter my task bar or start menu

You used software which was discontinued in 2017 to tweak your Windows 11 taskbar and start menu?

BlueFeather · Feb 4, 2022

Lokien said:
You used software which was discontinued in 2017 to tweak your Windows 11 taskbar and start menu?

Did you also miss the part where I said I ALSO REMOVED IT
thus the term "was using" and "I uninstalled it when the issues began" and "at the moment I am using NOTHING to alter my task bar or start menu"

If you are not going to help, then don't help...

humbird · Feb 4, 2022

Yes, I did see where you removed it, but it may have left behind lots of registry edits in its wake. No need to yell. Trying to help you here.
Don't know if you have tried sfc or Dism to repair things but worth a try I suppose. You can find both in tutorials to repair your system files and image.
Not knowing what ninite changed in the registry I would try the inplace repair.

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