Taskbar icons no longer appear in Windows 10 (start menu also broken)

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My partners laptop has somehow just stopped showing the windows 10 icons in the taskbar nor can she use the Windows start menu button - when clicked it simply does nothing.

Can anyone suggest why this has happened and how to remedy this - there is a screenshot below to illustrate the problem further.

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Zabs

Posted 2016-05-21T11:13:25.357

Reputation: 181

Have you tried restarting the PC? – DavidPostill – 2016-05-21T11:16:09.877

I've seen this happen before, unfortunately I ended up having to do a clean install of Windows. You can create an installation CD/DVD/USB stick using the Media Creation Tool https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10ISO. Make sure to back up your files first, as this will erase EVERYTHING.

– Curtis – 2016-05-23T00:23:31.013

Answers

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How bizarre... my partner restarted it the next day and it is now fixed...

Zabs

Posted 2016-05-21T11:13:25.357

Reputation: 181