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After a recent Windows10 update I noticed various functions of the Taskbar not working properly anymore. Upon some investigation I noticed even more Problems.
- The Windows button in the Taskbar is not working (left & right click)
- The Windows key on the keyboard does not open the startmenu either (other functions like win+e work properly)
- I can only left click application symbols (to start them), right clicking does nothing
- Shift-click (left & right) on the application symbols works
- Right clicking on the Taskbar opens the context menu but I can not open the "settings" menu (after clicking on the entry the menu closes and nothing happens)
- Left clicking on the Battery, Wifi, Volume, Date or Info-center icon does nothing
- Right clicking on these icons however does work
- For any other (running) application icons (e.g. hidden icons) left and right click is working
When further looking into it I noticed that some settings like the folder display options had changed and opening .bmp files with the regular windows-photo viewer now yields an error. Interface not supported
As I wanted to create a new user to see whether the problem persisted through different users I received another error message. Class not registered I receive the same error when trying to access "ms-settings:".
Unfortunately my only restorepoint is after the update.
When starting in safe mode I get the error message "sihost.exe - system warning - Unknown Hard Error" and all of the above also applies.
So I tried various "solutions":
- Restart Explorer through the Taskmanager
- Stopping the "Tile Data model server" process
- List item
Deleting all files from
%localappdata%\TileDataLayer\Database\
vedatamodel.edb, vedatamodel.jfm, EDB.log could not be removed
Using startmenu.diagcab it found that
"Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost"
and
"Microsoft.Windows.Cortana"
were not correctly installed but failed to install them.
Using the following PowerShell script (from a cmd with admin rights)
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Running "sfc /scannow" - but not finding anything
Countless restarts ;)
Neither of which seemed to have any effect.
I'm using Version 1607 (Build 14393.187)
All the of those problems appear for every user.
Which build are you using? The Anniversary Update seems to have fixed many issues including Start menu / shellexperiencehost problems. – w32sh – 2016-09-27T17:09:29.663
I'm using Version 1607 (Build 14393,187) – user3202098 – 2016-09-27T17:17:12.367
See if this method works SOLVED: Fix Windows 10 Start Button Does Nothing in 10 Minutes
– w32sh – 2016-09-28T09:16:45.727Thanks for the link! I tried that but since the problem appears for other users too it did nothing. I also tried safe boot and got another error (sihost.exe - system warning - Unknown Hard Error)
– user3202098 – 2016-09-28T14:31:26.667Since there are additional issues involved (ms-settings: URI and Photos registration missing), I'd do a reinstall or in-place upgrade by downloading the 14393.187 ISO from Microsoft, mounting it and running setup.exe. In-place repair preserves your files/data and programs. – w32sh – 2016-09-28T15:00:41.803
1Thanks! I used the "MediaCreationTool" from Microsoft and selected "Upgrade this PC". Now everything is working fine. – user3202098 – 2016-09-28T16:36:15.730
Gr8. Glad that helped. – w32sh – 2016-09-28T17:02:36.433