Windows 10 Taskbar Missing or Not Responding

Shows you how to get your taskbar back if its missing or not responding in Windows 10

[@spencerphillips5019]

funny how you need the taskbar to find your task bar

[@youngpanda3213]

this killed me hahahahahaa

[@noobplaying3692]

Yes...how dumbfuk a man can be...... seriously for views anything posted

[@marytaylor475]

Exactly

[@jennifernegron7897]

I cant see my task bar at all it a grey area where it use to be

[@khaledatia4947]

@Quiet Place4 can you make a vid of how to restart Explorer please

[@anonamosba]

Thanks, worked great. Can't say that I'm loving the randomness of Windows 10. You saved my computer from a toss out the window.

[@reyaanuppal5007]

You can also do Alt + Tab to navigate through applications.

[@reyaanuppal5007]

If some software is installing and this is not working.

[@happyeating1123]

Your tutorial still works after 7 years of uploading, I just relieved. Thank you.

[@cwtek1]

I am glad it helped! If you haven't done so already please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin Channel, its Free and easy to do so and you will find out about all my latest videos.

[@Kanto141]

The hero none asked for, but one we all needed.

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped!

[@victordiaz694]

6yrs ago but VERY helpful, my bar was blank, nothing helped but this did ty!

[@cwtek1]

I am glad this helped!

[@alienspacebat5218]

Thanks buddy \m/ You can also open Task Manager with control-shift-escape.

[@cwtek1]

Thanks for the tip!

[@avamarcia6334]

Why was this more helpful than the whole video

Ambrose Burnout I use control alt delete

[@ahmedomar3206]

Thank you so much

[@kenzx_3.086]

ur a legend, if for some reason you guys cant restore your task bar then you messed up something cuz my guy here show all the step to restorre it!!!

[@cwtek1]

Thanks, Glad to help!

[@kenzx_3.086]

@@cwtek1 yw thx u

[@wackywater7234]

If this doesn't work, make your task bar come up and right click now click on TaskBar settings and there will be a option saying "Automatically hide the task bar" if any one of these options is enabled, turn them off it worked for me

[@cwtek1]

Thanks for the tip.

[@somerandomdisease]

that's literally what he said

[@randomgem8087]

thanks a lot, i installed some "virus" named retro bar and i closed it with task manager but my taskbar just disappeared, you're a hero

[@cwtek1]

I am glad this helped.

[@bobbailey253]

Mr. Waite, most heartfelt thanks from over the pond here in The States. You did it mate!! You did it!! Thanks again...

[@cwtek1]

Thank you for your kind words, I am glad it helped you!

[@deepikaverma9984]

Thanks a lot! I was trying last 2hrs but unable to find the taskbar options. I found your video, it resolved my problem. .. Hats of your work! 😊

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped

[@Ash-zz5iy]

tysm no matter how much i restarted my pc it wouldn’t appear, never would’ve thought about this thanks

[@thecoolstuff99]

The right half of my taskbar was missing after exiting a game. You saved me from having to restart the computer. Great vid!

[@cwtek1]

NetGuard Great glad it helped!

[@RB2331]

Chris ..great video ...you saved me from bringing my computer to my repair shop this week ...outstanding !

[@cwtek1]

RB2331 great glad to have helped.

[@RB2331]

Outstanding ..It worked for me and I will be honest I was going to bring the computer over to my repair guys shop this week but I did what you advised and we are back to working great ....thank you !

[@cwtek1]

Great to hear that this helped!

[@nerdguy100]

Thank you mate. my taskbar was showing on my 2nd monitor but completely disappeared on my first. This helped out great.

[@cwtek1]

Thats great glad it helped!

[@alphagamma1289]

My taskbar becomes empty (save for windows icon search and third icon) and is totally unusable. Nothing works and the cursor becomes a blue spinner when hovering over. Restarting explorer doesn't work (the whole screen cuts to black for a moment then reappears, nothing changed) and I have to restart to fix. I found it often happens when I switch user.

[@cwtek1]

I am not sure why this is but hopefully it might be fixed in the next Major Update for Windows 10!

[@lzh3131]

Holy Cow this worked! 5 videos & 1 hr. later! 25 seconds - Yeah! I’m a believer & new subscriber👍😊

[@cwtek1]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@菲歐娜]

It works! My taskbar come back normal. Thank you for your video!

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped

[@GmaJoKeepingitReal]

Chris, this was soooo helpful - could not figure it out and when I hovered and mouse disappeared without providing option to see task bar - I felt hopeless. Excellent help video. Thank you so much. GmaJo

[@cwtek1]

You're welcome!

[@The_Humble_Hurricane]

Your 7 yr old vid just saved me. Thank you mightily my guy💯🙏🏿

[@cwtek1]

Glad I could help

[@GERSYG]

OK buddy you are a legend this worked..... i was pressing the windows button and the search thing but it wasnt working.....I'm happy that i have google on my desktop to search how to fix it!

[@cwtek1]

I am glad to help!

[@kelooo]

I was trying to unpin stuff from my Taskbar and didn't know what was wrong, thank you :)

[@cwtek1]

I am glad this helped!

[@Dabestwingman]

My life flashed before my eyes

[@mxvlin8076]

i was so scared that i lost my taskbar forever lmfao thank you so much

[@cwtek1]

I am glad you got it back.

[@nahdiasaltz6081]

Hey Chris! I appreciate this tutorial! You just saved me from what i thought was a big mess! God Bless You! Now my PC is running normal again. You taught me more than how to get the task bar back.. bc you showed me how to do the x ray thing. you just solved about 10 other problems for me,.. THANK YOU!!!!

[@cwtek1]

Sensi Saltz That's great glad it helped.

[@vinodkumarrao5212]

Thank you Sir, for guiding by hand to restore my missing Task bar Icons. Obliged.

[@cwtek1]

No problem, I hope it helped!

[@nikolai.f.f1707]

This worked great. Simple easy and efficent. Nice work Chris

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped

[@dale6890]

Thank you so so so much for this, ive been dealing with this issue for 3 days now, ive searched in KZbin for ways to fix this problem and this is the only way that fixed my problem, those youtube videos always say to open task manager but in my case I cant, thank God I found this video, thank you so much you dont know how much this means to me.

[@cwtek1]

I am glad this video helped you!

[@MLGsavageking]

thx it worked u saved 5 mins of my life waiting until my pc boots up

[@tarshaini1989]

Your instructions r so clear and easy to execute!! This method worked for me. Thank you.

[@cwtek1]

That's good to hear, glad you got it sorted!

[@jacob1769]

thank you so much my computer has been buging me all day so thank you again

[@cwtek1]

Glad I could help

[@jaebuck3259]

Thanks so much Chris! It saved me a hours waiting on the phone with Windows.

[@cwtek1]

I'm glad it worked and saved you from waiting on the phone!

[@nedsnow513]

This video helped me solve my issue within the first 30 seconds!

[@cwtek1]

No problem, I am glad it helped!

[@nowshadsikander8302]

Thanks. I lost my Taskbar now i got it. Thank you so much for this video.

[@cwtek1]

Good to hear you got it back

[@eddiechien520]

restarting windows explorer.exe in the task manager did the job. thanks

[@cwtek1]

I am glad this helped!

[@princessjadetandugon]

Thank u so much it saved my laptop so quick and easy!❤

[@cwtek1]

You're Welcome! If you haven't done so already please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin Channel, its Free and easy to do so and you will find out about all my latest videos.

[@Kyopse]

What if that bar is missing and your wallpaper is missing too? Including the search bar and everything.

[@cwtek1]

You need to get your PC checked out!

[@bettym8021]

Thanks so much you helped me I was stress on how to get it right. Blessed you I recommend other to follow you

[@cwtek1]

Glad I could help

[@bvspw]

Great, every instruction worked as stated and worked for windows 7

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped!

[@mrmanguydude]

I asked to get my taskbar back.. you know what? ITS ACTUALLY MISSING

[@cwtek1]

I hope this video helps get it back.

[@mrmanguydude]

@@cwtek1 my taskbar didnt load.

[@cwtek1]

@@mrmanguydude I am sorry to hear this I hope you get your problem sorted out.

[@sandyca1106]

PERFECT, FIXED IMMEDIATELY, THANK YOU!

[@cwtek1]

Brilliant glad it fixed it for you

[@spoo5448]

THANK YOU SO much mate I literally thought my computer would never work the same but you came in and saved the day. Thats a sub from me!

[@cwtek1]

Glad it saved your computer!

[@timmytee734]

Brilliant! Edit: It works but when I close the window the taskbar disappears as well. Why??

[@cwtek1]

It sounds like your Windows has become corrupted, you might want to reinstall.

[@steelmainthing369]

thanks you helped me a lot it works great i cant explain my happiness❤❤❤

[@cwtek1]

Glad to hear that

[@JusGud4Nw]

You my guy saved my life, thank you so much

[@cwtek1]

That's Great, glad it helped!

[@X2weetieRL]

thanks chris. my task bar keeps going away and this help alot

[@SvordingUnique]

if u cant get task manager without taskbar, just ctrl alt delete and click task manager

[@cwtek1]

Thanks for the tip!

[@petertammer9846]

Many thanks, very clear instructions, problem solved!

[@cwtek1]

You're welcome!

[@daveaddison7011]

Thanks very much. Extremely well explained and it worked like a charm!

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped!

[@JubartePipo]

LoL I while I was watching the video it came back by itself haha! Thx m8

[@cwtek1]

Glad I could help

[@capedbaldy1566]

I AM HAPPY THAT I SUBSCIBED TO YOU YOUR THE BEST KEEP UP THE GOOOD WORK👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@cwtek1]

Thank you so much 😀

[@vickisullivan8786]

Thanks for saving my sanity....

[@cwtek1]

No problem I am glad the video helped!

[@coolchipmunk2138]

hi I tried these steps but they didnt work, I also tried choosing which icons can show up on my taskbar but its empty, and everything is just invisible on the taskbar, do you know how to fix this?

[@cwtek1]

Sounds like you may need to reinstall windows 10.

[@sa7anass814]

It worked perfectly, thanks

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped

Ok sorted it if the windows explorer process isn’t in the list click file at the top left of the task manager and run explorer.exe this will reboot it.

[@cwtek1]

I am glad you got it sorted in the end!

[@christiantagarao9077]

you helped me alot, thanks my friend!

[@cwtek1]

Glad I could help!

[@vidyakalanilayam6516]

Tq very much for the info. Great help!!

[@cwtek1]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gillomosh5497]

This was very helpful.

[@cwtek1]

You're Welcome! If you haven't done so already please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin Channel, its Free and easy to do so and you will find out about all my latest videos.

[@jocelyn9146]

Excuse me sir even though the option of automatically hide them taskbar is off I am not able to view the taskbar at all , what to do I also restarted the file explorer can u pls give a solution 😭

[@cwtek1]

Unfortunately you might need to reinstall Windows 10, if you can get to explorer then you could download the latest Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft's website and then run the setup. If you can backup any important files before doing this.

[@donitasz]

Thank you so much, this was very helpful.

[@cwtek1]

I'm glad that it helped you!

[@khanh4597]

Ctrl+Shift+Delete then select task manager after that find win explorer and restart it

[@cwtek1]

Thanks for the Tip!

[@randolphpatterson5061]

Thanks, this fixed it for me, mate.

[@cwtek1]

Thank you I am glad it helped!

[@katyar2009]

Wow, that you very much! It actually worked!

[@cwtek1]

I am glad to help. If you haven't done so already please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin Channel, its Free and easy to do so and you will find out about all my latest videos.

[@GhoulishDivinity]

This didnt work at all when i try to click the taskbar it says application not responding

[@cwtek1]

I am sorry to hear this, you will need to get your PC checked over.

[@SnowWalker1]

My problem is....I can't find 'Properties' in the Taskbar Popup menu on my mom's computer, which has Windows 10. When I bring the taskbar up it has different options then I've seen before in the taskbar popup menu and the window for it is colored blue, not white. At the bottom there's no option for 'Properties' and all there is is "Taskbar Settings". When I click on that I still can not find the Taskbar Properties?? Anyone know why...it's driving me nuts. All I want to do is to change her Start Menu format back to the old way. Can't do that without being able to get into Taskbar Properties.

[@cwtek1]

Windows has been updated and the properties menu has been removed by Microsoft in an update. You can still get to these options by Clicking Taskbar Settings and clicking Taskbar on the left, but I guess if your playing with the Start menu then you need to click Start rather than taskbar.

[@SnowWalker1]

@@cwtek1 This might help. When I get back to my mom's I'll check. I've watched another video which tells how to switch from the Windows 10 'start menu' format to the old 'start menu' format, which is what my mom wants, lol. According to this video that is done in the Taskbar Properties menu. I myself never did install Windows 10 and I still have Windows 8.1, but I have an option right in the start menu window to change the format back the old format if I wanted. My mom's laptop, with Windows 10 does not have that convenient option. It has to be changed now in the Taskbar Properties, apparently. Thanks so much for your quick reply =)

[@charlesdeline]

It did it for me. Thanks!

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped

[@jdostudios1524]

Wow this helped me right over, Thank you for your help!

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped! Please don't forget to subscribe to my KZbin channel if you haven't already!

[@Hi_Brien]

My issue is that I accidentally force stopped the windows explorer, how do I unstop it?

[@cwtek1]

Restart your computer by holding down CTRL and ALT key and then tap Delete then click the power icon then click Restart (do not click Shutdown or Sleep actually click Restart)

[@Hi_Brien]

@@cwtek1 Thanks!

[@andrewyoung6991]

Still can’t access any websites from the taskbar whatsoever never had this problem till today

[@cwtek1]

I hope you find the answer soon.

[@andrewyoung6991]

Had to repair Microsoft edge

[@jayshah7524]

insanely good

[@cwtek1]

You are so welcome!

[@ranilynpenoliar3833]

Very helpful. thank you very much

[@cwtek1]

You are welcome!

[@alubhau]

what an epic man 👏love you mate

[@cwtek1]

Thank you I am glad to help!

[@charlizebarquin4044]

Thanks! I got it back JUST BY DOING THE WINDOWS AND X-KEY! Just wondering what's the reason why for the task bar to disappear?? I got DELL, goodbye HP :)

[@cwtek1]

I am not sure why this happens but glad you got it fixed.

[@denjairuhcepeda1500]

I don't have windows explorer at the task manager

[@cwtek1]

Please press CTRL Alt and Delete and click the Power Logo then Click Restart do not click Shutdown actually click Restart.

[@jpegdemon6014]

i closed windows explorer and now my taskbar is literally gone and my windows key isn't working and I've been trying to figure out how to fix this for the past 2 hours please heplp

[@cwtek1]

Hold Down CTRL & ALT then Tap Delete (not backspace) then let go of CTRL and ALT, then click the power symbol then click Restart (do not click shutdown).

[@jpegdemon6014]

@@cwtek1 I already fixed It, also for some reason i couldn't do any commands/shortcuts with my keyboard

[@irenesamson4794]

Thank you so much! Great video, clear instructions, problem solved.

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped!

[@neginden1864]

Thanks a lot very helpful 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@cwtek1]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ellonysman]

Frustrating! lol, in MFS2020 I cant get to my AirlanderFS to let me fly the new Guimbal Cabri Helicopter or the R44! Im grounded, I want my taskbar back! Lets see if it does...thanx

[@dadaiay6132]

I need my task bar to find the taskbar but I can't find it anywhere

[@cwtek1]

Restart the computer, hopefully it will come back.

[@isaiahb5572]

Thanks it helped me on my 8.1 Windows laptop.

[@michellegyimah15]

When I press restart it goes off and no task at or icons appear

[@bilalnazeer2346]

It worked..very helpfull video..Thanks dude

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped

[@ranuyadav191]

Thank you ..it's really helpful

[@cwtek1]

Glad it was helpful!

[@costihaig4132]

Didn’t work for me any other ideas?

[@cwtek1]

Perhaps reinstall Windows 10.

[@oofnoobbrian9371]

I NEED YOUR HELP PLZ :((((((((((((((((((((((( i was using obs and i tried opening a sound file and my bottom tab isnt showing up it just shows blue loading thing and my wallapaper and apps are covered by greyness

[@cwtek1]

I am not sure why this would be, please take your computer to an expert to be checked out, it would be impossible for me to diagnose this fault remotely.

[@Btfvt]

how can I do this without my taskbar

[@cwtek1]

See the video.

[@Cay9z]

I know how to fix it, you just have to restart your computer or turn it off and then back on

[@cwtek1]

I am glad thanks for watching.

[@michellegyimah15]

Tried on all the methods still not working out

Mines not there at all doesn’t say windows explorer in the entire list

[@cwtek1]

I seen you got it sorted in the end.

Chris Waite yeah it used to be there in older versions of windows but had this happen on windows 10 and I’ve never seen the process in the list. Annoying and have to restart never knew about the run program tool.

[@Pittsy308]

How long does it take for the screen to come back on

[@cwtek1]

Usually no more than a few minutes!

[@kevinp1285]

Very simple fix. Thanks much

[@cwtek1]

Your welcome.

[@magdalenapociecha7173]

you saved my life, thank you so much!!! very helpful

[@cwtek1]

Glad it helped!

[@RickDoesYT]

I can't find the Windows Explorer!

[@cwtek1]

Try restarting your computer.

[@RickDoesYT]

@@cwtek1 I can't see the start button!

[@cwtek1]

@@RickDoesYT hold down control and all and then tap delete you should then see screen come up click on the power logo in the bottom right hand corner of the screen then click restart do not click shut down please actually click restart then see if your start menu reappears.

[@RickDoesYT]

@@cwtek1 Control and all and tapping delete did nothing, it just almost broke my PC. Did you mean control and alt and tap delete?

[@Sonia.1299]

well if there’s no way it’s popping up how am i gonna get it to pop up if i need to go on it for it to pop up tf

[@bishopnickbrewery8789]

Thank you it helped so much

[@cwtek1]

You're welcome!

[@kavithahanuma7163]

Thanks problem got resolved 😊👍

[@cwtek1]

Happy to help

[@videographerindubai]

100% work!

[@cwtek1]

That's great glad it worked!

[@danicalynnmillesca2318]

Thank you thank you po..♥️

[@cwtek1]

You're welcome 😊

[@workstationmark4103]

RESTARTING EXPLORER WAS THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR ME

[@cwtek1]

I am glad you found a solution.