This is a relatively new build, with parts I picked myself. I have had some previous issues after updates. In general my PC for some reason acts weird on updates. When I then interact with the taskbar, the screen flashes black and the settings are already open.Īnother note: If I remember correctly, this issue might have started after Windows update. Right-click -> Personalize or Display settings doesn't work. I can open any folders I have on my desktop and browse through them without issue. Creating a new folder on desktop by right-clicking->new-folder works just fine.

I also tried interacting with the PC in other ways to see how it responds while the issue persists.

Run sfc/scannow along with few DISM commands I found online when searching the problem (no effect).

Clean boot: Disabled all startup programs and all non-windows services (no effect).

If I then, in any way, interact with the taskbar (say like right/left click on it, or press the Windows key to bring up the Start) the screen flashes black for a split second and suddenly all the programs start loading in and everything is working just fine. When I hover my mouse over the taskbar I see the hourglass icon, which basically means not-responding taskbar. Once I'm at desktop all I see is the basic windows background and the taskbar but none of the startup programs are starting.

The first thing I noticed was that when booting up, the user-sign-in stage (I have no password so it just automatically tries to log in) takes much longer than before (maybe 20 seconds as opposed to like 3-5 previously).

Recently, not sure exactly when, I noticed some strange behavior of my PC. I'm here to report another issue I'm having with Windows.

Taskbar not responding windows 10