Recovery & Repair
Data Recovery
Recover data for hard drives
iPhone Data Recovery
Deal with iPhone data loss
Android Data Recovery
Recover lost Android data
iOS Unlocker
Unlock iOS without password
Broken Android Data Extraction
Retrieve data from broken Android
iOS System Recovery
Handle iOS system problems
Backup & Restore
Android Data Backup & Restore
Backup and restore Android data
iOS Data Backup & Restore
Backup and manage iOS files
Data Transfer
DoTrans
Transfer data among phones and PC
iOS Transfer
Focus on transferring iOS data
WhatsApp Transfer for iOS
Freely transmit WhatsApp data
Multimedia
Screen Recorder
Record everything on your screen
ScreenMo
Screen mirror phones to PC
Video Converter Ultimate
Convert video into any format
Free HEIC Converter
Convert HEIC to JPG/PNG
Video Cutter
Edit and clip your videos
Recovery & Repair
Data Recovery Recover data for hard drives
iPhone Data Recovery Deal with iPhone data loss
Android Data Recovery Recover lost Android data
iOS Unlocker Unlock iOS without password
Broken Android Data Extraction Retrieve data from broken Android
iOS System Recovery Handle iOS system problems
Backup & Restore
Android Data Backup & Restore Backup and restore Android data
iOS Data Backup & Restore Backup and manage iOS files
Data Transfer
DoTrans Transfer data among phones and PC
iOS Transfer Focus on transferring iOS data
WhatsApp Transfer for iOS Freely transmit WhatsApp data
Multimedia
Screen Recorder Record everything on your screen
ScreenMo Screen mirror phones to PC
Video Converter Ultimate Convert video into any format
Free HEIC Converter Convert HEIC to JPG/PNG
Video Cutter Edit and clip your videosG
Windows 10

4 Ways to Fix Windows 10 Taskbar Missing

By FonePaw | Sep 19 , 2018

"I cannot find my taskbar when I start up my computer, how to solve that?"
"After I finished the Windows 10 upgrade, the taskbar just disappears in the desktop. Where can I find it?"
Some of you may also discover several bugs in the Windows 10 upgrade, among which "taskbar missing" error is a "popular" one. So what are exactly the causes of that error and how can we fix that? All of the answers to your concerns can be found in this article.

 

Taskbar on Windows 10

 

Part I. Why Does My Taskbar Disappear on Windows 10

According to the current situations we've encountered, there are four main reasons of "taskbar disappeared" error:
1. The "Auto-hide" feature is turned on.
If the feature of "Auto-hide the taskbar" is checked, the taskbar might not show up in the desktop.
2. The presentation display is changed.
If you have connected your computer to other displays before, the display settings on your desktop might be changed. And the taskbar disappeared issue is possibly caused by that.
3. There is a glitch in the "explorer.exe" process.
Since both the desktop and the taskbar are controlled by the "explorer.exe" process, the taskbar might disappear if this process is crashed.
4. After resizing, the taskbar is hidden at any side of the screen, either at the bottom, the right, the left or the top edge.

 

Part II. 4 Ways to Fix Taskbar Disappeared on Windows 10

Here are 4 ways to help you bring the taskbar back. And it is recommended to start from the simplest one.

 

Workaround 1. Locate the taskbar
Move your mouse cursor to any side of the screen, usually the bottom edge. Check whether the mouse cursor will turn into a double-arrow. If it does, click and drag it to bring out the taskbar.

 

Workaround 2. Turn off the "Auto-hide"

  • Open the Control Panel and click on "Taskbar and Navigation".
  • In the new window, uncheck "Auto-hide the taskbar" and choose the location of your taskbar in the option of "Taskbar location on screen".

 

Turn of Auto-hide Taskbar

 

Workaround 3. Change the display settings
Press the Windows key and the letter P key on the keyboard at the same time, and then choose "PC screen only". Or open the Control Panel and click on "Display", and then choose "Adjust".

 

Project PC Screen Only

 

Workaround 4. Restart the explorer.exe process

  • Press Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl+Shift+Esc and then click on "Task Manager".
  • If you find "explorer.exe" is in progress, click on it and choose "End Task".
    (If you don't see it, move on to the next step)
  • Click on File menu, and choose "New Task".
  • Type "explorer.exe" into the "Create new task" dialog box, and then click "OK" to restart the process.

 

Restart Explorer.EXE

 

Does any one of the workarounds in this article help you bring back your taskbar? If you have a better solution, welcome to leave a comment below!

guest
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Submit Guest Post to FonePaw

Share Your Masterpiece on FonePaw

0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x