Windows 10: Task bar and every window broken

I play valorant and use opera gx on my laptop everyday but randomly 1 day i think after valorant had an update my windows was a bit broken but i dont think its from valorant but, my laptop has low specs and runs valorant very hardly and now i cant use my task bar and start menu and sometimes even file explorar and other windows! me need help fixing and i dont want to reinstall windows because i have important data on my laptop!

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Cannot modify Task Bar settings

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will be happy to assist you.

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if the issue persists.

• Right click on the Task Bar.
• Uncheck the option " Lock the Taskbar."

Hope this helps.

 

Windows 10 Broken Task Bar

I am seeing the following malfunctions associated with Windows 10 task bar and launching of functions from the task bar. These only occur in only one of four user profiles on the computer; everything seems to work ok in the other three user profiles.

- L click START icon results in a flicker of the 'hourglass', then nothing (R click START icon brings up the expected list of items)

- L click SEARCH icon results in a flicker of the 'hourglass'

- L click NEW NOTIFICATIONS results in a flicker of the 'hourglass'

- R click NEW NOTIFICATIONS brings up menu, but selecting Open Action Center has no result

- R click application shortcut (eg. excel) should display recently opened files, but has no result (L click application shortcut launches application as expected)

Launching EDGE from the task bar opens the EDGE window momentarily, but it closes immediately.

The WINDOWS key should also launch the START menu, but has no effect (only in the malfunctioning user profile)

My questions are - are others seeing similar problems w/ Windows 10, and any status on solutions from MS.

Also, looking for suggestions on how to easily duplicate the broken user profile, and thoughts on whether that could cure these issues.

 

Windows 10 Defender - How to make it default to task bar?

Using Windows 10 and currently I am using Defender for anti virus. For whatever reason Windows Defender does not show up in the task bar unless I search for the program or right click and scan a file/folder. Is there a way to force Defender to show up in the task bar at start up?