How to fix the Windows 10 Taskbar crashes error

1. Restart Windows Explorer

Step 1: You right click on the Task bar (1) => Task Manager (2).

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Step 2: Click More details to display more items.

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Next, you find and right click on Windows Explorer (1) => Restart (2).

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2. Turn off Cortana temporarily

Step 1: Right-click the Taskbar (1) => Task Manager (2).

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Step 2: Find and right click on Cortana (1) => End task (2).

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3. Create a new account (User Account)

If the problem can not be fixed, you should create a new User, grant Administrator rights for that User and use it.

4. Use Restore Heath

Step 1: You click on Search (1) => search cmd (2) => Run as administrator (3).

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Step 2: Enter the following command and press Enter.

dism.exe / Online / Cleanup-image / Restorehealth

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After that, the test will take place and restore.

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Step 3: When the message The operation completed successfully pops up and is completed, close the Command Prompt window and restart the machine.

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5. Use the sfc / scannow command

On some foreign forums, each member has fixed the taskbar error with this command. Please try the following instructions:

Step 1: Go to Search (1) => cmd (2) => Run as administrator (3).

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Step 2: You enter the following command and Enter.

sfc / scannow

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After that, the scanning and error correction will take place.

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Step 3: After completing the test and error correction, close the Command Prompt and reboot the machine.

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6. Use commands in PowerShell

By restoring AppX with PowerShell, you can improve the status of the Taskbar. Proceed as follows:

Step 1: Right-click on Start (1) => Windows PowerShell (Admin) (2).

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Step 2: Type the following command and press Enter.

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$ ($ _. InstallLocation) AppXManifest.xml"}

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Then the launch and error correction process takes place. Please restart your computer when done.

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7. Reset Windows 10

If all of the above doesn't work then use the last solution to reset the computer. To fix the taskbar error, you can use some other simpler ways such as restarting the computer, scanning for viruses and some of the ways described in the above article. Good luck!

Isabella Humphrey

Update 26 December 2020