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Taskbar disappeared completely on my Windows PC

Woke the PC up this morning and the taskbar is just gone. Start button too. Moving the mouse to the bottom doesn't bring it back, and the windows key does nothing. Desktop icons are still there.
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ybrain_51 Nov 05, 2026
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First check it's not on auto-hide, move the mouse to the bottom edge. Then Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager, find Windows Explorer, right-click > Restart. That brings it back nine times out of ten. If you ever had a second monitor, it can also end up on that screen.
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