Every once in awhile, certain important elements in the Windows 10 interface go dormant. You select or touch the beginning menu icon, or other icons in the taskbar, and nothing happens. Maintain trying, and nothing retains happening. This could be from frustrating to infuriating anywhere.

Thankfully, an exceptionally easy fix because of this type of behavior there’s, when i will explain soon.

You don’t need to restart your PC, though that ongoing works, too

One ingrained response in lots of Windows users once the UI starts misbehaving would be to restart their computer. And even, which will work to repair a nonresponsive Start taskbar or menu icons. But it does take time – at least a complete minute for some PC users – and will derail your productivity.

Because File Explorer handles processing for the beginning menu and the taskbar, including its notification area, there’s an easier, faster fix worth trying before you grab the heavy artillery.