Windows 11 blank taskbar problem

[Deleted User]

And one other thing to try.

I've noticed the icons on the desktop look more spaced than normal, suggests the display scaling has been altered, possibly when used with an external monitor or TV.

Win-Key-I to bring up the settings
Go to display and then scale and check the setting, try putting it to 100% if it isn't already.

[Deleted User]

Oh and one more...

Win-Key-P

PC screen only

spaceboy

[Deleted User] said:

Ok, so have you done the Windows repair tasks?

Win-Key-R

type cmd in the box then press crtl-shift-enter to run it as administrator

then type these commands followed by a reboot as described in an earlier post

sfc /scannow 

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth 

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth 

DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

Its says need to be administrator. Sure it is on the admin account

spaceboy

[Deleted User] said:

And one other thing to try.

I've noticed the icons on the desktop look more spaced than normal, suggests the display scaling has been altered, possibly when used with an external monitor or TV.

Win-Key-I to bring up the settings
Go to display and then scale and check the setting, try putting it to 100% if it isn't already.

150% says (recommended) next to it and that's what it's on. Changed to 100% and just made everything smaller.

[Deleted User]

spaceboy said:

[Deleted User] said:

Ok, so have you done the Windows repair tasks?

Win-Key-R

type cmd in the box then press crtl-shift-enter to run it as administrator

then type these commands followed by a reboot as described in an earlier post

sfc /scannow 

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth 

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth 

DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

Its says need to be administrator. Sure it is on the admin account

Ctrl-shift-enter when running cmd from the run prompt will run it as administrator. 

spaceboy

OK did the scan etc no problems found.

[Deleted User]

spaceboy said:

OK did the scan etc no problems found.

I'm out of suggestions now, other than rolling back to a restore point prior to when it broke.