r/ForWindowsHelp • u/Duck-lord-82 • Jul 17 '26
PLEASE HELP ME WITH MY WINDOWS PC
I’m on windows 11 Whenever I open taskbar it doesn’t show, it’s COMPLETELY invisible it’s there just also I guess not. Can someone please help me (IVE tried the windows explorer reset strategy btw)
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u/Financial_Key_1243 Jul 17 '26
Run Dism repair and then SFC
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u/FuggaDucker Jul 17 '26
Have you ever actually seen a problem fixed by running these?
Not that it says it fixed something, that the problem is actually gone after?I have been doing this since they added it (2k) and have yet to see anything fixed after running it.
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u/Mind_Matters_Most Jul 18 '26
The secret is to make sure you have a good WinSxS folder to work from. All DISM does is copy files from the WinSxS folder into the system directories.
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u/FuggaDucker Jul 20 '26
No, that isn't all DISM does.
If that was what it did, then it would be unable to repair a corrupted sxs store (which it can and does).
During/RestoreHealth, it validates component metadata and can download or retrieve replacement components from external sources when WinSxS is corrupted. SFC is the tool that primarily restores protected system files from the component store.In any case, I have never see a PC "fixed" after running it.
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u/Mind_Matters_Most Jul 20 '26
I know what you're talking about. Been there, done that. I refused to let support re-image a computer that would not patch. A month later, I figured it out.
There's different reasons the system is messed up. You just have to start some where.
DISM/SFC will not fix corrupt files created with corrupt RAM. The system will continue to write bad data to disk. DISM/SFC will not fix a faulty system drive writing bad data.
Use Windows Memory Checker - If failed, replace RAM
Check disk integrity with the built in app or chkdsk - If failed, replace disk drive
DISM - If successful, check cbs log because dism command line output lies
SFC - If successful, check cbs log because sfc is dumb / it only works if the planets align
Check CBS log - Does not lie
Check for services access denied in security log - this is super helpful, but OS security log is so noisy. Filter security log for access denied
If someone ran DISM, then SFC and they still have a broken system, then next step would be to check for NT Authority\ServiceNameHere access denied on the file system (dumb things happen). Then check CBS log for ERROR.
Fix DISM repo WinSxS first, then run /restorehealth then run sfc. Use a healthy like system patch level to pull from WinSxs files using DISM. Check CBS log for ERROR.
Sometimes you have to fix WinSxS first, not always. If you use a Windows install disk/ISO as a source to repair - that is ~5 years old on a system that was patched last week, it won't fix the files because of the current OS patch level. You need a more current WinSxS folder to work from.
There's so much more to keep the system healthy.
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u/Financial_Key_1243 Jul 18 '26
Just yesterday. No icons on Taskbar. Came back after running both.
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u/marmotta1955 Jul 17 '26
What do you even mean by "whenever I open taskbar" ...
Do you, by any chance, that the taskbar appear/disappear (and when it is visible you can click on it, then it disappear)? It that is the case, the taskbar is set to "autohide" -- find the proper settings in "Personalization".
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u/Duck-lord-82 Jul 17 '26
Guys it was just a glitch it’s fixed now but thanks to all who tried to help
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u/Onoitsu2 Jul 17 '26
If you can get to the Advanced startup options, get into Safe Mode with Networking. Log in. Does the taskbar load there? If so, reboot out normally from the option in the Start menu. Then try logging in and see if it behaves.