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Windows 11 Explorer and Taskbar Issues
Hello everyone! I upgraded Windows 10 to Windows 11 today and got these problems: 1) Explorer has an old design from Windows 10. 2) The taskbar has the old design from Windows 10 and the Start and ...
This can recover a bricked device post-upgrade (Index of 1 means Home Edition) ->
1.) Download Windows 10 ISO Image to "C:\Win11_English_x64.iso"
2.) Install WinRAR: https://www.win-rar.com/download.html?&L=0
3.) Extract ISO Image to "C:\Win11_English_x64"
4.) Start Powershell -> Start Menu -> Run -> taskmgr -> File -> Run new Task -> %SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -> Select "Create this task with administrative privileges." -> Click OK.
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope LocalMachine -Force
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:C:\Win11_English_x64\sources\install.wim:1 /LimitAccess;
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase;
./SFC /SCANNOW;
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register
"$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"};
Get-AppxPackage | Reset-AppxPackage;
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell\Update\Packages" -Name "UndockingDisabled" -Value "00000000";
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" -Name "SearchboxTaskbarMode" -Value "00000001";
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" -Name "NoTaskGrouping" -Value "00000000";
./taskkill /f /im explorer.exe;
./CMD /Q /C START /REALTIME explorer.exe;5.) Run Windows Update (6.) Finalize the patches / updates / verify integrity of the image
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase;
./SFC /SCANNOW;