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Windows 11 Windows Explorer issue
I updated windows 11 and when my pc restarted, my taskbar was completely blank and I can't open my start menu or file explorer. I can't even use the windows key + i shortcut to go back a version. Win...
- Ok, I found a solution. I went to troubleshooting by holding shift as I restart my PC. Then I go to troubleshooting and advanced settings and hit uninstall recent update. Then I hit uninstall latest feature update. That brought me back to Windows 10
I had this problem installing 22000.176, rolled back to 168 and to 160 but still not working. Following suggestion from Windows Insider twitter thread I brought up task manager with ctrl-shift-esc, selected file / run new task, "control", and got into the time/date settings. Rolled date forward to Sep 4 and turned off Internet time sync. After a reboot, my taskbar is populated again and Windows key working. Looks good except for being Sep 4 🙂 Give it a try!
I had no faith in this but it worked. Date time settings, change time to a day in the future, turn off time sync