Windows remains active at boot, but the taskbar doesn't respond and no controls are available.
Windows remains active at boot, but the taskbar doesn't respond and no controls are available.
Windows 10 experienced a brief shutdown during startup, leaving the taskbar blank and unresponsive. In Task Manager, no processes were consuming CPU, with only a negligible 1% usage. Upon reviewing Event Viewer after the incident, I encountered this error four times: "The program explorer.exe version 10.0.19041.2913 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed." For additional details, check the Security and Maintenance logs in the control panel. I ran Malwarebytes, but no threats were detected. Are there any recent known issues or updates related to this version?
Launch the command prompt with admin privileges and execute: sfc /scannow dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
In the CBS.log I noticed entries such as: and the second one: The operation completed successfully. Thanks