Hello Windows Insiders! Build23516 was released to the Dev Channel this week. in our reviews of incoming feedback, a bug has been logged that we wanted to share insights on. See below for details. Who : Windows Insiders on Dev Channel Build 23516 What : Taskbar may be “missing” on boot after installing this build Why : (Investigation is underway) Additional information : As we have attempted to reproduce this issue, it has proven to be inconsistent. Many users have not hit this issue, while others have it on some device reboots, but not others. Workarounds: There are three possible workarounds possible for this scenario, each detailed below. If your taskbar is missing, allow the computer to sit idle for 5-6 minutes. Users have reported hearing an audible ding notification after which time the Taskbar reappears. Reboot the device. This has not proven to be a fully reliable workaround, but it has been noted as successful from some users. Lastly, you may choose to roll back from this build to the prior build. This bug was not present in the prior Dev Channel build (23511). To roll back your device if the task bar is missing, please follow these steps: Click the lock screen to display the login page. Select the on-screen Power Button in the lower-right corner. Hold the Shift key and **** select Restart. (The device will reboot and enter the Windows Recovery Environment) On the "Choose an option" screen, select Troubleshoot Select Advanced options Select Uninstall updates Select Uninstall latest feature update If your device has BitLocker enabled, you will be prompted for the recovery key. Input the key and click Continue . On the next screen select Uninstall feature update The uninstall process will now begin. We appreciate your patience as we investigate this issue. Please share any additional insights you may have either in the Feedback Hub or here in this thread. Thank you as always, The Windows Insider Team

So I figured out a cause and workaround. I got this issue when I rebooted while Internet was down. Then the Taskbar never appeared again. This coincided with my Pi-hole set up. So I thought may be the Taskbar wasn't loaded because some telemetry domain was blocked. Long story short, I added activity.windows.com to the allowed list on Pi-hole and the Taskbar appeared again! I can reliably reproduce this by adding this domain to the blocked list on Pi-hole. You will want to whitelist this domain if you're using Pi-hole and have this issue. Hope this helps! I have no idea what Pi-hole does. 😎😂🤷♂️ I don't use it for Ad blocking or any other purpose. I boot many times without internet connection and never had the taskbar disappearing with build 23521. 🤷♂️ Thanks for the info anyway, it may help other users of Pi-hole. 😉

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So I figured out a cause and workaround. I got this issue when I rebooted while Internet was down. Then the Taskbar never appeared again. This coincided with my Pi-hole set up. So I thought may be the Taskbar wasn't loaded because some telemetry domain was blocked. Long story short, I added activity.windows.com to the allowed list on Pi-hole and the Taskbar appeared again! I can reliably reproduce this by adding this domain to the blocked list on Pi-hole. You will want to whitelist this domain if you're using Pi-hole and have this issue. Hope this helps!

How TF do I unsubrcibe from this thread? I had a question, I did not want to join a cult.

Build 23516 – Missing Taskbar Bug

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Hello Windows Insiders!

Build23516 was released to the Dev Channel this week. in our reviews of incoming feedback, a bug has been logged that we wanted to share insights on. See below for details.

Who: Windows Insiders on Dev Channel Build 23516

What: Taskbar may be “missing” on boot after installing this build

Why: (Investigation is underway)

Additional information:

As we have attempted to reproduce this issue, it has proven to be inconsistent. Many users have not hit this issue, while others have it on some device reboots, but not others.

Workarounds:

There are three possible workarounds possible for this scenario, each detailed below.

If your taskbar is missing, allow the computer to sit idle for 5-6 minutes. Users have reported hearing an audible ding notification after which time the Taskbar reappears.
Reboot the device. This has not proven to be a fully reliable workaround, but it has been noted as successful from some users.
Lastly, you may choose to roll back from this build to the prior build. This bug was not present in the prior Dev Channel build (23511). To roll back your device if the task bar is missing, please follow these steps:
- Click the lock screen to display the login page.
- Select the on-screen Power Button in the lower-right corner.
- Hold the Shift key and **** select Restart.
  - (The device will reboot and enter the Windows Recovery Environment)
- On the "Choose an option" screen, select Troubleshoot
- Select Advanced options
- Select Uninstall updates
- Select Uninstall latest feature update
  - If your device has BitLocker enabled, you will be prompted for the recovery key. Input the key and click Continue.
- On the next screen select Uninstall feature update
- The uninstall process will now begin.

We appreciate your patience as we investigate this issue. Please share any additional insights you may have either in the Feedback Hub or here in this thread.

Thank you as always,

The Windows Insider Team

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2023-08-17T18:02:52+00:00

So I figured out a cause and workaround.

I got this issue when I rebooted while Internet was down. Then the Taskbar never appeared again. This coincided with my Pi-hole set up. So I thought may be the Taskbar wasn't loaded because some telemetry domain was blocked. Long story short, I added activity.windows.com to the allowed list on Pi-hole and the Taskbar appeared again! I can reliably reproduce this by adding this domain to the blocked list on Pi-hole.

You will want to whitelist this domain if you're using Pi-hole and have this issue.

Hope this helps!

I have no idea what Pi-hole does. 😎😂🤷‍♂️

I don't use it for Ad blocking or any other purpose.

I boot many times without internet connection and never had the taskbar disappearing with build 23521. 🤷‍♂️

Thanks for the info anyway, it may help other users of Pi-hole. 😉
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2023-08-17T17:41:12+00:00

How TF do I unsubrcibe from this thread? I had a question, I did not want to join a cult.

lol. taskbar cult

Unsubscribe: On the discussion, select the Subscribe option and then select Unsubscribe.
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2023-08-17T17:24:55+00:00

So I figured out a cause and workaround.

I got this issue when I rebooted while Internet was down. Then the Taskbar never appeared again. This coincided with my Pi-hole set up. So I thought may be the Taskbar wasn't loaded because some telemetry domain was blocked. Long story short, I added activity.windows.com to the allowed list on Pi-hole and the Taskbar appeared again! I can reliably reproduce this by adding this domain to the blocked list on Pi-hole.

You will want to whitelist this domain if you're using Pi-hole and have this issue.

Hope this helps!
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2023-08-17T17:20:37+00:00

How TF do I unsubrcibe from this thread? I had a question, I did not want to join a cult.
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