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

I think the time depends on the internet connection. If you're connected it takes 5 minutes, if you're not connected it takes hours

可以使用Ctrl + Ait + Delete，点击注销，等待注销完毕，重新登录即可恢复

Similar issue found after updating to 23516.1000. In my case, Taskbar gets frozen instead of missing. Clicking on the taskbar still opens apps on their supposed positions, but the visuals do not update. (Edit: clicking the corner overflow doesn't work when taskbar is frozen) Workaround: restart explore.exe in task manager.

I have the same issue upon reboot. For whatever reason I have found that if I open file explorer (usually by opening trash since that is the only folder on my desktop) then the taskbar appears a few seconds later. The other solution of waiting also worked for me.

al actualizar Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.2129 y Build 22631.2129 (KB5029359) Compilación 22631.2129 Build 22621.2129 no solo falta la barra de tareas si no que tampoco aparece el inicio ,ni las aplicaciones ancladas nada ejemplo configuraciòn por lo que he tenido que ejecutar una imagen iso y retrasar las actualizaciones espero que en una pròxima actualizaciòn se corrija este error

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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Anonymous

2023-08-05T08:58:30+00:00

I think the time depends on the internet connection. If you're connected it takes 5 minutes, if you're not connected it takes hours
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2023-08-05T09:02:22+00:00

可以使用Ctrl + Ait + Delete，点击注销，等待注销完毕，重新登录即可恢复
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2023-08-05T15:01:36+00:00

Similar issue found after updating to 23516.1000. In my case, Taskbar gets frozen instead of missing. Clicking on the taskbar still opens apps on their supposed positions, but the visuals do not update. (Edit: clicking the corner overflow doesn't work when taskbar is frozen)

Workaround: restart explore.exe in task manager.
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2023-08-05T17:53:35+00:00

I have the same issue upon reboot. For whatever reason I have found that if I open file explorer (usually by opening trash since that is the only folder on my desktop) then the taskbar appears a few seconds later.

The other solution of waiting also worked for me.
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Anonymous

2023-08-05T22:51:07+00:00
al actualizar Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.2129 y Build 22631.2129 (KB5029359)
- Compilación 22631.2129
- Build 22621.2129
no solo falta la barra de tareas si no que tampoco aparece el inicio ,ni las aplicaciones ancladas nada ejemplo configuraciòn por lo que

he tenido que ejecutar una imagen iso y retrasar las actualizaciones

espero que en una pròxima actualizaciòn se corrija este error
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