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

Same here, core i9-12900K with 128GB of Ram and the task bar loaded after over 5 minutes...

I've found another fix, my desktop is having the same issue. Basically, every single time I turn on the computer and log in, the problem happens, taskbar doesn't load, and none of my startup apps load. But I have another account with nothing on it and the taskbar opens just fine. I'm unsure what caused this, but the easiest fix I do every time I turn it on is as follows: I open task manager (opened with both CTRL+ALT+DEL and Win+shift+esc) I click run a new task Type explorer Windows explorer opens, taskbar doesn't, I restart my computer with file explorer open That seems to fix it for me every time, may want to notify people of this workaround. I assume that running a new task is pretty much the run box, so just doing Win+R and entering explorer will be much easier than the way I do it. Hope this helps!

@gabe80million, Could you show which windows Build # you are using?

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.2129 y Build 22631.2129 (KB5029359) esta es la build

笑死了，我等了好久，不止5分钟，任务栏就是加载不出来，什么方法都无效！！！！！！！！

Build 23516 – Missing Taskbar Bug

Anonymous

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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2023-08-05T23:10:07+00:00

Same here, core i9-12900K with 128GB of Ram and the task bar loaded after over 5 minutes...
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2023-08-06T00:29:14+00:00
I've found another fix, my desktop is having the same issue.

Basically, every single time I turn on the computer and log in, the problem happens, taskbar doesn't load, and none of my startup apps load. But I have another account with nothing on it and the taskbar opens just fine.

I'm unsure what caused this, but the easiest fix I do every time I turn it on is as follows:
1. I open task manager (opened with both CTRL+ALT+DEL and Win+shift+esc)
2. I click run a new task
3. Type explorer
4. Windows explorer opens, taskbar doesn't,
5. I restart my computer with file explorer open
That seems to fix it for me every time, may want to notify people of this workaround.

I assume that running a new task is pretty much the run box, so just doing Win+R and entering explorer will be much easier than the way I do it.

Hope this helps!
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Anonymous

2023-08-06T00:33:37+00:00

@gabe80million,

Could you show which windows Build # you are using?
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Anonymous

2023-08-06T09:09:29+00:00

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.2129 y Build 22631.2129 (KB5029359)

esta es la build
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Anonymous

2023-08-06T10:02:32+00:00

笑死了，我等了好久，不止5分钟，任务栏就是加载不出来，什么方法都无效！！！！！！！！
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