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The case:
My wife and I share the same home PC for work, that we use independently throughout the day. We would like to be able to switch between our users without having to log out and close/reopen our respective documents and apps. Kinda like how it works on a Mac when you switch between multiple active user login sessions.
The Problem:
Whenever we try to use the "Switch User" functionality, the taskbar freezes (doesn't load) on whichever user you switch to. The only way to unfreeze the taskbar is to log out completely on one user (and subsequently close all apps/documents), and then login to the other user afterwards.
What I have tried:
Extra info:
Both users have Admin account type and our Windows 10 is updated to the latest version.
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It is very discomforting to see that relatively simple and ubiquitous peripherals like mice and keyboards can interfere with the OS so badly. Disabling HID devices is a poor workaround for something that MS should fix in the OS or the OEM manufacturers like RAZER should comply with MS specs. But then you have a MS intellimouse freezing the taskbar on an MS OS, it seems that MS itself has an internal interoperability problem.
I upgraded to Windows 11 and no longer have the issue!!
The thread below covers a frozen Taskbar, with a workaround (perhaps a bit quicker) and a couple of settings to check.
Windows 10, Taskbar frozen - Microsoft Community
Personally, I wouldn't recommend Method 1: PowerShell, as changing registry values can make things worse.
However, Methods 2 and 3 are relatively benign, and simple to set back if they don't fix the problem.
Hope one of them helps.
Sadly, this does not work for me. Mine was already set never to sleep.
Until a proven solution comes along, for the previous posters, what I wrote before should work for others as well.
Once you are on user #1, sign in to user #2, then immediately switch back to user #1; no need to wait. Come back to user #2 a bit later and you should find that it unfroze on its own in the background.
Hibernate your PC instead of shutting it down and both accounts can switch back and forth without issues until the next shutdown or reboot.
I am having the exact same problem! I have done a full reinstall of windows to try and fix it but as soon as a I create a 2nd account and try to login at the same time as the 1st one , the 2nd account taskbar will freeze.
The only way to get it to work is to physically sign out of the 1st account and then the 2nd will work fine...
I have no idea what on earth is causing this.
