No Taskbar settings

[inphoenix]

I messed up my PC and finally got almost everything to work except I cannot get the taskbar settings to show on pop-up.
Please see attached.

 

[Bighorn]

Do you not get this on the right-click of the Taskbar after rebooting/restarting the computer and Windows?

 

[inphoenix]

Yes, Bighorn, I do but the attachment is the result of choosing 'Taskbar settings'. Just a blank display that usually shows the list of settings options.
I want to move the taskbar and if I remember correctly this can also be accomplished by drag/drop but I would like to see all the settings.
Thank you so much for your response. Hope we can get this solved.
inphoenix

 

[Bighorn]

When seeing issues similar the first thing after rebooting is to open a Command Prompt as Administrator and run
sfc /scannow to check for missing or corrupted Windows files which can affect open windows/panels. If problems are found but can't be corrected then
run DISM as Administrator for further diagnosing.

How to use DISM command tool to repair Windows 10 image

When there's a missing or corrupted file on Windows 10, you can fix the problem using the DISM and SFC command tools, and here's how.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[inphoenix]

Uh Oh! Not only is my Task Bar options messed up but the Start does not display Run as Administrator as an option. I have tried to run a restore point but it won't restore successfully. I've had the restore problem way before now. I am attaching a .jpg of the restore error and I will continue to try to find a restore that works. I'll have to go back many months but that's my offense. Wish me luck, please.

inphoenix

PS: The goons are against me. I cannot find the .jpg of the restore error. I'll run another restore (several hours) to get an error attachment to send. If you prefer to give up on me I will surely understand. But I won't give up on myself.

 

[Bighorn]

Press the WinKey plus S to get the Search, type Command Prompt [or portion thereof], click to highlight it and on the right-click of it choose to run as Admin.

 

[inphoenix]

Good morning (3:30 a.m.), Bighorn! Lots of us out here who know just enough to get in trouble. I'll bet we keep you busy. Well, I did accomplish getting a key. Hope it's mine. Whenever I return to this thread some of your response avitars turn to Ad and I don't always remember what you posted. I don't remember what to do after getting a key. I'm 83 and getting older by the second. Please advise. Thanks so very much. I'm retired so I am not in a big hurry. I'm sure we keep you quite busy.

Discovered why your responses were displayed as ads. I was not logged in during those sessions. Drats. See how hoonsfargled I am!

 

[Bighorn]

Discovered why your responses were displayed as ads. I was not logged in during those sessions. Drats. See how hoonsfargled I am!

I understand. I'm also 83, retired before 55, offered a job a week later in a computer store/shop, been part time and self-employed since. Not doing as much lately but it's a small town.

 

[inphoenix]

Don't you just love retirement? I surely do. OK, I have a key. The only 'run as admin' I have on the start menu is, 'Windows PowerShell (Run as Admin).

 

[Bighorn]

That's an 'improved' Command Prompt, on Win11 may show as Terminal [coincidence, Linux and Apple use Terminal].