Windows 11 Taskbar Not Displaying/Extremely Slow Display: Causes and Solutions

This time, we will introduce the causes and solutions for when the Windows 11 taskbar does not appear or displays abnormally slowly.

It's been about a month or two since I last noticed that the taskbar on my main PC (Windows 11 Home version 24H2) has been displaying abnormally slow.

This issue occurs mainly when you restart Explorer, and it takes more than 20 seconds for the taskbar to appear.

There is information that some users are experiencing a rare issue where the taskbar does not appear, so we believe this may be due to the same cause.

Causes and solutions for when the taskbar is not displayed or is abnormally slow

Cause

When the taskbar stopped appearing, I ran various tests and discovered something.

When the desktop was displayed but the taskbar was not, parts of the screen were not clickable.

Specifically, its activities include:Start buttonWhen you clickThe Start menu (search) is displayed transparently.This is the state.

As shown in the following image, the area within the red frame cannot be clicked.

The transparent Start menu (search) is displayed at the forefront, so clicking on icons below it will not respond.

The transparent Start menu (search) will disappear if you click once outside the red frame, but the taskbar will not appear until more than 20 seconds have passed.

Solution

When I investigated the true identity of the transparent Start menu (search), I found that it was the "Search" displayed in the "Processes" tab of the Task Manager.

This "Search" may also be listed as "Windows Input Experience" or "Resume."

Ending the three processes shown here will resolve the issue of the taskbar displaying abnormally slowly.

• Microsoft Edge WebView2 (msedgewebview2.exe)
• Windows Input Experience (TextInputHost.exe)
• SearchHost.exe

The steps are as follows:

1. Close all instances of Explorer (explorer.exe).
2. Exit all instances of Microsoft Edge WebView2 (msedgewebview2.exe).
3. End SearchHost.exe
4. Exit Windows Input Experience (TextInputHost.exe)
5. Run File Explorer (explorer.exe)

Since manually performing the above steps is tedious and Microsoft Edge WebView2 (msedgewebview2.exe) restarts immediately after being closed, we recommend creating a batch file.

How to create and run a batch file

1. Create a batch file and copy and paste the following contents into it:

taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
taskkill /IM msedgewebview2.exe /F
taskkill /IM SearchHost.exe /F
taskkill /IM TextInputHost.exe /F
TIMEOUT /T 3
start "" explorer

It will be easier to understand if you change the name of the batch file to something like "Resolve taskbar not displaying.bat".

2. Double-click the batch file you created to run it.

Explorer will be closed and the screen will turn black or white for a few seconds, after which the desktop will appear.

If you restart Explorer with this batch file, the taskbar will appear immediately, so please try it if you are experiencing problems.

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