Restart Windows | Taskbar

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe start explorer.exe Or a one-liner in Command Prompt or PowerShell:

Write-Host "Restarting Windows Taskbar (Explorer.exe)..." -ForegroundColor Cyan Stop-Process -Name explorer -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500 Start-Process explorer Write-Host "Taskbar restarted." -ForegroundColor Green You can even pin it to the taskbar (ironically) for one-click recovery. restart windows taskbar