Start Menu Dissapeared

Place the mouse cursor over the area of the task nar and it should turn into a double arrow,hold the left key and drag the upwards.
The other option would be to Click-Start-Settings-Taskbar and Start menu and make sure the first box is checked to be Always on Top

As you cannot see the Start Menu you will need to hold down the Control Key while pressing the Escape (ESC) Key to activate it. Then click on Settings->Taskbar and Start Menu and make sure that there is no tick in the second box (Auto Hide). No matter what the cause, you should be able to activate the Start Menu by use of the keyboard as suggested.

There can be a few solutions to this. The start menu could be resized to the smallest. Roll your cursor to where the start menu was, and the resize cursor will appear. Pull the start menu up. Or, the start menu could be hidden. Make sure the auto-hide feature is not ticked, and also tick the always on top feature.

Hope this helps.

The taskbar can be dragged to any side of the display (even inadvertently). Try moving the mouse pointer to each display edge and see if it pops up. Or do as someone else suggested (CTRL/ESC) and see where/if it pops up.

The fastest way to fix this is to hold down the left shift key during boot... this will take you into Safe Mode and the Taskbar and start menu will be defaulted back to the bottom of the screen. Then all you have to do is restart back to normal windows and TADA your taskbar is back to normal.

It could be that you have to move your mouse to the bottom of the screen. If so, click to settings in the start menu. Click taskbar and start menu. Uncheck hide start menu.

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