Windows 11 black screen or missing taskbar after update
Recent operating system updates are causing Windows 11 to load with a black screen or a missing taskbar upon login. This prevents users from accessing their desktop normally and interacting with system controls.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Applying Microsoft's proposed workaround via PowerShell
- 2Restarting or waking the computer
- 3Stopping the App Readiness service manually
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Is anyone else having problems on Windows 11 with the most recent updates with either a black screen on login, or the desktop loading with the taskbar missing?”source ↗
“Users experience a black screen for several minutes after logging on (via console or RDP for admin purposes)”source ↗
“I haven’t looked into it myself, but I’m experiencing this as well.”source ↗
Where this came up
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