Steam is showing in my taskbar but won't open

[rob1878]

Just recently some programs are showing in my taskbar but won't open when I click on them. Its not all programs but certainly Steam and File Explorer are affected. I've not changed anything and I am using Windows 10, any ideas on how to solve this please? Thanks.

[⎛⎝ಠTreberTಠ⎠⎞]

try to restart your pc

or go to the main file where your steam Drive C or D then open it there

[rob1878]

Restarting doesn't help unfortunately, its been like this for a few days

[Elite911]

1. Open Task manager (CTRL + ALT + Delete).
2. Click Process tab.
3. Find explorer.exe.
4. Right click and select end task.
5. Click File, run new task.
6. Enter explorer.exe and press enter.

[rob1878]

Thanks everyone

[HealsEnjoyer]

I tried but it wont work for me either; not even the explorer.exe one?

[HealsEnjoyer]

nvm

[osal rex]

also you can go to task manager, find steam client bootstrapper, end it and try and re open steam, it works for me.

[Obsidian_Moon13]

I had this issue. Steam would show up in my task bar but won't open in a window. It acted like it was up so I went into my display settings and changed it to 'show only on one'. And now steam is popping up for me. Somehow it got changed which is weird cause I only have one monitor. I hope this helps you.

[General Malis]

Thanks obsidian_Moon13 that worked for me

[Emma]

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