Windows taskbar file explorer right click options not working

[supple escarp]

Every entry apart from file explorer which simply does nothing when clicked, shows this message instead of opening the folder. Been like that for some time but really getting on my nervers I cannot fix it. Anyone got any clues? edit: File explorer works fine, My bad, just the right click menu on taskbar doesn't work

[trail hearth]

Hey there! Try opening the task manager, locate "File Explorer", right click on it and click restart.

[supple escarp]

My bad, I forgot to mention, file explorer works fine. Just the right click menu on taskbar doesn't work

[trail hearth]

when you right click on your taskbar, the menu doesn't show up?

[supple escarp]

No, check out the picture. When clicking the items on the list, it says item unavailable. and only option to delete, instead of opening.

[trail hearth]

oh, only file explorer is acting like that?

[supple escarp]

Exactly. strange huh

[trail hearth]

Then do what I provided you with.

[supple escarp]

yeah I know how to restart explorer. that's an issue I've had a long time, doesn't get fixed like that

[trail hearth]

have you tried doing it at least?

[supple escarp]

yup

[trail hearth]

sfc /scannow, run this in your cmd, make sure to run the cmd as administrator, this will check for the corrupted files from your file explorer.

which could lead to the items not found, in the menu.

[supple escarp]

alright trying that

by the way, the quick access shortcuts here open as expected

[trail hearth]

yeah I already know the problem, short cuts from the menu dont work

[trail hearth]

that's working because it's a different path, you're opening it manually ( directly ), not from file explorer --> games, for example.

[supple escarp]

sfc /scannow results
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

[trail hearth]

hmm, weird, nothing corrupted

it has somethint to do with paths, either the file explorer is just completely not reading the paths, or the paths name is incorrect/invalid

but it's most likely the file explorer not reading the paths, since it's all the folders that aren't working, not just 1-2 folders.

[supple escarp]

also as I said clicking file explorer on that menu just does nothing, it even shows no message

[trail hearth]

cant help you with that I guess, try contacting microsoft support or wait for someone who has better experience than me in software.

[supple escarp]

ye seems like a difficult one, guess I'll have to deal with it I suppose