Fix Desktop Icons not Clickable/ Not Working In Windows 7/8/10/11 

When i ended task (screen went all black and everything stopped working) i was scared to death Then i pressed ctrl shift esc (opened task manager) and did whatever u said And it worked Thank you very much 😁

Thanks so much!! You got me out of a jam!! My touch screen has frozen before a few times, but never my desktop icons. Your directions and the time you took to create this video are greatly appreciated!!

I got so scared when my screen went black but now the apps open....Thanks so much your a life saver ILY .

Thank you! I thought that was the very first and last moment with the new owned computer, but you changed it! THANK YOU!

THANK YOU SO MUCH IT ACTUALLY WORKED FOR MY WINDOWS 7 LAPTOP All the dislikes are people who didint finish the video

Two thumbs up!!! Now i can control my pc's volume. Thanks a lot :)

Worked like a charm (Windows 10)!! Thank you, Tech Hat!

Damn man! Thanks, this helped a lot. My mum bought this computer for so much. And you fixed it! I subscribed and liked!

I clicked control shift esc👍🏽 my task manager came up but I still can’t click details? What would you suggest now thanks for the help

Man thank u soo much I was scared to death . I had submissions over my head and this happened to my PC ... u r a savior 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Oh my! It do really works! Thank you, thank you so much. This video helps me to fix the problems on those icons.

Just a quick question, I did all your steps but some of my shortcuts are still not working however the ones not working have an icon of a piece of paper with a folded tip, anything for that?

Thanks, I followed your instructions (that were very simple and clear) and it worked first time, Thanks again

Broo! Thank you so much man. I was scared for a second then I was able to click my tabs thanks to you :) Thank you soo much :D

I was too scared 😨 when the laptop wasn't working. But now all the apps are opening properly. Thanks! You're a life saver.

Thanks a lot pal! Thought I had a virus for a second, sub and like. You the man 💪🏽🤙🏽

tnanks bro, really love u

short version : 1. press ctrl + alt + delete at the same time. 2. go to ''details'' 3. find explorer.exe and click on ''end task'' 4. Now your desktop will become black 5. now open task manager again (ctrl + alt + delete) 6 on the top left click on ''file'' and then click ''new task'' and type ''explorer.exe'' and boom. you're done!

When i ended the task i had gone to a darkness and when i again opened the task manager i cant find the explo

I have open the desktop where icon not clickable. But when i try press ctrl+shift+ esc. The task manager not appear. Should i press the task manager when desktop was normal(temporarily)?

I WAS LITERALLY GOING TO CRY TYSFM OMG

THANK TOU SO MUCH EARNED A SUB I WAS GOING TO CRY

Thanks...I was stuck with this for a few days...followed your video and everything went blue🤣🤣.. I thought I followed the wrong person but within 2 minutes everything went back to normal.THANK YOU

I'm trying to do this but in my windows 7 task manager, I do NOT have a details tab. I have a processes tab but not a detail tab so I can do it. Any other ideas.

Bro by following your step my laptop got blue till now 😭😭

That was excruciatingly slow Get a mic

Yeah the same way my laptop also went blank then I did what u told I was having this problem a lot of days u saved my laptop 😀

Hello, some software don't open in my laptop. If I installed a software (for example "osu", then it opened well, but when I open it second time, it didn't open, I have to uninstall the software and instal it again to run!!! Give me Solution pls 🙏!!

Sir it doesn't worked for me... All icons in task bar is working as earlier but the network icon isn't responding when left clicked, on right click it shows the drop down menu but on left click nothing when i go through the control connect to network that also not respond...

Thank you so much for the video. It saved my laptop and all my important documents.

I got to task manager but do not have the file explorer.exe is it any other way to fix my problem

Thank you so much!! My desk top apps are now working normally

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!! Worked for me and I am so relieved

Hello, when ever i open my laptop the 1st icon remain selected and every time i click on something else, 1st icon open. it seems like mouse pad is stuck or something. it happens with pdf or webpages too, it get stuck at the top, even if i forcibly try to scroll down it goes up. It started happening few days back after there was an update to my current windows 10 OS . so i removed that update but problem persisted and later i degraded back to windows 8 and then upgraded again to windows 10, but still facing the same problem. when i press tab or windows key the problem remains dormant for sometime and everything start functioning normal but after 5-10 mins. it resurfaces again. :)

Wait, on option explorer.exe is said that it went to click right. But i can't cz the unable to click left or right

YOURE A LIFE SAVER, THANK YOU!

what if some files will also end?? my app is not working on pc should i do the same?

Thank you so much for this video, it's really worked 😍

Bro..thanks for ur video..i pressed 1 key...it was not showing anything just it was rotatating round when i pressed the icon and bottom icons are also not opening and not showing also...i went to search bar to enter...it was not responding search it did not opened what should i do bro?

Sir I am facing a problem in windows 10 asus laptop when I click on my computer icon instead of showing drive c d e f it is showing my computer properties and when I click on any software it only opens application properties like size I don't know what is this problem how to deal with it

may i know the reason behind this actually why i can't click or its becomes unresponsive several times but i tried several methods and can't fix it still but this method worked but any idea to fix it forever

In my laptop always a perticular icon is auto selected. And I cant open any aother icons by moving the cursor. Wherever I moved the cursor it only seects that perticular icon. How to fix it? Can I solve this problem ?

This is my go to video to fix this issue, thank you.

3:38 when you clicked "run new task" i have seen cmd in the box not explorer.exe What can i do? Please reply

This video was a savior for me... Thank you... 🙌

thanks a lot bro , i was really scared when i saw that my icons not working but then they worked fine

your so great many youtubers post fake videos but you showed us in a easy way and it really works your the best youtuber in the world

My rather says end process instead of task Should I end process?

Sir thanks so much.. suddenly icon doesn't work.. I think my laptop was damaged.. but ur video ....I hv no word for ur thanks... Thannnñkkkkkkk uuuu so much

So i have similar problem my PC is not responding to anything (barely) and when you try multiple times to open a program background gets all white and then it crashes

Hello sir, I did the procedure said by you but the problem to me was only power director was not working, I followed your steps but still it is like that itself... What said I do sir?? Sir plz answer, I need to open that app

Thank you You fix My pc... My icon (Wi-Fi icon Volume icon Other Software icon) dissapear and bec of your tutorial it came back THANK YOU

Hey bro I have the problem of running the program in the taskbar and not showing it on the desktop in Windows 11 can you help me please

This worked perfectly thanks! Can i just ask why this problem would occur? First time it's happened to me and wasn't sure why. Cheers!

hello i have another problem..... so this is my problem:if i press any file/apllications from file explorer i cant open it,it will just be stuck in loading can you pls help.by the way i followed the steps in this whole vid and it still didnt work

2021: I was very nervous because I couldn't see clear what was written in the "Renew Task Bar" and no name came up in my tab like yours, but I realized that it was "explorer.exe" and then .. that's it .. everything's okay, and goes back for what it is.. Thank You very much 😇

Hey the explorer.exe is not there in my category is there another option?!

Thanks alot, you save me. My projects were stuck on Adobe illustrator. Be blessed

WISH MY CUMPUTER WILL OPEN TASK MANAGER like it opened the task manager icon but when i click the task manager icon it wont do anything not like before when i click a icon and it opens up in the middle of my cumputer.

How can i fix my laptop ! Disktop has always selected icon then i can't use numbers in my keyboard ! Pllsss responce

thx that helped me a lot cause in my taskbar when i click it does nothing so thx

I can't refresh my laptop , and i can't use f5 to refresh, is there any problem in my laptop ?

I cried for a week for this issue . Thank you for solving my problem.

Not working I had a problem that when I click left or right my desktop not responding what to do ?

I can’t open any app or anything did what u did i can’t open a single thing and my wallpaper freezes and all my stuff on the home screen is in the windows tab and I can’t open the apps

Excellent video..u have saved all of us...hats off and many many Thanks...👏👏

i had this issue in windows 7 but it worked, thak you so much.

You Sir or Madame are a genius. Thank you worked a treat, I've subscribed

After did this same as u said it's done but ..,......... Same issues (desktop hangs but taskbar working) again later ....please help

When I press shift+ctrl+esc my task manager is not opening. What should I do?plz fix this problem

Thank you men its working to me all my apps notworking i watch your video and follow the steps and woking now thanks men

the best trick it worked for me. i had a problem until i watched this video,the first app at top-left is only opening even when i have clicked on other app thanks to this tech hat guy.thank you very much

Very useful thank you 👍🏻

Why did it say The Operation could not be completed Access is denied. Pls help me

What should i click in task manager windows 7? tabs detail doesn't appear in there

This person is good. I added him to my favorites. Thank you.

I pressed the ctrl+shift+ esc keys, it works but cant click the details, the cursor doesnt work.

Oh my god thank you so much this video might be old but still the best. When everything went black I was scared so much but thanks for the help

Thank you so much 👍😊.This video is very helpful for me

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! IT WORKED PREFECTLY WELL

This helped my icons were not working when I clicked on them, thanks for the save.

Bro please help me if i click an app another appp opens i can send video tu please help me

Thank you so much I was actually got heart attack why my icons are not working thanks for this😀❤️

Thankuuuuu thankuuu so muchhhh.. I was in the middle of the class when my Google ain't responded nd I tried what all I could do. I randomly clicked F5 still it was ineffective. Thanks a lottt🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌💜💜🙌🙌

OHMYGOD thank you so much i was so scared bc nothing was opening .... now it is working properly tysm 👍

You are a life saver when I tried it my screen was completely blank then I turned it off and on again it worked

Can you please tell me the steps for 5, I can not see well enough to see what to fo

Hey Thank you so much bro.. Now my laptop work's properly...thank you so much for sharing the valuable information...💫✨

Thank u... It is really useful nd it helped to work on the icons

Can I change my os?

Sir aapke mutabik me follow kiya expoler.exe ko end task kiya desktop pe kuch bhi nahi dhikta sub chala gaya aub kya karu

After when I click on create new explorer everything was black and was scared to death then after 1 min all icons came back thanks bro 👍

Thanks my guy just stressing out about it because internet and school work problems 👍👍

Very good morning Your video was very helpful Thank you so much fr informativ video

Omg thank you it works I got so scared at first cause I couldn’t find Explorer exe and thought I messed up my desktop computer and typed it all out and it worked

My screen was showing ''activate windows'' I applied your method but after 5th step i scared about my data..and immediately clicked on cross...now my screen is black and it is flipping...tell me plz what should i do now..?

Im in the bluetooth and other devices when i click add bluetooth or other device theres no opening

Thank you so much, it was helpful.

My only issue is trying to open my elgato software from the taskbar. It like, freezes or something. Won’t let me open it or close it out. I practically have to restart the PC

After i did all this it happened again plz help