How to Fix ‘Action Center Not Visible/Showing on Taskbar’ Issue in Windows 10 – Guide
The improved Action Center, or Notification Center, is a great feature on Windows 10. It has all system and individual app notifications available in one place, so you don’t have to worry about missed notifications. Additionally, you can dispense with them at will. As helpful as it is, sometimes the Action Center stops responding. In fact, this happened to me recently, and regardless of how many times I clicked the notification icon, the Action Center wouldn’t open.
If you’re having trouble with the Action Center in Windows 10, here are some simple steps you can take to try and get it working again. In addition to the issues listed above, some users are reporting that Action Center is showing notifications even after they’ve deleted them multiple times. So, let’s see how to fix the Action Center problem on Windows 10 using the troubleshooter guide below. ..
Enabling or Disabling System Icons
It’s possible that the action center icon on your iPhone may not be working as it should. You can try disabling the function in the Settings app and see if that fixes the issue.
On the Settings page, click the Change PC settings link in the left column. On the Change PC settings page, under System and security, click Windows Update. On the Windows Update page, under Important updates, select Download and install updates automatically (recommended). Under Select updates to install, select all of the updates except for Optional update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB2919355). Click Install. If you are prompted to restart your computer, do so. After your computer restarts, Windows will begin to download and install the updates that you selected. ..
In the Personalization window, select the “Settings” tab. In the Settings tab, select “Password Protection.” In the Password Protection window, enter a new password.
To personalize your Windows 10 taskbar, on the left side of the window, click the Taskbar option. On the right side of the window, you can turn system icons on or off. ..
In the next window, scroll down and find the action center. To turn it on, slide the switch to the right.
Changing registry settings
Before making any changes to the registry, be sure to create a backup of the registry data so that in case, if data is lost, you can recover it. ..
Open the Run command by pressing the Win + R keys together on the keyboard.
In Registry Editor, type the following and press Enter: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\configuration etworkapi.dll This path points to the file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\configuration.networkingapi.dll, which is the Windows networking API implementation.
Now go to the right side of the panel and right click on an empty area. Select New from the right-click menu and select DWORD Value (32-bit) from the submenu. In order to change your desktop wallpaper, go to Start > Settings > Personalization > Desktop Background and select a new image. ..
Right-click the newly created DWORD (64-bit) value and select Rename from the shortcut menu.
Disable Notification Center is a new DWORD value in Windows 10 that can be used to disable the notification center from appearing on the desktop. ..
Double-click the new value to open the Edit DWORD Value dialog. In the Value Data field, set the value to 0.
Save changes and exit by pressing the OK button.
When re-registering the Action Center
It is possible that the Action Center is corrupted for some reason and needs to be re-registered. In that case, you would need to re-register the Action Center using Powershell. Let’s see how.
Press Windows key + X together on the keyboard to open the context menu and select “Open with…”
Windows Powershell (Admin) opens with administrator rights.
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -Filter “name=‘Windows 10’ or name=‘Windows 8.1’ or name=‘Windows 8’ or name=‘Windows 7’” This command returns the list of Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows 7 operating systems.
Final note
If you’re having trouble seeing or showing action center on your taskbar in Windows 10, here’s a guide on how to fix it. If you’re using an older version of Windows 10, this guide may not work.
