Windows 10 network, action center, clock icons do not respond to mouse click

Hello guys

I started using Windows 10 from the early developer previews & was lucky until yesterday (24th June 2020). Few things didn’t work as expected then onwards.

I noticed the troubles when I clicked on the network icon on the taskbar, which usually pops up a window from which I can connect to another available connection or turn “Airplane Mode” on or off etc

Unfortunately, this has stopped on me all of a sudden. I started searching for a solution & came across few, which didn’t solve my issues. Today morning 25th June 2020, I noticed that it was not just the network connection icon, my clock and action center also had the same issue of not responding to mouse clicks!

  1. https://windowsreport.com/action-center-wont-open-windows-10/#:~:text=Open%20the%20Start%20Menu%20and,%3E%20Advanced%20options%20%3E%20Startup%20Settings.&text=If%20Action%20Center%20is%20working%2C%20restart%20your,and%20start%20Windows%2010%20normally.
  2. https://www.lifewire.com/fix-windows-10-action-center-wont-open-4588300

Please refer the above links for situation those may not be fixed by the below simple instruction. While trying to find a solution, accidently I landed on the below settings area & toggled the “Get notifications from apps and other senders” from on to off & then reversed it.

That was it! Toggling Notifications on and off has brought back the functionality to whole those icons which were not responding. Give it a try and let me know whether it helped you! (No need to restart the computer)

regards,

rajesh