



If following these steps doesn’t work or the problem comes back after restarting, there’s still more you can try. It’s a good idea to restart your computer to see if the problem comes back. If all goes well you should have your desktop back.In the window that comes up type in “explorer” in the Open: box, make sure to tick the Create this task with administrative privileges box and then click OK.Now click on the File menu in the top left and then on Run new task.Once Task Manager has opened, scroll down and search for Windows Explorer, right-click on it and then click on End Task.Sometimes you need to completely stop Windows Explorer and then start it again with administrator privileges. Restarting Windows Explorer this way isn’t always enough, however. Click on More details in the bottom left corner to see all processes if your Task Manager does not show everything.You can also click on Windows Explorer to highlight it and then click the Restart button on the bottom right. Once Task Manager has opened, scroll down and search for Windows Explorer then right-click on it and then click on Restart.Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to open the Windows Security screen and then click on Task Manager.In order to do this, you’ll once again need to access the Windows Security screen: As this error has to do with Windows Explorer, restarting it can fix it: If after restarting you still encounter the “Personalized Settings (Not Responding)” error, read on for more solutions. Click on the power icon in the bottom right corner and then on Restart.

Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to open what’s known as the Windows Security screen.Here’s how to restart Windows properly while stuck on this screen: Sometimes just restarting Windows can get it to sort out whatever is wrong on its own. The first thing to try is simply restarting your computer: Restarting the Windows Explorer process.This issue most often happens due to problems with updates. You end up getting stuck on this black screen because Windows Explorer doesn’t start properly and so the desktop ends up loading very slowly, or not at all. If after starting up Windows 10 you encounter a window in the top right corner saying “ Personalized Settings (Not Responding)” and get stuck on a black screen, following this guide will help you fix it.
