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Action Center Missing on Windows 10: 5 Ways to Restore it

Everything you need to bring back the Action Center

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Windows 10brought a lot of novelties to the standard Windows interface. One of the features is Action Center, but some users are reporting that the feature is missing on their Windows 10 PC for some reason.

We made sure to shed some light on this problem and enlisted some solutions which should help you address it.

Why did my Action Center disappear?

There are various reasons that can cause the Action Center to be greyed out or completely missing on your PC. Below are some of them:

How can I restore Action Center if it is missing in Windows 10?

1. Make sure the Action Center shortcut is enabled

Firstly, let’s confirm that theAction Centershortcut in the notification area is enabled at all. You might’ve disabled it by mistake, or an update did it without your knowledge.

On the other hand, some users reported that the option was missing from the “Turn system icons on or off” menu. If that’s the case, move to the next

2. Run SFC and DISM

If a built-in system feature is missing, chances are that some of the associatedsystem files got corrupted or incomplete. This might happen for various reasons, but our main suspect is a Windows update. It’s not unusual for updates to break certain system features.

If that happens, you can rely on System File Checker and Deployment Image Servicing and Management utilities. These are built-in, and you can run them through the elevated Command Prompt. Also, they work best when running in succession.

3. Check the Group Policy Editor

There are multiple ways to control system features besides the usual access via the Users Interface. One of the options for advanced users is the Group Policy, used to regulate all important system features for security purposes.

And that’s where you can limit the access for other users toAction Center, as well. That’s why we suggest inspecting these options to find out whether theAction Centershortcut is disabled there.

4. Use the registry tweak

If theAction Centeris enabled in Group Policy Editor, we’ll need to turn to the Registry. Seemingly, this was the most fruitful solution for the majority of affected users.

However, we strongly advise you not to meddle with the Registry if you don’t know what are you doing exactly.

In this case, we suggest accessing the Registry Editor and enabling Notification Center (Action Center) if it’s disabled.

5. Reset your PC to factory settings

In the end, if theAction Centeris still missing on Windows 10, we suggest resetting your system to factory settings. With this approach, you’ll get to keep your files while also addressing possible system issues which caused this error.

Nonetheless, we still suggestbacking up your datafrom the system partition in case something goes awry.

And with that step, we can wrap it up. You should now be able to restore the missing Action Center on Windows 10 and add it to your Taskbar.

In case you have any alternative solutions for this problem, be so kind to share them with us in the comments below.

Action Center Missing on Windows 10: 5 Ways to Restore it#

Why did my Action Center disappear?#

How can I restore Action Center if it is missing in Windows 10?#

1. Make sure the Action Center shortcut is enabled#

2. Run SFC and DISM#

3. Check the Group Policy Editor#

4. Use the registry tweak#

5. Reset your PC to factory settings#