windows 11 Can't open right-click context menus on taskbar icons, can't open main start menu, can't open Windows Security/Settings/System

[Guest Alexander Maw]

I recently found I couldn't close a game app by right-clicking it's icon in the taskbar to open the menu to close it, nothing happens when I right-click on any icon there.I also noticed the icon for Blender I had in the task bar has stopped working like the app is no longer there. I note that I installed it off of the Windows app store, in case there's a connection. Other apps on the task bar launch when clicked, I just don't get the context menu from right clicking them.In investigating the issue, I found that left clicking the windows icon in the corner of my screen also does nothing. Rig

 

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