ON windows 7, I have pinned 4 items to the taskbar. One of them is explorer. When i Click on Explorer, it highlights but then fades away. If i click on start and click on anything eg. COmputer, Docs it works. I have the same problem with notepad. In start I type in notepad and click on the notepad search result but the program doesnt load. If i open up a new .txt file, it loads perfectally. This problem is not related to 3rd party software as i have disabled them with MSCONFIG and rebooted.

Hi,When did this issue first occur? If recently, system restore can be under consideration.I would like to know what are the other items pinned to the taskbar, are they encontering the same issue?I suggest unpin explorer from taskbar then go to C:\windows, find explorer and pin it again. Disable aero and set a basic background then test the issue.If the issue persists, type "%APPDATA%\\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar" from start to open the folder where the pinned item temp files were save, clear the folder and re-pin them again.In case the user profile contains corrupt registry, I suggest create a new account to check the result. If the issue disappears in the new accont, you can transfer your data to the new account.