accidental stop of a process in the Task Manager

I accidentally stopped a process in my task manager, & now I have no icons on the desktop or the taskbar. I can't do anything. How can I fix this please?

I accidentally stopped a process in my task manager, & now I have no icons on the desktop or the taskbar. I can't do anything. How can I fix this please?

If you stopped the process, restart your computer. All processes will return to normal.

Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE, and then select Restart from the icon at the bottom right.

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