How do I get rid of the black screen that has appeared on Windows 10

[occasional]

For a few months now a black screen offering Search, etc. keeps appearing on my Windows 10 computer. It is obviously a Microsoft "improvement".
How do I get rid of it ?

[BirdmanBerry]

Can you post a screenshot? A few options:

See if it's in start-up programs and disable it
In add/remove programs > windows features> see if it's in there and can be disabled
Check it's not malware by running Malwarebytes Free

[SignalSquare]

Try here:https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/c..._black_screen/

[occasional]

Seems to be a different problem to that found by SS. Screenshot below.

[Don Coyote]

Right click on the Taskbar, click on Search and then select Hidden. It will make the search box go away which will mean that you won't get the black screen.

[occasional]

Search - hidden is already ticked. Strangely I cannot untick it.

[SignalSquare]

Perhaps it is time to check your HDD for errors :https://computing.which.co.uk/hc/en-...r-a-hard-drive

[Don Coyote]

You wont be able to uncheck it but you could try selecting one of the other options and then selecting hidden again just in case it has got out of sync with the settings.

In addition to SignalSquare's suggestion you may also try running sfc /scannow as described here

[andytug]

Might just be an intermittently duff keyboard - Windows key and S brings up search, if one of those is sticking and you hit the other one?

Try donwloading the free version of Malwarebytes and run a scan, extra protection from nasties, however something like the above sounds more likely.

[Jhieminga]

If my translation is correct, the message at bottom right is asking you to activate your copy of Windows. Could it be related to this?

[NutLoose]

Right click on the main screen and select personalise

[occasional]

Solved. The problem arose with a Windows update to the touchpad driver.
After much going round in circles resolved by disabling three-finger scrolling in the driver.