Completely stuck

When you right-click the tray icon and choose open, does the main taskbar indicate a window has opened in response to that?

If a window is opening but you can't see it, it's possible it is off-screen for some reason:

  • Hover over the main taskbar icon (not the tray icon), then right-click the thumbnail that appears.
  • (If the taskbar is set to show individual windows instead of applications, right-click the button for the window instead of the previous step.)
  • Choose "Move" from the right-click menu
  • Tap one of the arrow keys on the keyboard
  • Move the mouse. The window should snap to where your mouse is and become visible.

If no window is opening at all:

We should be able to use those to work out where things are hung.

If it is hung, it's most likely due to a third party shell extension or something similar which has been injected into our process, which we should be able to see from the dumps.