Windows 10: Can't use Run dialog from Start Menu

If I right click on the Start Menu and select Run, I get this error.





I checked Group Policy and as far as I can tell, none of the settings that affect Run are configured.
Any idea what I can look at/for?

:)

 

WINDOWS 10 START MENU NOT WORKING

I do not have a start menu in the taskbar and start menu properties dialog box. I can't change start setting without this.

 

installed Windows 10 and email and Facebook shortcuts no longer work in internet Explorer

Bruce,

Are you able to open Internet Explorer normally.. that is by launching Internet Explorer shortcut, or running iexplore.exe from Run dialog or Start menu?

 

It appears that dialog is started by a run shortcut in the following folder. You might check the properties and see if any looks different for it than the other shortcuts.

C:\Users\YourUser\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools

Can we assume Winkey+R does the same thing?

-- I now know why my internet connection is slow --- you are sucking up all the bandwidth, 30 GB shesh!! *Biggrin

 

Issue not on my machine.




Run from:

Power user menu (right click start)
\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX\Group2\1-Run.lnk
Target type: Application
Target location: %windir%
Target: %windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
Open file location: %windir%\explorer.exe (selected)

Security
SYSTEM, MyuserIDs (local and MS acct), Administrators - all full control
Owner: My local acct
Start Screen
\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\Run.lnk
Target type: Run
Target location: Desktop
Target: Run...
Open file location: Desktop (nothing selected)

Security
SYSTEM, MyuserIDs (local and MS acct), Administrators - all full control
Owner: My local acct
You said Start menu - is that the new start menu with tiles to the right?

 

"You said Start menu - is that the new start menu with tiles to the right?"

I am sure he means as he has stated. Right click - which opens the so-called "Power" menu.

Have you tried scrolling down the "All Apps" menu to Windows system - run, to see if it will run from there?

 

I didn't get the error msg bu when I Winkey r I cannot type into the input box. It shows enabled but no typed characters appear.


Edit: I deleted the $Win hidden folder, turned off Windows Search and defragged. Now Run works and Explorer pops up a lot faster.

 

Open the command prompt, copy and paste:
explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
To see if run command works.

Also look at this link:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...e-disable.html

 

Umm, 30MB, sorry *Redface

No System Tools under Programs:





Edit: It's called Windows System, not System Tools.
Run fails same way there when I try to start it.

 

There is no Run under Windows System:

 

Okay, found it. Run command and group policy - Spiceworks

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
NoRun=1

Changed it to 0, logged off and on and now it works.

I should have stated this is in a X64 VM under Oracle VirtualBox; 2GB Ram; 50GB hard drive

Edit: Disable_Run_command.reg from the link topguncp posted would also have fixed this.

 

TopGun pointed you to an eightforums tutorial (post 6) that had a registry fix similar to what you found
Run Command - Enable or Disable - Windows 7 Help Forums
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRun"=-
The difference is that the EF fix removes the NoRun key.

Glad you got it sorted and thanks for posting your solution.

Bill
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My question is, why did it happen? Is it something to do with running as a Virtual Machine?

 

I'm running in a Hyper-V machine and the issue wasn't present.
Win10 - originally downloaded from the Insider page (Pro?), not the TechNet eval page (Enterprise?)
I suppose Windows Update (WU) / Preview Build Update (PBU) figures out the difference. But being a preview rls - who knows.

Bill
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I have 5 VMWare virtual machines and they all work. Probably one of those undocumented effects aka bug. May be you should send feedback to MS.