Windows 10: Failed updates and lost "Start Menu" & "Action Center", etc.

On Thursday, July 31, I attempted to install three updates for Windows 10. Two updates installed successfully, 0xc1900101 failed. Since then my “Start Menu” and “Action Center” nor "Calendar" on the right end of the "Task Bar" will not open, the “Search”, “Cortana”, “Task View”, “Microsoft Edge” and “Store” buttons have all disappeared from my “Task Bar.”Items in the “Hidden Icons”, e.g., “Speaker Volume” do not work.I uninstalled the two completed updates; no change.I have researched all available andapplicable topics. In the “Power Shell” I ranGet-AppXPackage -AllUsers Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$$_.InstallLocationAppXManifest.xml”}In “Command Prompt Admin” I ran sfc /scannow. In both cases I get the error message: The database disk image is malformed

The database disk image is malformed

At line:1 char:1

Following one solution, I performed a "Clean Boot" to correct the image. No change.

Please help.

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Action Center and Start Menu Continually Fail


Device: Surface Pro 4
OS: Fully Updated Windows 10

Issue: Action Center and Start Menu continually fail.
Symptoms: After an unpredictable amount of time, Action Center and Start Menu will not open using multiple prompts. Action Center will not respond to taskbar link or swipe from the right and Start Menu will not respond to task bar click or keyboard button.

Troubleshooting:

• I have done several SFC scans (the first few found stuff and repaired it and subsequent runs find nothing)
• I've done the DISM image restore health hocus pocus to no avail.
• I've executed "Get-AppxPackage | % { Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppxManifest.xml" -verbose }" in an elevated powershell. This works, until it doesn't.

EDIT: Nothing is working now for troubleshooting. Going to try a restart and see how long until it happens again.


​None of these are permanent solutions. Any ideas as what is causing this and how to stop it from happening?

 

Start menu and action center is not working in Windows 10

Hi,

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve the issue.

Before we proceed, I need more information to help you better.

• 
  What is the exact issue that you’re facing with Start menu?
  
• 
  Are you not able to open Start menu?
  
• 
  Are you getting any error message?
  

I suggest you to follow the step below and check if it helps.

Step 1: Check for the latest updates and install.

• 
  Press Windows logo key +R, enter
  MS-settings: and then press OK. This opens Settings.
  
• 
  In Settings, go to Update & security >
  Windows Update, and then select Check for updates. Install any available updates and restart your PC if required.
  

Step 2: I suggest you to run
Start menu troubleshooter. After you've completed the troubleshooter, restart your device.

Keep us posted on this issue so that we can assist you better.

 

Start Menu and Action Center view change

My start menu and action center icons in my toolbar have changed and I am not sure why. I have a surface pro 4. My action center icon brings up a list but containing open action center or turn on quiet hours. When I select open action center nothing
happens. Previously the icon would bring up a pop up window with information and other links. When I click the start icon instead of the tile format with options it comes up in a old list format similar to windows 7. What setting has changed to cause this
problem and how do I return to the current tile format?