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  1. /U/LONGSHOEZ
    /u/Longshoez Win User

    Now it's totally useless (the start menu) , i cant open anything from the start menu, even...

    /u/Longshoez, Jul 18, 2020
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  2. GOATMAN60
    GoatMan60 Win User

    i cant open the start menu in windows 10

    Been there. Done that. Thanks for the suggestions though.

    Start button still does not work.

    In fact I have not lost the ability to personalize my start menu (file explorer has now gone missing from start menu). This happened after the Powershell step.
     
    GoatMan60, Jul 18, 2020
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  3. DIMS
    Dims Win User
    Start Menu is broken after installing Windows 10

    After installing Windows 10, my Start Menu got totally broken.

    Most of the programs and absent in it now. They can't be found neither by search, nor by step-by-step navigation.

    Some of programs are substituted for another versions.

    Simultaneously, the Start Menu folder is Ok in filesystem.

    So my entire Start Menu is useless now.

    To run any program, I am opening Far Manager (file manager), opening Start Menu folder in it and doing search for appropriate *.lnk file.

    I.e. I am doing by hand what Windows should do with it's Start Menu feature.

    *.lnk files are working fine.

    Various aspects of the problem were discussed in questions:

    Where are ALL locations of Start Menu folders in Windows 10?

    How to fix / refresh start menu in Windows 10? How to add / remove / edit items in bulk?

    Can't find applications anymore in Windows 10

    So, please don't suggest primitive solutions, covered there?
     
    Dims, Jul 18, 2020
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  4. DARKNOVA
    Darknova Win User

    Now it's totally useless (the start menu) , i cant open anything from the start menu, even...

    Start menu default internet acces icon screwed?

    You generally set that via the Start Menu settings (right-click start menu -> properties).

    I had that issues a while ago, and it meant removing it from the Start Menu, and reinstalling my browser to get the icon back, it was very odd.
     
    Darknova, Jul 18, 2020
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