Windows 10: Some items will not open when right-clicking start menu

The following will no longer open from right-clicking on the Start Menu button:

Task Manager

Event Viewer

Device manager

Disk Manager

Computer Manager

Command Prompt

Command Prompt Admin

File Explorer


All others will open.


Also some desktop icon will only open by double-clicking but will not open by right-clicking and selecting "Open".


I have tried the following from the command admin prompt opened through task manager selected from CTRL/ALT DEL:

SFC /Scannow - no issues found

DISM restore health - no issues found

Reinstalled Windows 10 from ISO file with all current updates

Deleted and reinstalled some programs

Booted from safe mode (problem remains)


System info:

Windows 10 Ver 1903

OS build: 18362.356

64 bit, x64 based processor

i7-4790k cpu

32 gb ram

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Feature suggestion: Add right-click menu

Suggestion: Please add a Windows 7 Jump-List and/or right-click menu to the GPU-Z icon in the Windows taskbar. Possible menus in it would be "Exit" and "About GPU-Z...".
Maybe also "Switch to tab 1/Switch to tab 2/Switch to videocard 1/Switch to videocard 2" too.
Examples of programs that have such menus are ICQ, Skype, AIM.

NOTE: It seems for a right-click menu, Windows 7 is not needed - it works on WinXP and Vista too.
But even a Windows 7 Jump-list may be good enough.
What do you think?

 

Right clicking on Start Button and clicking the following items fail to activate Eg. Progarms and Features.

Hi Zedqed,

I regret the inconvenience you’re facing regarding Windows 10.

Before I assist you, I would like to know the information below.

• Have you activated Windows after installing Windows 10?
• When you say ''Right clicking Start Button and clicking the following items fail to activate the items'' are you not able to open the programs and what exactly do you refer to activate?
• Have you installed all the Windows 10 pending updates?
• Which Windows 10 build is installed on the PC?

I suggest you to follow the below steps to fix the issue.

Method 1: Install all the Windows 10 pending updates.

Check for the pending updates and install the same.

I suggest you to update your system to the latest Windows 10 build and also check if for the pending updates in resolving the issue.

• In search type Check for updates and hit enter.
• 
  Click on Check for updates.
  
• 
  Windows will check for the pending updates and automatically install them.
  

Method 2: Also try the steps provide in below link for Start menu issue:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...ubleshoot-problems-opening-start-menu-cortana

Hope this helps, revert back to us with Start menu issue, we would assist you for sure.

Thank you.

 

Start Menu item - Right-Click>Properties>Shortcut key


In Window 7 and earlier versions, one could right-click an item in the start menu, select properties and access the shortcut tab. Therein lay the Short key field, which I used a lot for creating custom key combinations, eg CTL+ALT+N for Notepad++ or CTL+ALT+P for Paint.NET.

In Windows 10, the start menu seems to treat all items as Apps and right-click brings up a minimal menu, which doesn't include properties.

Ideas/suggestions please for creating customer key-combo shortcuts to programs or getting back the functionality of Windows 7 start menu Right-Click>Properties>Shortcut key.