Windows 10: Something finally broke !!! @StartMenu

Ok. It no longer works. I press the Windows Key and nothing happens. I press the button allocated for that mater, and still nothing happens. Ideas of how to fix ? Restart didn't work.


EDIT: I know I can just revert to the old taskbar in the old build that was more stable, but I kind-of wanna keep the new one.


EDIT 2: I just realized that there's a new build out. Any ideas on how to update without having the start menu ? This may fix the problem.

:)

 

Open with... won't save an image to disk?

Something else went wrong with the software so I finally broke down and got the latest version X8 that did solve the problem.

 

Startmenu not "updating"

When I install new apps/programs they will appear in the startmenu. I have a few programs that are not installed though but just .exe files. When I create a shortcut and copy them to my Startmenu folder, they won't appear in my starmenu. Is there maybe
an additional registry entry that I have/can make to add shortcuts to my startmenu? There must be something more than just the startmenu folder otherwise the newly installed programms would also not be showing up...

 

Click search and type updates. Click bottom right New Notifications\All Settings\Update & Recovery.

Just a couple for you.

 

That's the problem. Search is in the start menu, and the start menu won't open.

 

Click the notification icon next to the speaker icon, click All settings and Update & Recovery.

 

Apparently the start menu is not the only thing that doesn't work. That button doesn't work either.

 

Try 'Settings' access from Explorer:

 

When I press that button Explorer freezes for about 10 seconds, then it gets back to normal. Settings doesn't start.

 

One more mention. There is actually a way to experience what I'm experiencing (I hope it's not different, 'cause I don't remember it different and I can't test in my current state. But I'm quite sure it's not.)
If you create a second account, and make it a 'child account' with no e-mail, after you log in to that account, after a few seconds (10 or so) the start menu will stop working.

I also experienced this kind of stuff (This one seemed different though because of the start logo wouldn't even show up. Blank taskbar color in it's place) while playing with the auto-hide feature of the taskbar, but it got solved with a restart.

 

Hi Marron,

I've had this exact same problem. The only thing you can do is either re-install the build you are using and then update via PC Settings, or you could download the ISO for the new build. Which you can find Brink's tutorial to install it. *Smile

I would suggest just downloading the new build, as the update system hasn't been working very well for many people. (Including me.)

-Chuck

 

Try running both PowerShell scripts and the Store Reset exe.

 

I doubt this is the only solution. For once, I can just do this, which should really work, but I don't wanna downgrade my taskbar yet.

Could you explain what PowerShell scritps I should run (and maybe how) ? And where's the Store Reset exe ?

 

With nothing else running, open PowerShell as administrator and run the following:

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

let it complete then exit and restart Explorer (Task Manager/Explorer-right click/Restart)

then do the same with:

Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –like “*windowscommunicationsapps*”} | remove-appxprovisionedpackage –online

After Restarting Explorer again, navigate to C:/Windows/System32/WSReset.exe (if you still can't use Search),
it may run a few commands then the Store should open.

Close the Store and Restart your PC.

 

The first one seemed to work, but the second didn't. I get this screen:
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It's probably because powershell is not in administrator mode. I opened powershell by WinKey + R, and then typed powershell. How can I open it as administrator (from run) ? I can't use the start menu.