Windows 10: Sometimes the start button doesn't work

Discus and support Sometimes the start button doesn't work in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hello! Sometimes when I click the start button or hit the windows key on my keyboard, nothing happens. The start menu doesn't open, even if I let it... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/wafflewrestler, Feb 25, 2021.

  1. Sometimes the start button doesn't work


    Hello!

    Sometimes when I click the start button or hit the windows key on my keyboard, nothing happens. The start menu doesn't open, even if I let it sit for several minutes. The only way to get it working again is to shut down/restart (which can be done by right clicking the start button).

    I just did a fresh install of windows 10. All my drivers are downloaded and windows is up to date. The issue I'm having happens not only now but also before I did the fresh install.

    Any idea what's causing this and how i can fix it? Thanks!

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    /u/wafflewrestler, Feb 25, 2021
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  2. BetoLP Win User

    Windows doesn`t start. Authomatic repair doesn`t work.

    Thanks again!!

    I`m sorry I had not noticed that the text on the picture was in spanish. It says that windows has replaced some damaged clusters in "name" file and "directory". Then, at the end "an unspecified error occurred (75736e6a726e6c2e 4f6)".

    I`ll do it and I`ll be updating this thread when I have the report.

    - - - Updated - - -

    I ran SeaTools. These are the results:

    Sometimes the start button doesn't work [​IMG]


    Does it mean my HDD is useless?
     
    BetoLP, Feb 25, 2021
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  3. BetoLP Win User
    Windows doesn`t start. Authomatic repair doesn`t work.

    Thanks for your answer, ken!
    I deleted all my data. I had have it backed up.

    I did a clean installation using the windows media creation tool (usb option).

    No, I didn`t. I thought a clean installation would solve the problem.

    After posting my previous message, I did it.


    Sometimes the start button doesn't work [​IMG]


    After chkdsk, I close cmd and tried to boot and the laptop just turned it off. This morning I`ve restarted it and automatically windows did a repair. Windows has booted and it seems that the repair tool has removed chrome and acrobat pdf reader (the only two programs I had installed after reinstalling windows).

    Now Windows is installing updates and restarting my lapop, I`m kind of frightened. I don`t want it to happen again. Anyhow, I want to know what has brought the issue

    I`ve been looking for information about the error code at the end of the picture and I didn`t get anywhere.
     
    BetoLP, Feb 25, 2021
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  4. Sometimes the start button doesn't work

    Start button doesn´t work

    This is really dissapointing

    The Start menu button, windows key, applications in the task bar, notifications, antivirus label and time doesn´t work. I cannot switch beteween users and the only way to shut down the computer is turning it off. Actually I'm accesing the computer via a
    local user I created when installed Win10, but in that account happens the same. The machine upload the system very slowly and when I try to modify anything via control panel (which I reach through a "desktop" label) the admistrator's password is required
    and submitted with no problems. Thw Windows analysis says that today and other past days the windows explorer wasn't uploaded.

    There was no way of restarting via previous point because there wasn't any and I couldn't restart the computer in my previous windows (7) version.
     
    Miguel Paez, Feb 25, 2021
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