Windows 10: Start button, search bar, many other things, not working - something wrong with the Settings?

Last night my laptop froze on me; thinking nothing of it I force-shutdown and then restarted my laptop. Since then, whenever I'm on my laptop, I can't access the start menu or the search bar. I've had to force-shutdown when I stop using my laptop.I've looked around and tried so many things, but none of them seem to work. I've tried both restarting and ending/starting-up Windows Explorer to no avail. I've also tried Crl+Alt+Del to see if I could restart my laptop that way, but there was no option to do so. Additionally, I can't use Win+R, or indeed Win+ any other button apart from L, which sign

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Start button and search bar not working

Problem that start button and search do not work has NOT been resolved. I have tried the steps suggested in previous answers but this has not worked. Altogether very frustrating and a big turn off to my opinion of Windows 10. HELP!

Original Title: MikeKetley

 

Start Button displaying but not working


The start button was working until there was a forced reboot (power failure). Then left click (normal click) over the start button does absolutely nothing. Right click brings up a menu but "programs" and also "settings" are missing and not included on this list. Search or Task View buttons do not work either with "normal" click. Does anyone have any suggestion or fixes?
Thank you in advance *Huh
Sue

 

Please i need help my start button and the search bar is not working.

Hi,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.



I understand your concern, and we in Community will try to find the best possible resolution to your problem.



Method 1:

Start button not working

This issue can be fixed by Windows Updates.Please refer to the suggestions by Sharath Srinivasa replied on January 23, 2015 in the link given below.

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Method 2:

For search bar not working.

This could be due to some issues with the “Windows Search” service on the computer and due to which Windows is not able to start this service. Let me know, which troubleshooter you ran to find the root cause of the issue. Is it the “Search and Indexing”
Troubleshooter? If yes, did you try the suggestions given by the troubleshooter and check if that helps?



If you haven’t tried the “Search and Indexing” Troubleshooter, then I would suggest you to try that first and let’s know the details. You may also try its suggestions and check the status.



Run the Search and Indexing Troubleshooter



This troubleshooter is an automated Windows 8.1 inbuilt tool which finds and fixes the common issues with the Windows Search and Indexing settings. Perform these steps to run this tool and check if that helps.

• Press “Windows Logo” + “W” keys from the keyboard.
• Type “Troubleshooting” in the search bar and press “Enter”.
• In the “Troubleshooting” window, click on “View All” on the left pane.
• Click on “Search and Indexing”.
• Click on “Advanced” and then click on “Run as Administrator”.
• Click “Next” and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the troubleshooting process.

If that doesn’t help, then check the status of the “Windows Search” service from the Service Console. Please follow these steps:

• Press “Windows Logo” + “R” keys on the keyboard to open the “Run” command box.
• Type “Services.msc” in the “Run” command box and press “Enter”.
• In the “Services” window, search for the Windows Search service, right click on it and the click on “Properties” from its context menu.
• In the properties window, check if the service is started, if not click on “Start”.
• Also, make sure that the “Startup Type” is set as “Automatic”.
• Click on “Apply” and then “OK”.
• Now, check if the issue still persists.

You can also refer to the suggestion by Paulsey from the following link and check if it helps.

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Hope it helps. Let us know if you need help.

Regards,