Windows 10: Start Button Unresponsive

My start button and Windows key frequently become unresponsive. The only thing I can do is sign out and sign back in or restart manually. This happens at least once a day, and I'm getting really tired of it. It seems to have started after the last version of Windows 10 was installed. How can I fix this?

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Start Button Unresponsive

Ruth - this fix is not working. This is also mentioned in another thread and nobody has answered ... can you please help?

Below is a copy of the prompt and the error message I got:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add

-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.

error 0x8E5E0226: Adding a tile failed with unexpected error.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] dd4fd745-eab7-0001-91e3-4fddb7ead001 in the Event Log or use

the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID dd4fd745-eab7-0001-91e3-4fddb7ead001

At line:1 char:94

+ ... fest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manife ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Program File...ppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

 

Start Button Unresponsive

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities.

I will be glad to help you with the issue you have with the computer. I understand the frustration when things don't work the way it should.

Please try the following:

• Open the Task manager. Here’s a tip: Press CTRL+Shift+ESC.
• Click File > Run New Task
• Make sure you have a check mark beside “Create this task with administrative privileges”
  
• Type Powershell
• Type the following in the Powershell prompt:
  
  $manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest
  
• Close the Powershell window
  
  Then Reboot.

Hope this information is helpful. Please post in case you have any further issues, I will be glad to help you.

Thank you.

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...t-menu-cortana

There is a troubleshooter tool, check that one.

 

I ran the troubleshooter, but it couldn't find the problem.

 

In that case, please consider the next two options of the page as well.

 

What other two options? Where?

 

Here, as mentioned in post #2 earlier: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...t-menu-cortana

These two options:

 

You mean reset my PC as in return it to factory settings? If so, that seems a little drastic, don't you think. And I don't see why a new administrator account would fix the problem of an unresponsive start button. The problem lies in Windows 10 itself, and there needs to be an update to address this bug.

When this happens while I'm viewing a website, everything on the screen freezes and I have to close it up and sign out and sign back in. Very frustrating! It just happened a minute ago.

 

I can neither address a bug nor fix it, mate. I just can say what we can do to get rid of the issue within the prevailing situation.

 

Thanks anyway for trying.