Windows 10: Start menu and taskbar options just flash briefly when clicked

Following a recent automatic Winows 10 update, my start menu and task bar items have been behaving strangely, preventing me from being able to perform several critical operations. For example:
1) When I click the power icon in the start menu, the sleep/hibernate/restart/shutdown option list pops up for a fraction of a second, then disappears.
2) The same thing happens when I click on the wireless network icon after clicking the hidden icons icon on the taskbar. The list of available networks flashes briefly, then disappears, preventing me from selecting new wireless networks.
3) I find that I must click on start menu tile items multiple times before they ultimately "take" and launch the associated application.

I have tried a number of different solutions I have found online, including rolling back recent updates, without success.

Does anyone know of a solution to this problem that will WORK?

Thanks.

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Start Menu and Edge would just blink when clicked.

Hi,



Welcome to Microsoft Community. Your interest in Windows 10 is much appreciated.



Method 1: Run the SFC.

Follow the below steps:

• Open Command Prompt.

• Select “Run as Administrator”.
• Type “sfc /scannow” without quotes and hit
  Enter.

Now check for the issue.



Method 2: Try repairing the store and check if it helps:

1. Press WinKEY + X or put the mouse in the lower left corner

2. Open the Command Prompt (Run as Administrator)

3. Type in WSReset.exe and hit
enter.

4. Type the following in a Command Window (CMD) to re-register the Store App:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.XML

If the above method doesn’t fix the issue perform Method 3.



Method 3:

Follow the below steps:

•Open Powershell as administrator

•Run the command

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

For Edge try the below methods:

Method 1:

I suggest you clear the Clear browsing data option
of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

• Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Edge.
• Select Settings and click on
  Choose what to clear.
• Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files
  and click on Clear.

Method 2:

If you are using any Proxy connection, then try disabling the proxy connection and check.

Follow the steps to disable proxy:

• Click the Settings icon at the top right corner in internet explorer.
• Click the Tools button, and then click
  Internet Options.
• Click the Connections tab, and then click
  LAN settings.
• Uncheck the box next to “proxy server for your LAN”.
• Click on OK to save the setting and close window.

Now check the issue by opening Edge.



Keep us posted if you face any issues on windows in future. We will be glad to help you.

 

Start Menu and Edge would just blink when clicked.

Completed installing Free Windows 10 upgrade from Win 7. Everything worked smoothly until I started working with some some software like Chromecast and Real Player. Anyway when I clicked the Edge icon to go to the internet, it won't come out-just flash
a little. So I tried to click on the START menu and it to would not come out-together with the Apps store too. I can still go to the internet with Chrome and Explorer. How can I get the START, EDGE, to work again? This just happened about a couple of hours
after they were working fine.

 

drhansenjr,

Welcome to the forum!

If you tried several options and still no-go, there is also the option of creating a new user account and see if you can remedy the issues.

Please check the following Tutorial, and see if Option #3 fits your needs:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...dows-10-a.html

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Tried it and it did not resolve my problem. Not only to the start menu and taskbar icons continue to only momentarily flash their sub-option popup menus, but my start menu contained none of the tiles from my original account and only a fraction of my many desktop shortcuts are present.

Any other ideas?

 

I had an automatic update in Nov and I am now having the same issue. I have tried several methods to restore the taskbar functionality but nothing has worked. Have you found a solution yet?

 

Let's give the following a whirl...

You may have applications that install incompatible shell extensions into the Windows right-click context menu.

Please download NirSoft's ShellXview:
ShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows
(Go to the bottom of the page and look under Feedback for the download link.)

Once at the ShellExView console, to disable a shell extension, select the desired item, and from the File menu select the appropriate option: Disable Selected Items

Next, disable all the non-Microsoft extensions.

Once done, restart Windows Explorer:
explorer.exe Process - Restart in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums

Now, see if the start context menu works.

If it does, re-enable the disabled extensions one by one, and see which one is the causing the problem. Or, you can leave the non-Microsoft extensions disabled, and when you come across a program that needs an extension, then enable it.

 

I have the exact problem detailed above. I have tried the suggested solution using ShellXView, but recommended process did not identify the issue. Has anyone found a solution to this issue?

 

Exactly the same problem on an Acer Travelmate 6293 running Windows 10 32 bits
1) When I click the power icon in the start menu, the sleep/hibernate/restart/shutdown option list pops up for a fraction of a second, then disappears.
2) The same thing happens when I click on the wireless network icon.The list of available networks flashes briefly, then disappears.
3) Same with the notification icon: the notifications window flashes briefly then closes.
The last built of Win 10 witch is functioning is the 14393.
Has anyone found a solution?