Windows 10: Start Menu files have disappeared

After I enabled virtualization on my Windows 10, all of my start menu files have either been deleted or disappeared. I have since then disabled virtualization. Does anyone know if this has to do with what I enabled, or if it's reversible?

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Start menu disappeared

I tried all the suggested steps without any improvement. What's next?

 

Start menu disappeared

I am having the same problem. This was working for a month, now out the the blue it is not:

• no Start Menu,
• no search menu or function,
• no Cortana,
• no Edge
• no Notifications

Running sfc/scannow finds no integrity violations.

Running DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

produces Error 87... option is unkonwn.

Tried the Powershell command as admin, no change noticed.

 

Downloaded files disappear


When you download a file through any browser, there's an option somewhere to 'Open Containing Folder.'

In Windows, to find a file you have downloaded...

1. Open your personal folder by clicking the Start button and then clicking your user name at the top of the Start menu's right pane.
   
2. Double-click one of the following folders:
   
   • Downloads
     
   • Documents
     
   • Pictures
     
   • Videos
     
   • Music

If you do not see the file you are looking for, but know its file name, you can search for it by following these steps:
To search for a file you have downloaded...

1. Click the Start button
   
2. Type all or part of the file name into the Search box.
   The file you are looking for will appear in the list of results.