Windows 10: Start menu items/icons like Windows system, Accessories, PowerShell, etc... are missing/not...

Well this screenshot shows what is the issue. I noticed this a few days ago. I tried restarting the computer, terminating the explorer.exe process in task manager, I also ran sfc /scannow and it said that no issues were found.I'm running win 11 ver 10.0.22000.556.Thanks in advance for any help provided.

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Missing Start Menu icons.

2 suggestions. No guarantees.

1. Run Start Menu Troubleshooting.
Here's a direct download link - StartMenu troubleshooter.

2. Do a Repair Install.
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

 

missing icons in start menu

Hi Wickiwizard,

It is possible that the icon of your apps in Start menu is missing due to a corrupted system files. To provide you the accurate resolution, kindly answer the following questions:

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Does this happen only with icons in Start menu?
• What troubleshooting steps you've done so far?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you perform the steps in this
article on how to troubleshoot problems with Start menu or Cortana.

If the issue still persists, we recommend that you follow the suggestion shared by
Meliton Dec on this thread.
The given troubleshooting steps will help repair or reset not only missing apps but also lost icon.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.

 

Missing Start Menu icons.

A lot of my Start Menu icons have recently disappeared. Both tiles and "All Apps" entries. The missing items range from games to Windows features. For example "Windows Accessories" only has three items listed and "Windows Administrative Tools" is missing altogether.

The only thing I've done recently, which might have caused this is running CCleaner.

I tried "chkdsk c: /f /r", "SFC /ScanNow", "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup", and "DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth", and "Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml”)}", but none of that worked. Is there something else I can try?

(I suspect that I might be misusing the term "icon," because the alternate method at the site where I found that PowerShell command starts, "1. Hold-and-press or right click the missing icon....")