Windows 10: Start Menu not working after latest forced reboot.

Discus and support Start Menu not working after latest forced reboot. in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; My machine reboot last night, likely due to an update that got pushed out, and now I can no longer click on the start menu. Windows key does not pull... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by musiclover7, May 10, 2015.

  1. Start Menu not working after latest forced reboot.


    My machine reboot last night, likely due to an update that got pushed out, and now I can no longer click on the start menu. Windows key does not pull it up either. Also, the volume button in the bottom right of the screen, I cannot click on that either. I can right click on it though, and pull up volume rocker, but left click does not do anything. Running 10074. Anyone else having issues, or have any suggestions for me?

    :)
     
    musiclover7, May 10, 2015
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  2. My start menu icons aren't showing up properly!

    I have same problem, the start menu is not working. when you click it , nothing happened. Microsoft edge and store icon are missing on the taskbar.
     
    start menu not working, May 10, 2015
    #2
  3. Windows 10 start menu is broke

    I downloaded the latest update as requested and after reboot my start menu was broke. So i uninstalled and my start menu worked again.
     
    scottc_techmeout.com, May 10, 2015
    #3
  4. topgundcp Win User

    Start Menu not working after latest forced reboot.

    By forcing reboot, some system files might be corrupted. You can try from Admin Command prompt, copy and paste, and press <ENTER> to run:
    Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup&sfc/scannow&Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth&sfc/scannow&pause
     
    topgundcp, May 10, 2015
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  5. Gave that a shot and reboot. No good... Still no start menu or volume slider. Right click on both menu's still works though. I did not install any 3rd party GUI changers. Have been trying to test the OS out vanilla for the past month or so.
     
    musiclover7, May 11, 2015
    #5
  6. Here is what I see in the Windows Event logs:
    The server CortanaUI.AppX5jgxdm5v6spdthjfhjx2gb5yy0fcs2mc.mca did not register with DCOM within the required timeout.


    - System


    - Provider

    [
    Name] Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
    [
    Guid] {1B562E86-B7AA-4131-BADC-B6F3A001407E}
    [
    EventSourceName] DCOM
    - EventID 10010

    [
    Qualifiers] 0
    Version 0
    Level 2
    Task 0
    Opcode 0
    Keywords 0x8080000000000000
    - TimeCreated

    [
    SystemTime] 2015-05-12T14:26:52.681877400Z
    EventRecordID 168822
    Correlation
    - Execution

    [
    ProcessID] 996
    [
    ThreadID] 4788
    Channel System
    Computer XXXX
    - Security

    [
    UserID] S-1-5-21-777254689-876394079-1570856477-1001


    - EventData


    param1 CortanaUI.AppX5jgxdm5v6spdthjfhjx2gb5yy0fcs2mc.mca
     
    musiclover7, May 11, 2015
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  7. Mystere Win User
    Have you tried running wsreset?
     
    Mystere, May 11, 2015
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  8. topgundcp Win User

    Start Menu not working after latest forced reboot.

    Can you roll back to previous restore point ?
     
    topgundcp, May 11, 2015
    #8
  9. System restore failed to complete unfortunately, and WSreset did not work either. Worth noting, I cannot launch search either. That is likely the crux of my problem, as Cortana is likely a pre-req for the start menu now a days. I may be looking at a re-install it seems, unless someone has another suggestion.
     
    musiclover7, May 11, 2015
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  10. f14tomcat Win User
    I've had similar problems. Try this: Apps - Re-register in Windows 8 and 10 - Windows 10 Forums

    Make sure you reboot after. When you run this powershell command (AS ADMINISTRATOR), it will give you a scary looking "red" message at the end. It's only because shellexperiencehost app is open and can't be updated. Ignore it. try it. *Smile
     
    f14tomcat, May 11, 2015
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  11. Tried that.. No good.. I just finished loading classic shell so I could get around until I can afford to take the time to reload. This is working fine for now... Maybe I will get lucky and the next update they push will fix my issue.
     
    musiclover7, May 13, 2015
    #11
  12. Gary Win User
    You may want to try Macrium Reflect to image you system. They have a free version that works, It is a great program.
     
  13. Start Menu not working after latest forced reboot.

    Wow.. I went ahead and reloaded Windows today. I spent the last hour or so cleaning up permissions on all my hard drives, clearing out old SID, etc.. I got everything looking good, and went to reload programs. All a sudden, no start menu, search or volume button again. Oh man! Perhaps it is time to roll back to 8.1. *Sad FML, bed is calling...
     
    musiclover7, May 14, 2015
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  14. Mystere Win User
    Ummm... cleaning up permissions? What exactly did you do? Windows requires very specific permissions for certain things, and if you mess with them, things break...
     
    Mystere, May 14, 2015
    #14
  15. I just had the same problem as you, with the start menu and search not working at all (but the right-click menu works).
    My solution was to turn off Cortana through the Windows 10 Settings, now everything seems to work fine again. Cortana mainly just helps me to search on bing with whatever I say, so it's not the biggest loss *Wink
     
    randomwinguy, May 14, 2015
    #15
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