Windows 10: start menu

My wife's computer sign in and start menu just screwed itself up real good all by itself for no reason at all . She has a HP Pavilion X360-m3u101dx, Serial # 8CG71354KK with windows 10. first image i sent you is the start menu from my computer, which it should look like. ...................... the second image i sent you is the screen she gets when you enter her password over and over that she always uses. As you see it says it didn't work and we need to use her Microsoft password. ................................................When we do the we get the 3rd image I sent you. We ca

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Windows 10 Start menu is empty

Hi. Steps 1 and 2 didn't do much but step 3 has restored what looks like the list of original Microsoft apps but no sign of any of the many apps I have installed. And there are no tiles in the start menu. Any suggestions please?

 

Start Menu Search

Hi,

About your issue regarding the Start menu or Search, in order for us to assist you better. Please answer the question:

• Were there any recent changes made to your system prior to the issue?

In the meantime, we suggest you to check this link:
Troubleshoot problems opening the Start menu or Cortana. It contains troubleshooting steps prior to the issue.

We'll look forward to your response.

 

Start menu not working

I found the following article, ran the suggested powershell command and my start menu is working again. Here it is as I found it:
Go to Start menu button and right click on it. This will open the contextual menu, after which you need to select Command Prompt (Admin). Once Command Prompt is open, go ahead with the following steps.

• Type and enter: Powershell
• Type the following: Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}