Windows 10: Today a 3x2 inch ask Cortana button appeared in my lower left desktop page . How do I...

How do I eliminate a 3x2 inch ask cortana button that came up on my home page? thanks. * Moved from Community Center

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My start button is missing from the lower left corner of my desktop screen

I used to have the start button on the lower left of the desktop screen. I would hit that button and all the programs would be listed on the left side of the desktop screen. A friend used my computer and now it's gone. Now there are boxes on the screen
with limited choices. Help!!

 

Wnndiows Start Button at lower left corner of Desktop

I have been using Windows 10 since first updating to it from Windows 8 a year ago, with little difficulty. However, suddenly today the Start button at the lower left corner of the screen will not work, nor does the adjacent search button.

All other taskbar buttons, e.g. Edge, work perfectly.

I find the problem annoying, since it removes easy access to Mail and all my Office apps.

Is this a fault that has suddenly appeared since the last update? It seems puzzling that all was well before today.

 

Start button lower left corner of screen


The Start button in lower-left corner of screen/desktop is not responding to left click.
Is there something an amateur can do?
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