Windows 10: Unable to search or click START after upgrading to Windows 10 Home

Discus and support Unable to search or click START after upgrading to Windows 10 Home in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello, A couple of days back I upgraded to windows 10. I upgraded from Windows 7 to 10 successfully and no problems. After that today I open my... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Vatsan, Aug 6, 2015.

  1. Vatsan Win User

    Unable to search or click START after upgrading to Windows 10 Home


    Hello,

    A couple of days back I upgraded to windows 10. I upgraded from Windows 7 to 10 successfully and no problems. After that today I open my laptop and I have a black screen. I move my touchpad thinking I'm going to get to the login screen but still nothing happens. I hit the power button on my laptop to shut down and it does that. I turn on my computer I'm able to get to the login screen. I put my password then I see a black screen. I have IObit Advanced SystemCare so in the corner that's what I see but the rest is black. I wait for a while nothing happens then shut off the pc. Same thing happened and then I think at the third or fourth time I turn on my computer then go to the living room and come back and it's fixed. I play Minecraft so I was doing that. I also have a touchpad issue where when I hold the keys down I can't move my mouse but I already know the solution for that and so when I go to click the start button nothing happens. I was confused and thought maybe it was just slower than normal. I clicked the search button; nothing happened. I then search up on the web "unable to click start button on windows 10" and I find a post with a solution but wasn't really for me:
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    • Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator
      • Right click Start button
      • Choose Command prompt (Admin)
      • Key in Powershell in the black window and hit Enter
    • Paste the following command in the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window and press Enter key:Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
    • Wait for PowerShell to execute and complete the command. Ignore the few errors (in red color) that may pop up.
    • When it finishes, try hitting Start and hopefully it’ll start working. If not, this solution won’t apply to you, unfortunately.
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    This didn't actually work I have my cmd open still and nothing has happened. Anything else that can resolve this issue? Any help is appreciated!

    :)
     
    Vatsan, Aug 6, 2015
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  2. ed4444 Win User

    Windows 8.1 home upgrade to 10 start button and windows key

    After upgrading my Windows 8.1 home machine to Windows 10, I found that the Windows key doesn't work anymore and I am unable to get the Windows tiles to appear as the desktop. Clicking on the Windows start key does nothing. It will show options if I
    right click it.
     
    ed4444, Aug 6, 2015
    #2
  3. Start Menu not working after upgrade

    After the last upgrade on w10 I have been unable to click and open the start button, the search bar, or icons like my wifi. I can right click and they will open, but nothing happens with a left click.

    Problem after last upgrade- Original Title
     
    RonBridgefarmer, Aug 6, 2015
    #3
  4. simrick Win User

    Unable to search or click START after upgrading to Windows 10 Home

    Someone mentioned on another thread that they created a new user account, and that resolved the problem for them in the original user account as well.
     
    simrick, Aug 7, 2015
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  5. YOU
    You Win User
    Powershell is not the same as Command Prompt. In the search, type "powershell" and run it as admin, then paste the command and press Enter.
     
  6. YOU
    You Win User
    Maybe it is taking a long time to load Windows Explorer, which is File Explorer, r taskbar, etc. Try defragging r HDD, and if it keeps happening press Ctrl+Shift+Esc, go to File > Run New Task, type Explorer.exe, and click OK. See if it opens then. Also, while have task manager open, check r CPU, RAM, and Disk usage and post it here, please.
     
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