Windows 10: What is wrong with my Start button options and how can I fix it?

When I press the Start button on my Windows 10 device, the options appear briefly, then the cursor shows it's processing, and the options disappear a few seconds later.So options do I have because there's also the problem of the product key not willing to go through.

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Start Button displaying but not working


The start button was working until there was a forced reboot (power failure). Then left click (normal click) over the start button does absolutely nothing. Right click brings up a menu but "programs" and also "settings" are missing and not included on this list. Search or Task View buttons do not work either with "normal" click. Does anyone have any suggestion or fixes?
Thank you in advance *Huh
Sue

 

Start Button & Edge Not Working


Thanks,
I have already tried the scannow option - no luck.

I tried your suggestion 2 - but did not see the exact wording that you provided but did again get to system restore (where I have been before) but could not find a date prior to the issue occurring. Perhaps I got some steps wrong?

I thought of the idea of re-installing windows 10 (as per earlier forum post) and set up the Administrator account but cannot get the password or no password login to work.

I resolved the admin password issue but a re-install would mean losing some other software that I cannot re-install.

When I log in as Administrator the start button works fine (both left and right clicks), but still issues accessing Edge. I wonder if this is related to permissions, although everything work well for a few weeks. I have even tried uninstalling the last couple of Windows updates - all to no avail.

The sfc \scannow option says errors found but cannot be fixed.

Neil

 

OneDisc Access without Start Button

Hi Derek,

To fix your start button, we suggest that you follow these steps:

1. Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator.

• Right-click on Start button.
• Select Command Prompt (Admin)
• Type in Powershell and hit Enter.

2. Paste the below command in the Administrator: Windows Powershell window, and press Enter.

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

3. Wait for the Powershell to execute and complete the command. Ignore the errors in red color that may pop up.

4. When finished, try clicking the start if it's already working.

Let us know how it goes.