Windows 10: Windows 10 build 19042.868 Start Menu Tiles can't be moved.

I have this problem since I installed windows, I thought it was going to be fixed in a future update so I waited for one and, after I got a new update, it still hasn't been fixed.

I can pin apps to start, I can move groups, but I can't move the tiles themselves, because they crash my start menu. I tried booting into safe mode, some powershell commands that I can't remember from the top of my head, restarted windows explorer, but nothing seems to work. Any idea on how to fix this issue?

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Windows 10 Start menu tiles (icons) don't move / Pin to start is missing

I am on an Alienware 17R4, running Win 10 Pro x64, Ver - 1803, Build 17134.799, and I have the following issues with the "Windows 10 Start Menu Tiles" (Icons).

1. Rearrangement of Tiles / Icons are not possible anymore through "Drag and Drop".
   
2. Right Click (RC) Option to Resize any Tiles is missing, and the only RC option there is the "More" option.
   
3. "Pin to Start Menu" Option is mission on the Right Click Option of other shortcut icons in the start menu's Default Shortcut List. So can't make tiles of installed app's start menu shortcut.
   
4. "Pin to Start Menu" Option is there on applications (programs/exe's) in Windows Explorer. So can make new tiles in the start menu like this, but the new tiles are created in Med size, and lacks the above mentioned right click options to resize, apart from the option "More", so the tiles can't be resized, moved / rearranged.
   

These are the steps I have taken so far to fix the issue.

1. Checked Group Policies -> User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar
   
   a) Prevent changes to Taskbar and Start Menu Settings = Not Configured
   
   b) Start Layout = Not Configured
   
2. Windows Registry = Made sure all start menu related entries are correctly aligned to where it's supposed to be.
   
3. Created a new user account = still the icons won't move and have the above mentioned issue.
   
4. Ran SFC = It can't find any issue with my system's integrity.
   

OS and all system drivers, including both the display drivers (Intel and nVidia, for both the GPU's) are up to date with Dell's latest driver releases.

Kindly help resolve this issue.
Thanks in advance.

 

How to Move Desktop Icon to start Menu or create a tile.

I have even added my batch files to the apps list*Wink

1. You need to create a desktop shortcut for it first by "send to desktop".
2. Then cut & paste it into C:\Users\UserNameHere\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
3. Open start menu and look on the list view, right click the icon(always make my own), and pin to start.
4. I then go to my batch files original location, and a 256x256 .png of my icon, and an XML .VisualElementsManifest to it, and now I have my custom tile for my batch file.

 

Windows 10 Start Menu all apps / tiles missing

So I woke my computer up from sleep last night and this is what I was welcomed with:




All of a sudden my start menu had no apps listed and no live tiles to speak of. So I did my googleing and I found this microsoft answer page: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...0-b988cd6da49a

I tried every step in their. After all said and done, I got installed programs to show up, but the live tiles that usually show to the right did not come back. I was ok with that, thinking I would work on this today and find a solution to that problem.

I just woke up the computer again from sleep and the start menu is blank AGAIN. Before this started happening last night, I have not installed any new software nor has windows ran any updates.

I'm at a loss. I tried system recovery and to roll back to a few days prior, but I keep getting an error after recovery is attempted stating that windows recovery wasn't able to fully complete due to a certain file (i can retry recovery and post picture of error if needed).

So any suggestions on whats my next step? I thought maybe I had a malware issue, but II have avast and malware antibytes installed and they showed no hits when the scans where run.

Any suggestions or guidance is greatly appreciated. Hope you all have a Great Turkey Day!

PS, I have to work today from 4pm to 6am, so If I do not reply right away I apologize.