Windows 10: Windows 10 start button

Today when I click on the windows icon in the bottom left corner, the word start shows but nothing happens. When I right click on this icon which normally brings up a menu, nothing happens. Several of my programs PC Link when I click on the icon to run the program I get an error message: "Explorer.exe system call failed".To reboot my machine I have to use Ctrl-Alt-Del instead of the windows start or power button. This started happening this afternoon and my Outlook keeps freezing up.Thanks for the help

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Start Button Not Working?


What steps should be taken to diagnose a Windows 10 start button not working?

 

Windows 10 Start Button

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for posting your query. Your interest in Windows 10 is much appreciated.

I understand the inconvenience that you are unable to access Start button form both the user accounts that you have on your computer, we will help you to resolve this issue.

This issue might be due to corrupted or missing System files.

I suggest you to perform the below troubleshooting steps and check.

Method 1: Run the SFC.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

• Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
• Type “sfc /scannow” without quotes and hit
  Enter.

Now check for the issue.

Method 2: Run the DISM Tool.

If the issue persists, I would have you run the DISM tool to check the system health and will try to restore the files.

• Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
• In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type the following commands. Press the
  Enter key after each command:
  • DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth
    
  • DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
• To close the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type
  Exit, and then press Enter.

Note: The tool might take 15-20 minutes to finish running, so please do not cancel it.



Hope this information is helpful. Perform the above troubleshooting steps and kindly update the status of the issue, we will be happy to help you.