Windows 10: Windows 10 start menu folder suddenly empty

I frequently use Windows PowerShell, and this morning when I went to start it by right-clicking on the start menu button and selecting "Windows PowerShell", I'm getting an error:


"Windows cannot find 'C:\Users\(this comp)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell.lnk'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."


Checking the directory C:\Users\(this comp)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs, it's completely empty. There's nothing there.


In contrast, the directory C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs does have a bunch of sub-directories, including Windows PowerShell directory with the .lnk file inside it (which works fine).


I do not know what exactly happened. I did try yesterday the Atomic Heart DXR demo, which I then uninstalled. I also tried Nvidia's "Elevator Demo". Could it possibly be that they messed up that start menu directory?


Or could it perhaps be that the first directory above (which the start menu option is referring to) has always been empty, but the link in the start menu has for some reason changed to point to it? (I think there was a Windows update recently, but for the life of me I can't remember if I have tried to start PowerShell between then and now.)


A couple of days ago I did create a Windows restore point before updating the Nvidia display driver. (I have also done so at semi-regular intervals prior to that, usually always before updating said driver.) I did try right-clicking on the Programs directory mentioned above (which is empty) and selecting "Restore previous versions", but it says there are no previous versions. (This might or might not indicate that this directory has always been empty, and that the change has happened to that start menu entry itself. I have no idea.)


I'm a bit at a loss here. I don't know which one of those two scenarios has happened (ie. did something erase the first Programs directory above, or did something (eg. windows update?) change the link in the start menu's right-click menu to point to the wrong directory?) Or is this something else? I also don't know how to fix this. I don't even know how to change the right-click menu of the start menu button.


I am able to launch PowerShell via other methods (such as writing it in the search menu), but this is both inconvenient and a bit worrisome. Something has changed, and I don't know why, nor whether I should be worried about it, nor how to fix it.

:)

 

Windows 10 Start menu issue

Maybe this can help re Pin to start mate.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ndows-10/2d5507fb-939b-4d53-98a8-78e1ab93adde

 

Windows 10 Start menu issue

Tried the fist no dice. Even tried uninstalling Kasperski still no go

 

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.