Windows 10: Windows 10 Start Menu stops working until re-login

I have read many posts about the Windows 10 start menu not working, but they all seem to be chronic failures. In my case, the failure is present until I re-login, then it's OK for a short time.

I have a Lenovo T510 laptop running Windows 10 Pro. This is an upgrade from Windows 7 Professional.

After using the system for awhile (I'm not sure how long a while is required), my Windows 10 start menu simply stops working and ignore mouse clicks. Seemingly coincident with this, when I hover over the icon on the task bar of an active program and the little preview pops up, the popup will persist until I click on it. It won't go away if I simply click off of it. But my biggest problem is the start menu. For these problems, if I log out then log back in again, they're back to normal for "a while"...

I did do the obligatory "sfc / scannow" but it turned up no errors.

:)

 

Can't download apps from the Microsoft store

I have had significant problems with Windows 10:

The
Windows 10 start menu stopped working 3 times

Since that time I have stopped Logging in using the Microsoft account (and therefore OneDrive - I favour Dropbox anyway) and the problem has not re-occurred. Can I assume then that the Microsoft login (off-machine account details) corrupts my installation
in some way?

Now I'm finding that I cannot download any applications from the Microsoft store. I assume it's because I'm not using a Microsoft account (even though I can login with Live)

I have seen other posts about clearing the store cache, to no avail.

Microsoft own goal?

 

Why doesn't Microsoft Edge and Start Window work in Guest User Login

I've upgraded Windows 10 on the Guest User login screen but Microsoft Edge and start menu will not work when I click on either of them. Microsoft Edge stays blue and the start menu just won't start.

I thought that Windows 10 would upgrade from the Administrator side, I didn't realise I had to finish the upgrade on the Guest User login so there was a 3 day delay until I logged on today and realised.

How do I solve this?

 

Turn OFF Fast Startup:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...dows-10-a.html

Let me know if that works.

 

My fast startup is already turned off.

 

Ok.... Unsure honestly what it could be. Too many variables... I.e. Brand and model pc, components and programs installed etc.... I had this problem and fast start up being disabled fixed it....

 

Use this tutorial and do a Repair Install.
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

If you find the tutorial a bit complex, don't hesitate to post back for clarification.
It's better to be sure than to guess what it means.

 

anyone found a solution to this? I have had the problem a couple of years and it seems to be getting worse. Symptons are identical to original post. I have tried everything but have to log off and on again to get it working which is a pain.

 

Hi, let's go thru the usual basic steps:
1. Do you see the same thing in Safe Mode?
(= is there some conflict with sthg installed?)
2. What happens if you create a new user for test purposes? Do you see the same behaviour?
(= is there a problem with your user profile?)

What is your Windows build?
(Windows key + R, winver)

- so presumably that's with different Windows builds, is it? (1511, 1607, 1703....)

 

The problem is it is intermiitent. I could be working happily all day then suddenly I lose my start menu. So booting into safe mode is no good. I have just discovered that 1703 has been failing to install so I will fix that and see how it goes over the next few days.