Windows 10: Windows button won't open the start menu.

Discus and support Windows button won't open the start menu. in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; My windows button recently just stopped working and it won't open the start menu now which can be pretty annoying when I'm trying to change my window... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Ammyzon3d, Feb 20, 2025.

  1. Ammyzon3d Win User

    Windows button won't open the start menu.


    My windows button recently just stopped working and it won't open the start menu now which can be pretty annoying when I'm trying to change my window in a Fullscreen game. It still works, like I can press windows + G to open up gamebar, but it won't open the start menu when I press it. I have tried many things to fix, and it works when I'm on a different account but there are some things that I am unable to move to that account to just use that account instead. I share my windows account that I mainly use with another person, but they use a different PC so I don't know if they somehow disabled

    :)
     
    Ammyzon3d, Feb 20, 2025
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  2. Win10 start menu won`t open (SOLUTION)

    To all people that suffer from same problems as I did:

    -Win 10`s start menu won`t open after restart

    -Win 10`s menu stops working after few days if your pc has been idle or just on.

    -Win 10`s menu works after AC power down

    -Win 10`s menu won`t work after restart unless you log out and relog through CTRL+ALT+DEL

    It took me 7 hours to find cause of this problem, lots program reinstallations and browsing through internet.

    Even Microsoft support didn`t provide the right answer for this problem, they just give you commands and advices to create new accounts, cleanup this, reinstall that, clean boot this, normal boot that. But what they don`t say is that all those problems are
    caused by their so called "feature" that released with their "Fall Creators Update". A feature that saves some data into the memory, so after restart it start`s to open all your chrome windows and other programs.

    CAUSE:

    Your windows might get some conflicts with some programms during the session, before the update if you shutdown/restart your pc, windows where just dumping all the data out of the window, after the update it started to save it to the memory (including all the
    conflicted data). THANK YOU MICROSOFT!

    SOLUTION:

    Go to your Search icon on the taskbar, type > Settings > Accounts > Sing-In options > Under "Privacy" uncheck/disable "Use my sing-in info to automatically setting up my device after an update or restart" > Restart

    Hope it helps folks!

    3DArtist

    And ofcourse:

    Microsoft, you`ve already forced us into updates with Win10.

    Will you now please stop screwing up windows even more with your pointless system breaking features!

    Stop reinventing the wheel.
     
    3DArtist_007, Feb 20, 2025
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  3. Windows 10 Start Menu won't open.

    Hi Dougie,

    Corrupted system files could be one of the reason why Start Menu is not opening.

    As an initial troubleshooting, we suggest following the steps listed in this article:
    Troubleshoot problems with the Start menu or Cortana
    see if it helps resolve the issue.

    Update us with the outcome so we can provide further assistance.
     
    Ronalene Mat, Feb 20, 2025
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  4. tabuf Win User

    Windows button won't open the start menu.

    N97 Bluetooth disappeared, won´t start again

    Today without any reason the Bluetooth disappeared, and it won´t start anymore from the connections menu. Any clue where to start looking. Software V20, and no new update available.
     
    tabuf, Feb 20, 2025
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