Windows 10: Windows Explorer & Start Menu not working, possibly corrupted

Device / SystemDetailsWindows 11 OS Build 22621.963Dell Inspiron 16 7610IssueI turned on laptop last night and found that there was an empty white bar where the start menu should be ad the windows key on the keyboard did nothing.Initially, looking at Task Manager, the Windows Explorer process was not running. I then started this process, however, this did not improve anything. I then restarted the process, which also did not change anything. The Windows Explorer process always ends up as either non-responsive or closes/crashes. I can run programmes through "Run new task" in Task Manager, h

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Feature suggestion: Add right-click menu

Suggestion: Please add a Windows 7 Jump-List and/or right-click menu to the GPU-Z icon in the Windows taskbar. Possible menus in it would be "Exit" and "About GPU-Z...".
Maybe also "Switch to tab 1/Switch to tab 2/Switch to videocard 1/Switch to videocard 2" too.
Examples of programs that have such menus are ICQ, Skype, AIM.

NOTE: It seems for a right-click menu, Windows 7 is not needed - it works on WinXP and Vista too.
But even a Windows 7 Jump-list may be good enough.
What do you think?

 

Start Menu

Hi Willy,

One possible factor why Start menu was not working properly due to corruptions. To assist you better, kindly answer the following questions:

• Have you made any recent changes aside from updating your Windows?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest that you follow the steps in this article by clicking on this

link. This will let you restart your device, create a new local administrator account, reset your computer and download and run the Start menu troubleshooter. You may also perform the instructions in this article:

Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files that will allow you to scan for corruptions and restore corrupted files.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.

 

Start menu is not working on Windows 10

Hi,

Iunderstand the frustration if things are not working fine as expected.

Please help us with below details,

• • • • • 
          When you say "If I sign in under my user name I am in some earlier version", which version you are referring to?
          
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          Did you made any recent changes to your computer prior to the issue?
          
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          When you say “I cannot access the start menu and am limited to IP as a browser” Is it refers to Microsoft Edge?
          

As an initial steps, I suggest you to check for the Windows version. To do so, follow the below steps:

1) Login to your computer through user name on which it show earlier version of Windows.

2) Press Windows key + r.

3) Type winver, hit enter.

For the issue related to start menu, I suggest you to refer to the below Microsoft help article and check,

Fix problems with the Start menu - Microsoft Support

Reply with results and necessary information to help you further.

Thank you.