Windows 10: windows start menu unresponsive

Hello,


I'm having a issue with windows 10, my start menu search bar and notifications are unresponsive. when I click them nothing happens. I have done various scans and fixes.

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:

1. 
   Right click on the Start button, click onCommand Prompt Admin.
   
   
2. 
   Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hitEnter.
   
   
3. 
   After the scan, restart the computer and 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.

1. 
   Right click on the Start button, click onCommand Prompt Admin.
   
   
2. 
   In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type the following commands. Press theEnter key after each command:
   

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  DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth
  
  
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  DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
  

3. To close the Administrator: Command Prompt window, typeExit, and then press Enter.
I have restarted windows explorer under the processes in the task manager

I have Started the Application identity service under command prompt services.msc

The only thing i haven't done is create a new profile which i think will fix it but i can't access the system settings because that won't open even when i right click on the windows icon on the lower left in the task bar and select settings. The window will pop up but all i get is a blue window with the settings icon in the middle. Can someone please help. Thank you

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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?

 

Windows 10 Start menu is empty

Hi. Steps 1 and 2 didn't do much but step 3 has restored what looks like the list of original Microsoft apps but no sign of any of the many apps I have installed. And there are no tiles in the start menu. Any suggestions please?

 

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?
          
        • 
          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,

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...ubleshoot-problems-opening-start-menu-cortana

Reply with results and necessary information to help you further.

Thank you.