Start Menu not working

[Tom S]

after installing (upgrading) from windows 7 , I can see the start menu button. When I click on it , there is no reaction.
Also the search button , store button and the calculator button.
I already started up the computer many times but that is not working. Can somebody give suggestions what to do to fix it?

 

[MahdiChowdhury]

I have the same issue right now. i have tried command prompt commands like sfc /scannow its says there are corrupted files and it repairs it but still has no affect.

 

[Ian]

Do you happen to have Avast anti-virus installed?

Some people have had luck by performing the following steps:

Step 1: Press Windows Key + R to bring up the Run dialog box.
Step 2: Type in powershell and press Enter.
Step 3: Right-click on the PowerShell icon from the Taskbar and select Run as Administrator
Step 4: Paste the following text in the Powershell window and press Enter.

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Wait for the command to run and ignore the red error prompts if they arise. The Start Menu should be operational now.

 

[Tom S]

Do you happen to have Avast anti-virus installed?

Some people have had luck by performing the following steps:

Step 1: Press Windows Key + R to bring up the Run dialog box.
Step 2: Type in powershell and press Enter.
Step 3: Right-click on the PowerShell icon from the Taskbar and select Run as Administrator
Step 4: Paste the following text in the Powershell window and press Enter.

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Wait for the command to run and ignore the red error prompts if they arise. The Start Menu should be operational now.

I do not have avast anti virus installed. I followed your steps but when I rightclicked on the powershell icon, nothing appeared , so I cannot select something

 

[davidhk129]

I do not have avast anti virus installed. I followed your steps but when I rightclicked on the powershell icon, nothing appeared , so I cannot select something

Do it this way.......
Right click at Start > select Command Prompt (Admin) > at the flashing prompt, type Powershell > press Enter > wait for PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> to appear > now copy/paste the command prompt given by Ian > press Enter.
If you see any thing in red, ignore them.
When finish, see if Start Menu will work this time.

 

[Tom S]

I tried it your way David, but the start menu still doesn't work

 

[davidhk129]

I have the same issue right now. i have tried command prompt commands like sfc /scannow its says there are corrupted files and it repairs it but still has no affect.

My last "bag of tricks".......
Right click at Start > select Command Prompt (Admin) > at the prompt, copy and paste this command.....

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

>press Enter.

It will take some time to finish.
When done, try the Start Menu again.

If that does not help, I am out of ideas.

 

[RJR]

I tried both of your suggestions david, no luck with either.

 

[ocmike]

I read somewhere that Drop Box was a problem for the version of Win 10. I uninstalled it and installed it and now the Start window is working for me. I had this happen on 3 Win 10 computers and it fixed all of them.

 

[chocobell]

I had the same problem. I tried all of the above solutions and none of them worked. I was using Vipre antivirus and when I uninstalled it and went back to using Windows Defender my Start button started working and I haven't had any problems with it since. This was in December. Hope this helps.