Windows 10 Start Menu does not open

[robeng]

Hi! I stated with a clean install of Windows 10. After that it was great no problems etc. But then after yesterday everything just boom - The start menu does not work not the searth thing beside it(Cortana has not arrived in Sweden). I don't know hot to fix this.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Zefues]

Another Windows 10 post.

[ShaunB-91]

Same happened to me, Can't even remember what I did but I found a shut down button in Windows anyway and its been okay since.

[Sankster]

@robeng

ALT + F4 at the desktop and choose shutdown see what happens when it comes back up  

[kameshss]

Did you try restarting the PC and checked if the problem is still there?

[killchain]

Try killing and restarting explorer.exe. May not work with the default Task Manager, in which case you can try with Process Explorer. Can't try it right now as I'm at work on a non-Windows machine.

[robeng]

Did you try restarting the PC and checked if the problem is still there?

Yes - I have the same problem

[Sankster]

@robeng

kill explorer.exe from task manager as @killchain suggested

[kameshss]

Yes - I have the same problem

Did you try the steps as killchain mentioned?

[robeng]

@robeng

kill explorer.exe from task manager as @killchain suggested

It did't work - I killed the program and then i restarted it - Still cant open the Windows menu

[Sankster]

@robeng

1. Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator
   
   1. Right click Start button
      
   2. Choose Command prompt (Admin)
      
   3. Key in Powershell in the black window and hit Enter
      
   
   
2. Paste the following command in the Administrator Windows PowerShell window and press Enter: Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
   
3. Wait for PowerShell to execute and complete the command. Ignore the few errors (in red color) that may pop up.
   
4. When it finishes, try hitting Start and hopefully it’ll start working
   

[robeng]

 

@robeng

1. Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator
   1. Right click Start button
   2. Choose Command prompt (Admin)
   3. Key in Powershell in the black window and hit Enter
2. Paste the following command in the Administrator Windows PowerShell window and press Enter: Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
3. Wait for PowerShell to execute and complete the command. Ignore the few errors (in red color) that may pop up.
4. When it finishes, try hitting Start and hopefully it’ll start working

 

Should i restart the computer after it or should i just click on the Start menu after?

[Sankster]

@robeng

click start no reboot

[robeng]

@robeng

click start no reboot

Did't work

[Sankster]

@robeng 

tried a sfc scan??

[robeng]

@robeng 

tried a sfc scan??

Yes - No succes(no problems where found)

[johnkubik]

I had the same issue. I had to reinstall.

It is a services issue... I know it sucks, but it is the best option. If you don't want to do that, you can do a refresh.

Google: widows 10 refresh

That is a more smooth option.

[Sankster]

@robeng

I had the same issue. I had to reinstall.

It is a services issue... I know it sucks, but it is the best option. If you don't want to do that, you can do a refresh.

Google: widows 10 refresh

That is a more smooth option.

this is the next option