Fix Start Menu Not Working on Windows 10. Windows 10 is full of bugs, so if your start menu is not working then don’t worry. In this blog post, you will know few methods to fix start menu issues on Windows.
Users on Windows 10 may face an issue where the start button won’t work at all along with Cortana search. You will see 5 methods to fix start button on Windows 10.
Note: It is advised to create a system restore point before following any Windows tutorial.
Steps to Fix this Error:-
- Restart the “Start Menu” process and restart Windows Explorer.
- Rebuild or re-register the Start Menu.
- Run the System Integrity Check.
- Re-register all Windows 10 Apps.
- Move to a new user account.
Restart the “Start Menu” process and restart Windows Explorer.
So just right click on empty area on the Task Bar and then go to Task Manager and then search for Start Menu in background processes and after you get it just right click on it to restart the Start Menu. So just right click on it and then click on end task and after few seconds the Start Menu will be automatically restarted. And then click on the File Menu at the top left of the Task Manager as you can see in the image given below.
Just right click on the File Menu and then and then click on Create New Task and type explorer.exe and then click OK. Now just go and check the Start Menu is working or not and if not then just follow the next method.
Rebuild or re-register the Start Menu.
Press Windows + X button on your keyboard and after that click on the Windows Powershell(Admin) and if your are unable to open it then just go to Task Manager from the Task Bar and then go to file and then type Powershell and make sure to tick the option of Create this task with administrative privileges and then click on OK. Now you can access powershell as admin and now we can re-register the start menu for this you need to type some commands which you can copy from here which are in Bold Text Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} and then press enter and the type another command Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} . It can be different in different windows so try both commands after you wrote this command then just press enter to execute the command. You may get a error as you can see in image given below if the Windows Start Menu Experience Host is running. And after you are done with these commands then execute the next command Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Cortana | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} this command is for Cortona if it is not working with the start menu then you can run this command and after that just type exit. and close the entire window of powershell. And after you are done with this all then just restart you PC and then check for the start menu is it working or not and if not then follow the next step.
Run the System Integrity Check.
Now open the Task Manager from the task bar and then go to file and the click on the Run New Task and the type powershell and then also tick on the run as admin option and then hit ok. Now we will use system checker command so type sfc /scannow then hit enter. Now it will take a little bit time to process it and if it finds any problem then use this command DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and then as you know press enter. Now this command will also take a little bit time to verify and fix the issue. After you are down just restart your pc and then check for the issue is re solved or not and if any not still not then follow the next step.
Re-register all Windows 10 Apps.
Now open the poweshell as a admin form the Task Manager as you did in the previous method and now we will re register all the Windows so that if the start menu is corrupted we can fix it, so copy this command Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”} and paste it in powershell now just hit enter now it will take time to re register all the Windows 10 app. And if it gets this kind of error as you can see in the image then just ignore it these errors are of no use these errors are because of pre installed apps so after your are done just exit the powershell and just go and restart your pc and check for the error most probably this error is fixed and if any how still not then follow the next step.
Move to a new user account.
You can try to refresh your Windows 10 but this will delete all your data from your pc so you can try another method like to move to a new user account as admin as move your all files form your old account to your new account so just right click on the task bar and open task manager and then go to file and then click on run a new task and type there CMD and then open it as a administrator and then type net user user_name password /add you can keep any user name and password and then hit enter. Now we will assign this user as an administrator so for that net localgroup administrators user_name /add and then hit enter and now exit the command prompt.
Now just switch your user account and now copy and paste all the files from your old user account to your new user account for that just go to your primary drive or C drive and then copy all the content form here to your new user account and after you are down just log out from the old user account and login to your new user account where your start menu will work properly.
So this is how you can Fix Start Menu Not Working on Windows 10.