Windows Start button not working

Anonymous
2010-11-11T12:49:00+00:00

The Windows start button is not working. When I press it nothing happens. SO I cannot shut down the computer in the normal manner or access any programs other than ones with desktop icons.

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Anonymous
2015-02-14T05:42:28+00:00

Hi,

I faced a similar issue! The following worked for me

  1. Right click on the Start Button and select "Run"
  2. Type "regedit"
  3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>Advance
  4. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value, call it "EnableXamlStartMenu"
  5. Restart Explorer​ from task manager.

Hope this helps!

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Anonymous
2010-11-11T15:34:40+00:00

Hi nickthomp.

Does start menu open if you press the windows key on the keyboard?.

Can you right click the start menu orb and choose properties, if so

In the Customize Start Menu dialog box, click Use Default Settings, clickOK, and then clickOK again.

Also try.

1 .   Press Ctrl + Alt+ delete on the keyboard and click on task manager.

2 .   Click on the Process tab and locate explorer.exe in the windows and click on end task.

3 .   Click on File and then click on New.

4.   Type explorer.exe and press enter.

Hope his helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-05-22T18:12:51+00:00

    neither of these work for me - there is no "properties" option when I right click & there is no explorer.exe in the process list

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-13T03:47:42+00:00

    Hi,

    I faced a similar issue! The following worked for me

    1. Right click on the Start Button and select "Run"
    2. Type "regedit"
    3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>Advance
    4. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value, call it "EnableXamlStartMenu"
    5. Restart Explorer​ from task manager.

    Hope this helps!

    I found that this article did not work good luck? Did you try this function? check your programming skills

    It worked for two days as with all of the other fixes then stopped. Microsoft did an update last night that made some major changes, currently the start button is working. I must wait and see if they have solved the issue. I am into this 26 times of fixing this issue, this is getting old.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-12T22:36:34+00:00

    Hi,

    I faced a similar issue! The following worked for me

    1. Right click on the Start Button and select "Run"
    2. Type "regedit"
    3. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>Advance
    4. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value, call it "EnableXamlStartMenu"
    5. Restart Explorer​ from task manager.

    Hope this helps!

    I found that this article did not work good luck? Did you try this function? check your programming skills

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