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
    2016-01-20T07:55:08+00:00

    Hello,

    Thank you for the update.

    It is good to know that you managed to fix the issue.

    I hope that your suggestions may help other community members to resolve similar issues.

    I appreciate it.

    However, I also hope that you did a backup of your personal files onto an external drive before resetting Windows.

    Thank you

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-01-20T03:39:30+00:00

    I am not sure if keeping Skype on a Windows 10 pc is a good idea, so I got rid of it.

    I think the others have done many restarts with no results. So, remove Skype and see what happens on a restart. I am not going there again. lol

    As of today I am working with Win 10 with no issues. But it was a bear to get here. If I had not had a full Acronis system backup, I would probably still be in the horrible mess that others are experiencing.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-20T02:02:07+00:00

    I followed advice to logout and the error disappeared so Skype update triggered the error but logging out and back in fixed it. Go figure!

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