Right click 8.1 'start' button does nothing

Anonymous

Hi;

Upgraded from windows store (original 8.0 clean install) to 8.1. Everything worked fine, except the windows start button does not respond to a right mouse click. Left button works fine (switches between desktop and start menu), Right mouse clicks works as expected on every other object. I don't have any of the windows 8.1 start screen navigation settings checked (I.E. stop using the start screen).

Ideas?

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Anonymous

2015-04-13T07:59:06+00:00

This is occurring happens if some unupdated antivirus like Norton, malware , etc first remove it after that restart it will be work..

Thanks and regards,

Chander
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Anonymous

2015-03-09T11:32:56+00:00

I have a Surface3- I had an error with the arrow on top left corner not disappearing- somehow have disabled winkey+x and right click on start context menu appearing.

Can I reset this- other user accounts are fine.

Thanks
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Anonymous

2014-12-04T19:38:13+00:00

Many thanks for your Solution.

It worked for me!! Got back my Windows 8.1 Start Button Menu.

Do you know what caused the Start Button to loose the Menu?

Was it a Windows Update or some Virus???

OH it might have been Trojan.Gen2 and Norton that caused the problem???

Thanks
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Anonymous

2014-12-02T02:03:34+00:00

Thank You thenderaaaMS....I lost my right click after running Norton Power Eraser to remove the Trojan.Gen2....your fix work just great.
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Anonymous

2014-11-17T17:36:02+00:00

Thank you so much, this worked for me, after restarting Windows Explorer in TaskMgr

Long live the PrairieNerds !
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