My Windows 11 Start Button is no longer working.

You can repair node.js to correct 24h2 start menu not working issue & taskbar icons right click not working issues

Hi, Klauwaart

I'm really sorry, I really realize the importance of the start menu when you say that, a lot of approaches need to revolve around it.

For the uninstalling of updates mentioned in method 1, you can right click on the start menu and select Display settings, which also opens the settings screen, and then follow the steps.

For the restore operation mentioned in method 2, you can also open the settings via Display settings.

• Select System > Recovery > Advanced startup > Restart now
• Select Troubleshooting > Advanced options > System restore

It should now operate smoothly, if you have any questions, feel free to let me know.

Best Regards

Martin | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

will this remove the whole data in my PC

ReInstalled Windows 11 again and problem resolved. I have observed that my Taskbar again not showing all icons often when Windows at sleep. So everything I go to Taskbar Settings and click "Show Taskbar on all Windows" & "Hide taskbar..." then unclick it to refresh Taskbar to normal.

I'm sorry you had to go through all of that. I figured out what was causing my issues a few hours ago. I cleaned dusted the inside of my machine a couple of weeks ago and also replaced the thermal paste on my CPU, which is something I do every 1-2 years. It had been about 18 mos. since I built this machine so it was time. Anyway, apparently I knocked a SATA cable off one of my HDDs while I was doing all the maintenance. Then, when I did the most recent update, my problems began. I went back into the machine this afternoon and found the dangling SATA cable. I plugged it back in, put it all back together, and started the machine up. That's all it took. It's back to 100% now.

Point being is that, very often, the problems and their causes don't make any outward sense. Who would have thought an unplugged SATA cable would cause Taskbar and/or Activation issues? Then again, anyone who's been working with PCs for any amount of time would know that it can seem like the problems are almost always caused by random, seemingly unrelated, things.

Hopefully, this will help others who find themselves having "weird" issues.

I tried everything suggested and just had to reinstall. Very bad that Microsoft cannot make a simple system that works, rather than trying to ad, ad more useless sections/apps whatever.