start menu won’t open

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I’m on 20h2 and just noticed this morning that i can’t open the start menu. I searched the site but didn’t find anything.

Anybody have an idea what the problem might be?

I can’t get to the cmd prompt to run any diagnostics such as scannow/sfc

Thanks

Win 10 Pro v.20h2

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Have you tried restarting (not shutdown/turn on) the computer and logging in again?
Have you tried the “Windows key”?
Can you type cmd.exe in the search box and start the Command Prompt that way?

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I did try restarting but had no effect. the windows key does not bring up the start menu…nothing happens. I was able to get to the cmd prompt and run dism. the results said image was restored. Tried again but still not working.

Ran sfc and it showed no issues

Win 10 Pro v.20h2

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rhp52, there’s a quick and easy way to check, this is where DISM GUI comes in handy to check things over without typing in commands all the time. Yeah, I’m a lazy typer but this works great.

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Thanks, looks interesting.

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I tried the other profile on this machine and the start menu works. Just not in my profile…

PKCano I would appreciate your help…I’m out of ideas….thank you

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Update: in Task mgr. under processes I see that Search is suspended. Could this be the cause of the start menu not working?

Win 10 Pro v.20h2

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Try restarting StartMenuExperienceHost.exe

How to Restart Start Menu in Windows 10

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thank you for responding, but i don’t see that listed anywhere in processes or details of task manager.

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If it’s not in Processes or Details in Task Manager:
Follow the link in @b ‘s post.
Look at Option 3
Open an elevated Command prompt.
Copy/paste the two commands into the Command Prompt, one at a time and hit Enter after each one.

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I ran both and no start menu. I also ran the start menu trouble shooter and it shows Cortana

not installed correctly.

 

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ok did that but no go

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Does it work when you press and hold the shift key whilst clicking the start button?
IMHO use Open-Shell instead, it’s far more customisable and gets rid of the ‘Fisher Price’ look.

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No, that doesn’t work either but thanks

Win 10 Pro v.20h2

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Update: it seems the start menu may be back, but it appears to be full screen. Rebooted with the same result. The app squares are seemingly unmovable?? Any suggestion would help..

Anyway I did want to thank those who responded…we’re making progress…

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There is a setting in the Settings App for the Taskbar to be full screen.
Turn it OFF if it’s ON.
Right click on the taskbar, click on the Taskbar settings gear.

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doriel

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PKCano- checked that yesterday…it’s off.  this morning i cannot get the menu to come up.

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If start menu stops working, you should press CTRL+AL+DEL and select “Sign out”.
Then sign in again and Start menu starts working again. This solution worked for me numerous times.

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Thanks! I’ve tried that with no success

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If something is causing push notification services to not start automatic, that causes the start mento to not work aswell, in that case just check so they are set to auto in services

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so i tried re- indexing and after reboot the start menu was there! Then, after arranging the tiles and such I went to check that all my files and folders were there and… it disappeared. I can sometimes intermittently get it to appear and when it does it is incomplete, other instances get the blue circle.

Again, I appreciate the suggestions from everyone.

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Check to see if you’re in Table Mode.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/turn-tablet-mode-on-or-off-add3fbce-5cb5-bf76-0f9c-8d7b30041f30

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Tablet mode is off. Thanks for the suggestion!

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