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Lost Windows 10 Start Menu

8 years ago

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7, and I installed Classic Shell so that I would have a familiar start menu. At the top had been a spot titled Windows 10 start menu, and I could click on that and switch to that. First, that stopped working, and then several other things stopped responding. So I uninstalled Classic Shell. But when I rebooted, I received a Critical Error notice that Start Menu and Cortana were not working and Windows would try to fix when I signed out. I signed out and back in and no joy. Did this several times. Even shut down and rebooted, but the same. So I finally resorted to doing a hard shutdown by pressing the power button on my tower. When I rebooted, there was the Windows 10 start menu with apps. However, when I booted up my computer this evening, the start menu had disappeared. I got the welcome screen, and my normal desktop appeared. I can open and use WLM, and my browsers work. But, I do no have a start menu. Also the notification area shows notifications, but I cannot open that. Then again I received the same error message as last evening about start menu and Cortana. I am at my wits' end. How can I restore the Windows 10 start menu?

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zep516

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

What Anti Virus is installed ? I have seen Avast do this on more then 1 occasion.

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User
8 years ago
Grandms,

I did find this: Cortana and Start Menu aren't working. I did read into it a little ways and the guy said removing KB3081449 and KB3081448 updates fixed the problem. He wasn't 100% sure if it was a complete fix. I'm getting tired and couldn't read much more!
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grandms
Original Author
8 years ago
I don't know if Avast had anything to do with this, but I did find that this is not all that unusual a happening. Saw a number of fixes, and chose a complete Reset. So Windows 10 is re-installed, I still have my personal files, but all installed apps and programs are gone. Windows did save a list of apps that were removed, so I have gone through the list and decided which ones I really want to install again. It's like setting up a new computer without importing everything that you had on the old one. But this way, I'm getting rid of some old, legacy things that I really no longer use. And, I'm learning to use the Windows 10 start menu.
User
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
A new computer, we all should have one. Glad you have it fixed Grandms. Seams a bit drastic to me, but I can't say I've never done something like this either, because I have!

I'm working on a Friends Computer right now. I've Reset this computer back to Factory Specs with Windows 8. I've been installing Windows Updates seems like forever! I still don't have Windows 8.1 installed yet, then there are more Updates! Not really sure of the Speed of this computer, think I saw 1.4GHz somewhere, but it seems really slow (it's an Toshiba Laptops with an AMD Processor). Could be Single Core, Dual-Core, Quad Core, who knows, guess I could look! Just looked, it's an AMD E1-1200 Dual-Core @ 1.4GHz.

My Laptop I'm on right now is an Intel Core i5 Quad Core @ 1.6GHz with up to 2.6GHz Turbo Boost. My Laptop wipes the floor with this AMD!
Elmer J Fudd
8 years ago
Current smartphone models have dual core or greater running at 1.6 or greater processors. Both those cited laptops are at the very low end.
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Snidely,

My old Laptop had an Intel Dual-Core 2.0GHz. My newer Laptop has an Intel Core i5 Quad Core at 1.6GHz/2.6GHz Turbo Boost. The newer Laptop blows the older laptop out of the water!

I'm not saying my older laptop was slow, that 2.0GHz Dual-Core is a much faster processor than that AMD 1.4GHz Dual-Core I'm working on.

I've got a 3.0GHz Quad-Core Desktop Computer if I really need to do anything that this New Laptop can't handle. So Far I've found nothing this laptop can't handle with ease!

Yes, My Nokia Windows Phone is a Dual-Core 1.5GHz.

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