Final straw, just booted up and logged in and it's DOA immediately, didn't work once.
I have followed advice already on here and other places, and none of it works.
I'm thinking 3rd party app, anyone know one that works 100%?
It's my final Windows 10 Pro issue after a fresh install.
TIA!
Windows 10: Ridiculously random death of start and search buttons on taskbar 
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New 21 Dec 2017 #1
Ridiculously random death of start and search buttons on taskbar
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New 21 Dec 2017 #2
I am going with Classic Shell, I still wonder what's up with the Start Menu and already made anything I really need access to available without it, a fun exercise.
Microsoft didn't want the button to stay so perhaps this is the result of a weak effort on the in-house end.
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