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an easier possible solution to the grayed-out start menu problem
I realize this post is very old, but I just recently encountered this issue and also came up with a much easier possible solution than what has been previously posted: I deleted any/all occurrences of desktop.ini in the following directories:
After deleting (3) occurrences of destop.ini, my Start Menu was immediately no longer grayed-out. HTH someone!Code:C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu Places