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dalchina · 3 Weeks Ago

@pepanee - that appears to relate to ctfmon.exe which I mentioned above.

Unfortunately we have no confirmation from @Riverrat83 that in fact ctfmon.exe is not running.

pepanee · 3 Weeks Ago

dalchina said:

@pepanee - that appears to relate to ctfmon.exe which I mentioned above.

Unfortunately we have no confirmation from @Riverrat83 that in fact ctfmon.exe is not running.

I apologize I made a repost of your suggestion. I read the thread starter's post, and skimmed through everything afterwards. I missed looking at your post. Hopefully your post could be the solution. We will wait, like you said, until we get a reply back.

Riverrat83 · 3 Weeks Ago

Dalchina & Pepanee, tons of thanks for all the good tips. My ctfmonexe. IS running. I tried several methods of trying to disable it, but it must go to default when I make these changes and reverts back. I’m afraid to do too much here, cause I don’t know what lm doing.

dalchina · 3 Weeks Ago

Please try following my post #9

Start with

If considering a general Windows repair e.g. an in-place upgrade repair install, first check that you do see the SAME problem after creating a new user account (for test purposes- delete afterwards), and logging in as that user.
If you don't, the problem is account-specific.

I.e. Create a new user account (which you can delete later).

Log in as that user.

Do you see the same problem?

Also check you can launch the start menu.

Considering your post #1 - please confirm you can launch your start menu.
How to Open the Start Menu in Windows 10 - YouTube

I think it was only very old builds of Win 10 that included a search box in the start menu.. I can't recall seeing that myself.