Start Menu problem - fixed.

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  1. Posts : 83
    Win10
       #1

    Start Menu problem - fixed.


    I've just found a solution to a problem I had with the start menu in 10130 and thought I'd post it here in case others are having the same problem.
    This morning there was nothing I could do to open the start menu - tried everything.
    Then I remembered that last night I turned off some options in Personalisation - Start.
    Things like 'Occasionally Show App content' - 'Display recently opened programs' etc.
    Anyway, I wondered if that could have affected anything so I went back and turned those back on - closed settings and then hit start menu and it opened first time! Must be a bug. Hope this helps anyone with the same problem.
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  2. Posts : 5,286
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #2

    kenC said:
    I've just found a solution to a problem I had with the start menu in 10130 and thought I'd post it here in case others are having the same problem.
    This morning there was nothing I could do to open the start menu - tried everything.
    Then I remembered that last night I turned off some options in Personalisation - Start.
    Things like 'Occasionally Show App content' - 'Display recently opened programs' etc.
    Anyway, I wondered if that could have affected anything so I went back and turned those back on - closed settings and then hit start menu and it opened first time! Must be a bug. Hope this helps anyone with the same problem.

    Thanks for sharing.
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  3. Lee
    Posts : 4,793
    OS X, Win 10
       #3

    badrobot said:
    Thanks for sharing.
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  4. Posts : 457
    Windows 10
       #4

    kenC said:
    Anyway, I wondered if that could have affected anything so I went back and turned those back on - closed settings and then hit start menu and it opened first time! Must be a bug. Hope this helps anyone with the same problem.
    How did you get the Settings screen opened?

    EDIT
    Win + I did the trick and thanks for the Start Menu fix.
    Last edited by AlanWade; 10 Jun 2015 at 06:40.
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  5. Posts : 83
    Win10
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Glad it helped. I had settings pinned to the taskbar.
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  6. Posts : 17,838
    Windows 10
       #6

    I think Settings is also in one of the Ribbons in File Explorer.
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  7. Posts : 3,502
    Win_8.1-Pro, Win_10.1607-Pro, Mint_17.3
       #7

    AlanWade said:
    How did you get the Settings screen opened?
    EDIT: Win + I did the trick and thanks for the Start Menu fix.
    The Notification and Action Center is another place you can launch All Settings.
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  8. Posts : 5
    10 preview
       #8

    Can you tell me how to do this.
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  9. Posts : 3,502
    Win_8.1-Pro, Win_10.1607-Pro, Mint_17.3
       #9

    3312borden said:
    Can you tell me how to do this.
    Use one of the methods described above to launch Settings.
    Open Personalization
    Open Start
    toggle the top 3 switches on or off - then try to open Start
    If you still cannot open start, throw the switches the other way (if it was on ... turn it off, if it was off ... turn it on)

    It might take more than one attempt ... and the "can't open start" might happen again.
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  10. Posts : 519
       #10

    An easier way I found, even more puzzling, was to stop the search in the task manager and reboot. No more start menu problems thereafter.
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