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I found the Dropbox uninstall/reinstall fix elsewhere and it worked, for a week or so. Found this forum and tried RadDad's suggestion and it worked! Hoping it stays fixed. Thanks!
Originally Posted by RadDad
I found that opening task manager and doing an end task on the Local Security Authority Process ( 5 ) would reboot the computer and clear the error.
Press Ctrl Alt Del buttons at the same time . The Task Manager window opens. Then locate the process I mentioned above. Right click it and choose end task. Wait while the computer reboots.
Same exact problem... even Microsoft's tech support couldn't help. Suspect it is Symantec's Antivirus causing 1511 update to fail and now I get the "CRITICAL ERROR - Start Menu and CORTANA aren't working. W'll try to fix it the next time you sign in. SIGN OUT NOW..." I'll try to figure out how to boot up the damaged computer so I can shutdown the antivirus and see what happens.
As i read all the comments about avast causing this critical error thing, i dont think it really has something to do with that. I have been using avast premier on all version of windows & it's not causing any trouble for me..are you guys using a cracked avast? there's a real definition on this problem explained by microsoft. i read one of their forum & stated that it is caused by an update which is buggy & still they are finding an solution update on this.
I was searching endlessly for a solution, reading though this thread got me to uninstall Dropbox. And it solved my problem. I didn't had Avast, so I was confused at first. Still, not sure how these programs are interfering with the start menu, it seems. I need Dropbox, so I'm gonna have to re-install it. Hopefully it's just an innocent bug.
Thanks for the input guys!
Edit: Looks like there's something extremely buggy with my Dropbox on PC that just messes up the Start Menu along with the Microsoft app store. Had to uninstall once again, and everything is working like it should be.
Last edited by CottonShark; 15 Mar 2016 at 12:16.
Oh finally the solution, f...ing dropbox app.
Just uninstalled it and start menu return back to work.
I searched wherever, and the right reply was in TenForum
I encountered the error on my laptop in August of 2015. It emerged right after I installed some updates. Then I used system restore and rolled back the system to the previous state. But today I encountered the same error on my desktop and again after the update! And to my surprise the system restore was off and I had no points to roll back to... I was about to reset Windows 10 but you know what... I launched ms-settings:windowsupdate manually searched for updates... it found updates and I installed them. And after the reboot I had all things working again!