That answer would have to come from someone smarter than me. I was advised to un-install 3rd party security software and go from there. I don't run a sandbox program as Acronis True Image has one...

You can try some of the troubleshooting tips that were posted earlier in this thread. Other than that I can't think of anything else. It seems as though Windows 10 and the last big update had some...

I was running the pro version of mbam. With the protection and everything else. I think a lot of people run mbam without the real-time protection and don't have a problem. I may try a reinstall but...

I can only tell you what works for me. I went through all the clean install and all that good stuff and the only thing that worked was taking out a third-party antivirus if you have any kind of...

Hi Acorn. I was running BD as an AV and MalwareBytes for any extra malware probs. First I uninstalled BD only and the problem was still there. I then took out Malwarebytes and my start menu worked...

Thanx. That's my go to..

Okay this is where I'm at. I was going to earlier when I was doing the clean Boot and the uninstalls and I thought just for the heck of it to uninstall bitdefender. It was still giving me trouble...

When you're talking clean install do you mean finding the Windows 10 Home Premium install ISO and using that? And what about the serial number or the activation number? I actually installed this a...

Tried it and thought I had the culprit but just ended up back in circles. The fact that I can just sign out instead of a restart or when I restart and the menu comes up is thoroughly baffling me as...

exactly how to do that??

Got it to boot into safe mode. And the start menu open easily. I take it that has to do with my apps?

Ran everything as ordered and same results. Didn't get the Task Host prompt at restart or shutdown but the start menu still freezes. Like I said before, all I have to do is sign out and restart it...

I ran the powershell and it succeeded but unfortunately I still get a frozen start menu until I sign out and sign back in. Why did the upgrade to this have to be so difficult?? I still get the task...

I re-upgraded from 7 to 10 yesterday to give this OS another try. Most all of it has gone smoothly except for the start menu won't come up half the time. I ran sfc /scannow, no integrity violations....