Fix: Start Menu Not Opening In Windows 10

[212eta]

The all new Start menu is one of the standout features of the recently released Windows 10 operating system.

The Start menu on Windows 10 includes the best features of its predecessors.

However, many users having issues while launching the Start menu in Windows 10.

For many users, the Start menu is not opening when the Start button is clicked or Windows logo key is pressed.

If the Start menu is refusing to launch even after multiple attempts, try out the following fixes.

Fix: Start Menu Not Opening In Windows 10

(intowindows)

[Kalju]

This is not the solution. The solution for this exist only one, if you do not delete the corresponding registry keys.
This usually happens when you are using outdated or incorrect registry cleaning programs and then are deleted the following keys like empty keys.

The only solution - do not use unknown programs, or if you did not know, how to use.

Here are the keys, which generally will be discarded and then will not open the start menu and the taskbar right mouse click does not work.

This article, which you refer, is one of these offered sandwiches, which is not eatable. (which is not be eaten.)

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[Sonar]

people still suffering from this in the release of windows 10?

This was a bug in the preview when changing/hiding things on the start menu & seems to be fixed in the release version (well for me anyway).

Fix: default start menu options then restart.

[manju]

2 of the 3 laptops that i upgraded suffer from this issue!

i did a few days ago a clean install of my laptop, and the day after the issue returned (first used pt-PT, now running en-US)...

this time i got the pop message on action center but now Modern apps all crash when opening.... :blink:

for now, running Classic Shell to get things opening (can't open start menu, or action center or search :rolleyes: )