Recently I receive a lot of request about Windows 10 problems and issues So, am gonna publish about the mostly received issue that windows 10 start button not working. So let me tell you that windows 10 is the latest released operating system and running on high configuration hardware properly. Basically, windows 10 is based on windows 8.1 so sometimes mostly the issues are same for both so this article is working for both.
I have seen that sometimes because of some corrupt file windows 10 start button stops working and when you click on start button it doesn’t show anything or not working so guys luckily you have few ways to solve this problem like you just need to use windows internal features and tools to fix this windows 10 issue. Go through the below steps to solve this error.
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Best Ways to Fix Windows 10 Start Menu not working Problem:
Below we compile some of the best ways that can help you in an efficient way and these steps can take almost few minutes of times and solve this start menu issue. If these are not working so guys you just need to reinstall your windows 10 or 8.1. You can repair your windows if you don’t want to lose files located in local disk C. So guys let starlight forward to the article.
#1. Using PowerShell Command
One of the best way to repair your windows files is the PowerShell. In this method, you just need to use few CMD Command to repair your windows 10 files. Follow the below Steps.
- Go to your search bar or type “PowerShell” and you can see the option of PowerShell just right-click on it and click “Run as Administrator” and a command prompt will open.
- Type sfc /scannow and hit enter.
- After completing this process just restart you computer PC and check that problem fixed or not.
- If Not then open command prompt and type Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
#2. Restart Windows Explorer
Firstly try to restart your computer as a normal fix of this problem If not working this way so use the below steps to fix windows 10 start menu issue.
- Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and click on task manager and find “Windows Explorer” Process and right click on it. Click restart that’s it.
- If explorer is not started. So just open any folder and it automatically starts the “Windows Explorer” process.
- Then check if this issue is fixed or not.
#3. Reinstall your Metro apps with PowerShell
This method is usually listed as the last method to repair your metro apps store that you can easily access to windows start button so guys here is a thing you need to do.
- Open Command prompt like previous using PowerShell and run as administrator and then copy the below command and paste it in CMD and hit enter.
- Get-AppXPackage-AllUsers|Foreach{Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
- This command takes a couple of minutes to complete and fix your app store and then restart your computer and check this out your Start Menu not working Problem in windows 10 is fixed.