Win 10 start button not working. Enabling the Start Button with PowerShell

25.10.2015 Alexander Pukhovsky

After updating or installing Windows 10, the Start button stopped working for many users.

If you ask a request in Google or Yandex "Button doesn't work. Windows start ten", then all the recommendations issued by the search engine will eventually come down to the following five options for resolving the issue (one of them should help you):

Restart the Explorer.exe process.
Enable the start button using PowerShell.
Create a new user.
Some "atypical" ways.
Most reliable way restore the start button.

Consider the implementation of the above points in order.

Attention!

After completing each item, you must restart Windows 10 and check if the Start button works.

1. Restarting the Explorer.exe process.

Launch Task Manager. To do this, press the key combination Ctrl + Shift + Esc. Next, click the "Details" button (if there is one at the bottom). Go to the "Processes" tab, select the Explorer process (as the Explorer.exe process is called in Windows 10). Click on it right click mouse and select Restart. These actions are clearly shown in Figure 1.

Restart your computer.

Did not help? Then we move on to the next point.

2. Enable the start button using PowerShell.

There are two ways to launch PowerShell.

First way. Open "This PC". Next, open Windows folder, then the System32 folder, then the WindowsPowerShell folder, and finally the v1.0 folder. Right-click on the powershell.exe file and run it as administrator.

The second way. It is offered by Microsoft. Right-click on the taskbar (the bar at the bottom of the screen) and in the context menu that opens, go to the Task Manager.

Then, in the Task Manager window that opens, select "File" first, and then the "Run a new task" item.

In the "Open" line, write powershell and check the box next to "Create a task with administrator rights." Click "OK" to confirm.

In the opened Windows window PowerShell copy and paste the following command Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% (add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml”)). Then press the Enter key.

After the command completes successfully, close PowerShell and restart Windows.

The start button should now work.

3. Create a new user.

If the above methods did not help, as an option, you can create a new Windows user 10 using the control panel.

We call the command line with the key combination Win + R, we write Control in it. The control panel opens. In the control panel, we create a new user by analogy with previous operating systems.

As a rule, for a new user, all elements of the desktop work "as expected". Now it is enough to transfer data from the old user to the new one and delete the unnecessary account.

4. Some "atypical" ways.

These options are worth trying when none of the previous options worked. I cite them exactly in the form in which the users themselves describe them (I have not personally tested them, but suddenly one of them will help you).

Problems with the Start button were due to non-working applications. It is enough to remove non-working tiles, and the Start button in windows 10 will start working.

Press the combination of Shift + Alt buttons (located on the left) and the PrtScr button. This turns on the high-contrast scheme, and the Start button will start working.
Delete all empty (non-working) tiles.
Again, press Shift + Alt and the PrtScr button, and this turns off the high contrast scheme.
The start button should work.

Enable / disable (if enabled - disable, if disabled - enable) the "User Account Control" (UAC) section.

Go to the "User Account Control Settings" section. To do this, open the Control Panel (by pressing the Win + R key combination we call the command line, then we write Control in the command line, the control panel opens). In the search bar, write uac, and then from the options found, click on the "Change User Account Control Settings" section.

To enable User Account Control, move the slider up to the top position "Always notify me in the following cases"; to disable - the slider to the lower position. To confirm, press the OK button. User Account Control will be disabled/enabled (depending on the selected option) after the system reboots.

5. The most reliable way to restore the Start button.

And finally the most effective method solutions.

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Question from user

Hello.

Recently, the START button stopped working for me: when I click on it, nothing happens. If you click on it right after Windows boot- then the laptop starts to think, slow down, but after 20-30 seconds. it all goes...

By the way, it all started after updating the OS (which I seemed to be turning off). I tried to roll back the system, remove the update - it did not work. I would not like to demolish the OS yet ...

PS I have Windows 10 64 bits, Lenovo G50 laptop...

Good time!

Unfortunately, this is a fairly popular bug in Windows 10. It happens most often just after a system update, installation of some applications, malfunctions of some services (font cache, for example), etc.

What to do if the START button does not work

1) Try running Start Menu Troubleshooter

Since this problem is quite popular, Microsoft released a special. troubleshooter - Troubleshooter. It is logical that the first advice on recovery will be a recommendation to use this tool.

It is very simple to do this: just download and run it, then click one "Next" button. See screenshot below.

Start Menu Troubleshooter: Troubleshooting and Troubleshooting

Start Menu Troubleshooter: A problem has been detected

2) Restart explorer (explorer.exe)

The conductor is responsible for the operation of the START button, system tray, etc. (system process explorer.exe). In general, at critical errors- it restarts automatically, but the inoperability of the START button does not apply to this ...

Then in the list of processes find "Conductor", right-click on it and select from the menu that appears. "Restart" .

In addition, you can use the tab "Details" : you need to find the process in it "explorer.exe" and close it ("End task").

After that click on "File/start new task" , in the window that appears, enter the task "explorer" and press Enter.

As a rule, after restarting the explorer, START starts working normally. True, for a while, because. With this option, we eliminate only the consequences, but do not solve the cause of the occurrence ...

3) The problem is related to the font cache service

In some cases, such behavior with the interface in Windows 10 (the disappearance of some system icons, the inoperability of START, etc.) is due to the fact that several font cache services do not work correctly. And to return the system to normal operation, it is enough to turn them off.

For this:

As a rule, such a simple recipe helps to radically solve the problem.

4) "Re-registration" of the START menu via PowerShell

In many cases, to fix the problem with the lack of response from START, it is enough to execute one command through PowerShell. You need to run it as an administrator (to do this, just open the task manager, create a new task through the menu "File" and give a command "PowerShell" with administrator rights).

Then copy and paste the line below into PowerShell. Press Enter.

Command for PowerShell:

Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% (add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + "\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml"))

An example is shown in the screenshot below.

Running a Command in PowerShell

Then you need to restart your computer.

5) Create a new user

Another very simple and effective solution to this problem is to create a new account (ie a new user). If his OS interface works as expected, then it's enough to transfer the icons from the desktop and documents from the old account to this new one. Business for 10-15 minutes. (for the most standard system).

And so, let's try to create a new account if START does not work and does not let you into Windows settings. In this case, first press the button combination Win+R, enter the command netplwiz and click OK. See screenshot below.

Then indicate that you want to create a local account - select the option "Sign in without a Microsoft account (not recommended)". See screenshot below.

Now, when you turn on your laptop / computer, at the bottom of the screen (on the left), you will have a choice of which user to log in under. Try to log in as a new user and check the performance of the Start menu.

Signing in to Windows: choosing an account

6) Windows recovery (system rollback)

In general, the topic of recovery is quite extensive. By default, Windows creates checkpoints for all important changes (updates, installations, drivers, etc.). True, in Windows 10 this moment works a little differently ... 7) Reinstalling the system

Perhaps this is the last and most radical thing that I can advise (especially, this applies to those who have some kind of assembly installed, and not official version Windows). I will give a few articles below to help, I think they will be very useful for an inexperienced reader!

How to Download Windows 10 ISO Image [Official and Legal] -

Installing Windows 10 from a flash drive - step by step [ general instruction] -

How to install Windows 10 on Asus laptop ZenBook (using the UX310UA model as an example) -

Additions on the topic are welcome...

Successful work!

Operating system updates from Microsoft improve computer performance, make it safer, and add new functionality to the OS. However, along with these updates come some problems. For example, after the next update, some of the users see that the Start button does not work for them in Windows 10.

At the same time, it does not easily respond to a mouse click on its icon, but it also does not work after clicking Win buttons on the keyboard (Windows logo key). Often, along with such a problem, the system parameters, as well as its other elements, do not open. In the article we will figure out how to get out of this situation and return the system to working capacity. If you do not want such difficulties to be repeated in the future, you can completely.

To combat the permanently non-functioning Start menu in 2016, Microsoft even created a special application that, in automatic mode should have fixed the problem.

This method is the easiest, so use it first. If after restarting the system, the start still does not work, go to the next options. Explorer.exe is a graphical Windows shell. She is responsible for everything that we see: these are windows with explorer, and the taskbar, and the system tray, and even widgets. Like all other programs this application may malfunction, for example, due to an elementary conflict with data cells in RAM. So, in order to bring the Start menu back to life, first of all, let's try to restart this process.

How to fix

Follow our instructions:

We launch the task manager. You can open it using the Ctrl + Shift + Esc key combination or through the context menu of our taskbar. To do this, right-click on its empty space and select the item indicated in the screenshot.

If you are running the tool for the first time, you will need to deploy it. To do this, click on the "Details" button. We marked it with a red box.

Go to the tab called "Processes" and find the "Explorer" process there (sometimes it can be called Explorer). Using the context menu launched by right-clicking on the process name, select the "Restart" item.

The entire Windows 10 GUI will disappear for a moment and then reappear. If this option did not solve your problem, then feel free to move on to the next method - it will be more effective.

We solve the problem using the system registry

This method is more efficient than the previous one. It means changing the value of the key system registry. If there is no such key, then we will create it. Let's look at how to do it right.

Initially, you need to run the regular Windows utility 10 called regedit. In order to do this, press the Win + R combination and enter the word regedit in the window that appears.

In the window that opens, in its left part there is a registry directory tree. We pass along the path indicated in the screenshot. In the right part of the program, select the EnableXAMLStartMenu key, and if it is not there, then create it. To do this, click on the empty area of \u200b\u200bthe place on the right side of regedit RMB on the item "Create" - "DWORD Value (32 bits)".

Now we rename the new parameter to EnableXAMLStartMenu and by opening it double click, set the value to "0".

You must restart the Windows GUI for the changes to take effect. How this is done - we described in the first method.

Cyrillic username fix

Sometimes the Start menu stopped working after creating a new Windows user with a name written in Russian. In order to correct this situation, you need to use the Computer Management utility and correct the name. Let's see how it's done.

Initially, open the computer management through Windows search. To do this, click on the magnifying glass icon on the taskbar and enter a query in the search bar. When the result appears, click on it.

Next, in the left part of the window, open the "Utilities" section, go to "Local Users and Groups" and click on the "Users" folder. In the right part of the window we find the name that needs to be renamed, and click on its name with the right mouse button. There will be an item "Rename" - we need it.

Ready. The "Computer Management can be closed" tool, the changes will be applied as soon as you restart the system. If this method does not give the desired result, try creating another user and check the operation of the Start menu on it.

To do this, we do the following:

Launch the Run utility. To do this, use two simultaneously pressed Win + R keys. In the window that appears, enter the word control and press Enter.

After opening the control panel, go to the "User Accounts" menu.

Click on the inscription indicated in the screenshot.

Then select "Manage another account".

And add a new user.

You can get to the same menu in another way. open the curtain Windows notifications 10 and click on the "All Settings" tile.

Scroll down the window that opens a little and select the "Accounts" tile.

On the left side of the window, select the "Family and other users" subsection, and on the right, click on "Add a user to this computer."

Here you can create another Windows 10 user. If you do not want to link his account to an account Microsoft records, click on the item indicated in the screenshot, and in the menu that opens, select "Add a user without a Microsoft account".

Restart your computer or simply end the current session and select the user you created. If the launch starts to open, then the problem is in the account.

Using automatic maintenance

AT Windows system 10 exists own tool debugging, which, in theory, should fix various problems instead of the user. Sometimes given function solves the problem of the idle button "Start". Let's see how to use it.

AT search line Windows 10 (which starts with a magnifying glass icon) we write the words: "This PC". We click on the item indicated in the screenshot with the right mouse button and select "Properties".

In the window that opens, click on the inscription "Security and Maintenance Center" (located in the lower left corner).

Expand the "Maintenance" section.

Using the key indicated in the screenshot, we start automatic maintenance of the system.

Service has begun, it will take time. The less you use your computer during this period, the faster the process will complete. At the end of the PC scan, all problems found on it will be corrected if possible. You can disable the service if you wish.

Attention! For a more complete, quick and correct check, we recommend that you close all running programs and save the data. The program works only on behalf of the administrator.

Using PowerShell to Fix the Start Menu

Here is another option that will help get the Start menu working. We take the following steps:

First you need to start PowerShell itself. To do this, use the built-in search tool. Click on the magnifying glass icon on the left side of the taskbar and enter the PowerShell command in the search box. When the result we need appears (indicated by the number 3 in the screenshot), right-click on it and select the “Run as administrator” section.

Sometimes the program cannot be found through the search. To get around this problem, go to Windows Explorer along the path indicated in the screenshot and run powershell.exe. You need to do this as an administrator. To do this, click on the name with the right mouse button and select the desired item.

You can also call Windows PowerShell through the command line, and you must run it as an administrator. After cmd.exe opens, type powershell into the black box and press Enter.

Once the program is running, paste the following entry into it:

Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% (add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml”))

The command will take a couple of seconds to complete. Now restart your computer and check if the start has started working. If not, then move on to the next method.

Attention! Usage this method may break the functionality of the Windows store. Therefore, it should only be used as a last resort.

Start Menu Repair Tool

As we said, Microsoft developers are aware of the Start launch issue. That is why they created a miniature program with which we will work. Follow our instructions:

Initially, let's download the program from the button below. The download is from the official Microsoft website.

Download repair program "Start"

Run the application as an administrator (no installation required) and click on the "Advanced" line.

Make sure that the checkbox next to "Automatically apply fixes" is checked, and click the "Next" button.

The program is working - the system is checked for problems with the Start menu.

As you can see, no problems were found. If you have them, corrections will be made automatically. If you click on the item "View additional information", you can understand by what criteria the tool from Microsoft looks for problems.

The parameters that the program checks:

incorrectly installed important applications;
problems in the system registry;
the integrity of the tile database;
application manifests.

The report that the utility produces can be printed, and each item in the window shows a tooltip explaining its purpose. These items are also elements of the table of contents: if you click on one of them, then we will get to the desired part of the help section.

What to do if the problem is not solved?

We have presented many ways in case the Windows 10 Start button stopped working, which is usually enough for any situation. But even if none of them helped you, you should not be upset. In any OS from Microsoft, and in the "Ten" in particular, there is a checkpoint system, thanks to which you can roll back Windows to the state in which the system was at the time the point was created.

It is important to create checkpoints before any major operation with the OS, and especially before updating, which often leads to problems. In any case, if you still have questions, ask us in the comments, and we will try to answer in as much detail as possible and help solve the problem.

How to Fix Start Menu Not Working Issues in Windows 10

So, now I will list the main ways that can help you fix this problem and the menu will finally work properly. But, unfortunately, I cannot give guarantees, since all situations can be individual. Do all of the options listed below in turn until your problem disappears.

Installing the latest Windows updates

Yes, such a banal thing as simple Windows updates can solve many problems. And all this because updates are various fixes for the system, built-in applications, drivers, as well as all sorts of improvements.

On two computers in my family, the problem with the Start menu was solved by a simple Windows update, which means that the problem with the Start menu was still from the release of Windows 10, and in the next update it was fixed. Therefore, the first thing to try to do is to update your system via special agent Windows updates. Suddenly, you have not downloaded and installed updates for your system for a long time, and as a result, you are not using the most perfect version of it at the moment.

For more information on how to set up updates in Windows 10, see a separate article:

If updates were found, then after installing them, be sure to restart the computer to check the operation of the Start menu, even if the system does not require it!

Checking system files for their integrity and making changes (if required)

This operation will scan all system files on your computer and if any of them are changed or removed, they will be updated to the original versions.

Launch Command Prompt. To do this, you need to press the key combination Win + X on the keyboard and select " Command line(administrator)".

This window will appear, which is - the Windows command line:

Choose this option, and not just "Command Prompt", otherwise you may not have enough rights to perform any actions!

Enter the sfc /scannow command there and press the Enter key to execute it.

A system scan will start, which can take about half an hour or more:

If any files are damaged, the system will automatically replace them with the original versions.

After completing this procedure, reboot and check if the Start menu works.

Making changes to the Windows registry

Sometimes a problem with the Start menu occurs due to a program making changes to a special Windows registry setting. Windows Registry is a collection of various Windows settings, programs, drivers, categorized in a separate program. Even experienced user most of the parameters will be simply unknown, because there are simply an incredible amount of them. In general, the devil himself will break his leg there :) Our task, with the Start menu not working (unless, of course, the 2 methods described above helped), is to check one parameter in the registry and make changes to it, if necessary.

So let's open the register. To do this, press the key combination Win + R and in the appeared line "Run" we type the command regedit (1), then click "OK" (2).

The registry editor will open:

Now, opening folder by folder in the window on the left, you need to navigate to the following path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Check if there is an option in the window on the right named EnableXAMLStartMenu .

If you do not have such a parameter, you need to create it. To do this, right-click (hereinafter "RMB") on the "Advanced" folder in the left window and select "New" > "DWORD (32-bit) Value".

A new parameter will appear in the list:

Now let's change his name. To do this, select it in the window, press the F2 key on the keyboard and change the default name to EnableXAMLStartMenu .

It remains to check that this parameter has a zero value. To do this, right-click on the created parameter and select "Edit".

In the window that opens, check that “0” is indicated in the “Value” field (1), and if suddenly this is not the case, then change it to “0” and click “OK” (2).

Now we restart the computer and see if anything has changed with the performance of the Start button ...

Re-registering the Start Menu in Windows

This is the last of the main ways to solve the problem with the display of the Start menu in Windows. After re-registering the Start menu for someone, it starts to function normally, so it's worth trying this method too, if all 3 above did not help.

The operation to re-register the Start menu will be carried out through a special Power Shell administrative console.

So, for starters, open the task manager by holding Ctrl keys+ Shift + Esc, then click on the "File" menu and select "Run a new task".

In the window that appears, in the "Open" field, write the powershell command (1) and be sure to check the option "Create a task with administrator rights" (2) below. If you do not enable run as administrator, then the command following the command to re-register the start may not be executed!

The PowerShell console will open:

You need to copy the command below and paste it into the PowerShell window:

Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% (add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + "\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml"))

To paste, just right-click in the PowerShell window and the command will appear there.

When the command is executed, you will not receive any notifications. A new line will simply appear showing the path to the "system32" folder:

After that, restart your computer and check if the normal operation of the "Start" is restored.

If the above 4 ways to fix the problem with opening the Start menu in Windows 10 didn’t help you, then you probably have nothing left to do but wait for the exit windows updates with corrections for your case. But if the “breakdown” is not caused by the developers, but when you use some programs, then you don’t have to wait for updates with fixes. Then it remains only to roll back Windows to factory settings, or use restore checkpoints to Windows Rollback on a certain day, when a similar problem has not yet been fixed. But all this is a few materials already for separate articles. And I hope that the above methods still help you!

Have a nice day and good mood! Bye;)

With Windows 10, Microsoft has gone back to its roots and, by popular demand, has brought back the Start button. Moreover, it has undergone significant changes, has become more functional, beautiful and user-friendly.

Windows 10 is constantly updated and it is not uncommon for the Start button to stop working when installing a new update, not responding to pressing both the mouse and the keyboard. If the Start button in Windows 10 does not work for you, then most likely the fault was either a crooked update or changes in the registry.

There are a few simple ways solutions to this problem. Consider all solutions from the easiest to the most difficult.

Restart explorer.exe

The explorer program (aka the explorer.exe process) is one of the main ones in operating Windows systems and many other programs depend on it. Restarting Explorer can be done in two ways.

Press the key combination Ctrl + Alt + Del on the keyboard and select "Task Manager". It can also be called by right-clicking on the taskbar.

In the Task Manager window that appears, on the "Processes" tab, find "Explorer" ( windows explorer in English Windows versions ten). Right click on it and click "Restart". You can also restart it by clicking the button in the lower right corner.

After that, try launching the Start menu. If the method did not help, then read on.

Restoring the Start Menu by Editing the Windows Registry

The essence of this method is to edit the registry setting responsible for the operation of the Start menu.

Press the key combination Win+R. In the window that appears, write the command to call the registry regedit and click OK.

In the registry window that opens, go to the following branch:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Now we need to create a new parameter. To do this, right-click anywhere in the right window and select "Create" - "DWORD (32-bit) Value".

Name the new parameter EnableXAMLStartMenu. Double click on this parameter and give it a value 0 .

After that, you need to restart your computer. Make sure that after the reboot, the Start button began to run.

Using PowerShell to fix the Start menu problem

Click on the magnifying glass icon next to the start menu and type PowerShell there. Search will find windows application PowerShell. Right click on it and run as administrator.

In the PoweShell window that opens, paste the following code:

Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% (add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml”))

Press Enter and restart your computer. Check the operation of the start button.

The official Microsoft utility that fixes the problem with the Start menu

The guys at Microsoft are aware of the emerging problems with the Start menu in Windows 10 and have even released special utility which almost always works.

The Start Menu Troubleshooting window will appear.

If there are no problems with the Start menu, the following message will appear. If there were problems, then the utility will automatically fix them and nothing should interfere with the launch of the Start button.

Create a new user with a working start menu

If none of the methods helped you, then you can solve the problem radically and create a new computer user.

When you log in under a new user, a new registry branch will be created that is responsible for the settings of this new user and, accordingly, the Start menu should work under it.

You will only have to transfer files from the old account into a new one.

To create a new account, type "Control Panel" in the search box and click on it.

Go to the "User Accounts" menu.

Select "Manage another account".

Click "Add New User".

Menu will open Windows Settings. At the bottom of the window, select "Add a user to this computer".

On the next page, indicate that you do not have new user login information so that you do not have to provide an address Email or phone number for authorization on the computer.

Windows strongly wants us to link the account to their services. Click that you want to add a user without a Microsoft account.

Finally, we have reached the final point. Specify the username and password of the new computer user.

After that, restart your computer and log in as a new user. Check the operation of the start button. If everything works, then just transfer the files from the old user folder to the new user folder on the computer.

Video of solving problems with the Start button

Especially for those who find it easier to perceive the material in a non-text form, I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the video on how to restore the Start button to work.