Windows 10 Start Button & Taskbar not working

Grumpy_Old_Duffer

Start Button won't even give options on right or left click. I've got no options other than button on right of Taskbar for Open Action Centre (which does not work). This seems very ironic considering Windows 10 was supposed to have re-introduced the "much called for return of the Start Button"!!

I've just spent Saturday evening & Sunday morning looking for solutions on the Internet and have tried all of them:-

1. http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/computing/has-your-windows-10-start-menu-stopped-working-here-are-four-ways-to-fix-it-11364000314532
2. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-fix-start-menu-in-windows-10-3623893/
3. http://www.tenforums.com/general-support/12321-taskbar-start-button-not-working.html
4. https://www.techmesto.com/fix-start-menu-broken-windows-10-technical-preview/
5. http://n4bb.com/solve-windows-10-start-menu-opening-2016/
   

..... bottom line is, all of the above give options to the problem, BUT they are all the SAME options as each other AND none of them worked for me!!!

Any suggestions??


Also, when I right click on the Deskstop and select 'Display Settings' I get error message:-
ms-settings:display
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel."

...... whatever that means!!!

prowla

Can you boot into Safe Mode?

grumpycrab

Uninstall Dropbox if you know what that is (current favourite fix, among many).

50Twuncle

Try installing Classic Shell http://www.classicshell.net/ - this will give you a similar start button to Win 7.

Grumpy_Old_Duffer

Malcnascar wrote: »

I forced my laptop to shut down by pressing and holding down the on off button until it switched off. Left it for 2 minutes turned it on again then it started a bit slower than normal, I guess it was updating some thing, now start button works as I would expect.

Well knocked me down with a feather .... it worked!!:D:D

Thanks.

debitcardmayhem

Grumpy_Old_Duffer wrote: »

Well knocked me down with a feather .... it worked!!:D:D

Thanks.

Until next week .....

Grumpy_Old_Duffer

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Until next week .....

Didn't even last that long! :mad::mad::mad::mad: