I guess I posted this here because I'm frustrated with the problem and need to air it out. Really wish this had not happened as I have been a Windows user since version 3.1.
I have given up on Windows 10 and it's too late to recover Windows 7 (Windows 7 was great). Windows has now become very cumbersome to use. Sometime in December, 2015 my keyboard Windows button and my task bar Start menu and Search stopped working and without the ability to START I lost all the tiles. View 14 Replies Task Bar Start Menu And Search Stopped Working Jan 31, 2016
Start Menu is not opening when clicking on Start Button and Cortana not opening and not giving any response.
Start Menu, Cortana and Taskbar is not working in Windows 10, I don't want to format or reset my Microsoft Windows 10 32bit Pro.I tried google my problem and open this page: I didn't attempt the last step Refresh your PC i.e (Reset). View 9 Replies Start Menu - Cortana And Taskbar Not Working Dec 18, 2015 I also find my backup and system image do not work. I did a RECOVERY DRIVE, and after trying to restore from it, I am getting this message - in a loop, can not exit from it. I upgraded from WIN 7 SP1 to build 10240 on FAST Track. W'll try to fix it the next time you sign in.
I don't know how to access the installed updates (There appears to be no access via Control Panel) and restore options only allow a 'revert to Win 7' - is there a Restore option available that takes you back a few days? View 6 Replies Start Menu And CORTANA Aren't Working Jul 23, 2015ĬRITICAL ERROR - Start Menu and CORTANA aren't working. I have to shut down using the power button. I still have my normal (Win 7 style) screen that luckily still has my shortcuts and I still have WiFi access. I cannot access the Start Menu or Search box. Signing back in does not fix the problem. We'll try to fix it the next time you sign in. However, a day after the last updates were installed (KB3081449 and KB3081448) my normal screen appeared with a boxed message I upgraded to Win 10 a week ago and after a long updating session was well pleased with the OS - everything seemed to work normally and much faster than before. Now just do the normal thing to uninstall avast and then reboot following the installation and it should be fixed! View 24 Replies Cortana And Start Menu Aren't Working Sep 6, 2015 Once it restarts, press the F4 key, and when it restarts you will be in safe mode. Then click troubleshoot, advanced options, start-up settings, restart. Before you click 'restart', hold down the shift key until the next screen is displayed (blue). Incase you arent familiar with how to access safe mode on windows 10, heres how: You press ctrl+alt+delete, and in the bottom right hand corner you click the power button.
Now I'm sure you all know how to uninstall software on your PCs but it may not work in normal mode with the critical error as it didn't with me. I uninstalled the software and upon reboot my start button and cortana were working perfectly again.
I believe that is what is causing the 'critical error'. Start Menu And Cortana Not Working? Aug 4, 2015 I've restarted twice since then but nothing has worked so far. I can't click on cortana and clicking the windows icon will bring up nothing. So I restarted, and when I booted my computer up again, the task bar icons never showed up and the time and date is gone. Also whenever I tried to open pictures with "Photos" I would get an error message about something timing out and I would have to use windows explorer.
Earlier, all the task bar icons were showing and I could see the time/date, but clicking on them would do nothing. This issue just popped up after restarting my computer today. Task Bar / Cortana And Start Menu Not Working Jan 28, 2016