Windows 10 Start Menu, why does it have multiple app icons all the same type?

[Windows Central Question]

Windows 10 Start Menu

Running a Surface 3 with Windows 10, my pull down start menu has multiple app icons all the same type, ie 19 of Access, 19 of Onenote etc. Its not limited to microsoft apps either! How can i correct this?

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu

Could you help with a screenshot?

 

[JAG58]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu



Any help is great!

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu

View attachment 119719

Any help is great!

That is quite interesting

Can you right click any of them? If yes, in the menu options, can you select unpin? That could be it

 

[JAG58]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu

I can right click, but only 3 commands available; Pin to Start, More> (Which leads to another dialog box, no help there!) and Uninstall.

 

[Krystianpants]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu

Try running a disk cleanup maybe. Including system.

 

[JAG58]

Did that, no success!

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu

I can right click, but only 3 commands available; Pin to Start, More> (Which leads to another dialog box, no help there!) and Uninstall.

Under the more ection, doesn't your show "don't show in this list" ?

 

[JAG58]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu

No it does not!

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu

No it does not!

you might have a virus or something that is duplicating entries. I'm not sure though

 

[JAG58]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu

Ran detailed virus check! Nada!

 

[Chintan Gohel]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu

Ran detailed virus check! Nada!

Not much else I can think of, sorry

 

[JAG58]

Can you suggest any other authority that may be able to help?

 

[Kyle Stilkey]

Re: Windows 10 Start Menu

It sounds like what ever has caused this has just created multiple shortcuts for your start menu. I'm not at my computer right now, but usually you can right click those and go to more>properties and it should give you the direct link to the shortcuts being created for the start menu. Now I'm not sure for store apps if they work the same way or not, but when I get a chance to look into this, I'll check and give you more info if needed.

 

[dpomerance]

Try posting over at Windows Secrets. They have a crew of very knowledgeable people hanging around.