10061 - No working Start, Modern apps or Cortana

[michail71]

I deleted of the child's account (she was visiting for a bit). It still shows her on my account on live.com. Not sure if there is any way to remove her from the account altogether. It was only a local account.

I tried creating a new local admin account but that didn't work either.

I might be about ready to give up. I'm sure some painfully long power shell command would fix this.

 

[akhanman]

I'm heading out for the weekend tomorrow so won't have any time to do anything. Keeping my fingers crossed that Gabe Aul will address this soon (not holding my breath).

 

[michail71]

I just tried adding in a group policy for allow all in the App Packages.

I'd like to try a repair but that can only be kicked off from the modern UI.

 

[michail71]

The topic seems to have blown up on the feedback site.

 

[Michel Pinquier]

I have exactly the same problem with the error on Parental Control in the event log. I can't no more launch any Modern App and I have no Start Menu

 

[TheCudder]

I experienced the same after installing Build 10061 and eventually I had to perform a clean install to correct the issue.

I tried the following fixes:
-PowerShell script to force the re-install of all apps
-Registry fix to EnableXAMLStartMenu
-"Refresh" of Windows 10
-Creating a new local account

None of these worked for me, but you could try, if not I'd recommend backing up your data & performing a clean install from the 'Recovery' options.

 

[bittercold]

After a refresh recently I got the same thing on 10061. No start menu, no modern apps, and no Cortana. Only solution I found was a fresh install of windows. If you trace through the windows files there is actually a "app" for the start menu UI and I think it corrupts. I would highly recommend not using system refresh or restore as this is how my cortana/start menu always breaks with these builds.

 

[akhanman]

I ended up doing a clean install. My Surface Pro 3 has been working well. The start button and Cortana became inactive once or twice but came back after I rebooted. It's a shame to have to go through this, but I hesitate to complain because I signed up for this risk.

 

[Mikado_Wu]

I had the same issue on my Surface Pro. Added my backup Microsoft Account and everything worked perfectly.