Start menu and taskbar not working in Windows 10?

[Windows Central Question]

My laptop is LENOVO G510. It came with windows 8 single language. I upgraded to windows 8.1 single language a year ago. I updated it to windows 10 home by triggering the update. The upgrade went successfully. But the problem now is the start button, applications in the taskbar(only right click) and icons on the taskbar on the right side(time, battery, wifi etc) are not working. They work if I click them after a gap of ten minutes. But if I click them for a second time immediately, they won't work.

I got a message box showing "startmenu and cortana are not working, it will be fixed the next time you sign in". When I sign out and sign in, there is no change.

Is it my only problem or it occured to many laptops?
Is there any way to fix it?
Is Microsoft working to fix it soon?

Please inform me.

 

[RLMuzic]

Luckily I remembered mine!!!!!!! I was nervous!!!

 

[Shivaganesh Kota]

It's working man, Thank you.

 

[ankursus1]

Re: Why isn't my Start menu and taskbar working in Windows 10?

this worked for me thanks,you have to start windows firewall,then just follow steps,but my search isstill not working,don't know why:crying::crying:

 

[April_Kwong]

Re: Startmenu and taskbar not working in windows 10

I got this issue as well these steps fixed it for me
1. Go to the desktop, right click anywhere, hover your mouse over new and then click shortcut
2. When you are making a shortcut it will ask you to type a location. type in "msconfig", click next and then it will ask you what you want to name the shortcut name it anything you want its not imprtant.
3 . A shortcut for msconfig will show up double click it and click on the boot tab at the top. once in the boot tab enable safeboot and the click network underneath it and then click apply then OK it will ask if you want to restart you should restart it
4. Once it is restarted you should go to ms config again and then turn off safe boot and the apply and restart again and hopefully once you have done that things should return to normal

I have read through many forums and tried a few methods, but none worked till i found the above. Probably the easiest method I've tried and it worked!

 

[Kornholio749]

Tried this and when it rebooted just came black screen... PC running tho, I have an led TV as a monitor if that makes any difference... Cheers

 

[Rowdypatch]

I tried a few things which did not work. Tried your simple but great idea which did work
Very easy fix to do, well done and thankyou

 

[Nick Banner]

Raheem baker, you really turned out to be our Raheem bro. That solution worked a 100%. I would recommend it too all as it was definitely easy for even noobies like me. Bless you man. Like two others, even I couldn't stop myself to register to thank you. Thank you so much. This problem was just getting on my nerves. Bless you.
PS - this little solution is better and easier than the complex one posted on Microsoft's website.

 

[Nick Banner]

I got this issue as well these steps fixed it for me
1. Go to the desktop, right click anywhere, hover your mouse over new and then click shortcut
2. When you are making a shortcut it will ask you to type a location. type in "msconfig", click next and then it will ask you what you want to name the shortcut name it anything you want its not imprtant.
3 . A shortcut for msconfig will show up double click it and click on the boot tab at the top. once in the boot tab enable safeboot and the click network underneath it and then click apply then OK it will ask if you want to restart you should restart it
4. Once it is restarted you should go to ms config again and then turn off safe boot and the apply and restart again and hopefully once you have done that things should return to normal

Raheem baker, you really turned out to be our Raheem bro. That solution worked a 100%. I would recommend it too all as it was definitely easy for even noobies like me. Bless you man. Like two others, even I couldn't stop myself to register to thank you. Thank you so much. This problem was just getting on my nerves. Bless you.
PS - this little solution is better and easier than the complex one posted on Microsoft's website.

 

[Saad Rashid]

So it has been over an year now and MS still haven't found the fix? My wife's laptop is total mess because of start menu getting stuck after every few days. Running on .420 build. *sigh*

 

[Kleesi]

Cudos to Raheem !!!!! yayyyy. I have been searching for an easy fix, easy to understand and perform.

It absolutely works !!!

Sending a big hug your way Raheem


Karen

 

[Dianna 9]

I so appreciated the detailed solution to my question. It worked immediately, but then it didn't.

 

[Aimr]

DUde all I didn't was restar my computer a couple times when that didn't work I just right clicked on my desktop and clicked shortcut and wrote msconfig then it magically started to work xD

 

[holdum333]

Hi This seems to be the fix for this issue! Here's what it looks like. If you want a shortcut, type msconfig in the search Orb. Click on System Configuration.
It will take you here!:wink: Then follow the suggestions from best answer!
My bad! You can't type msconfig in search if it doesn't exist. ( Senile moment). I have these on occasions LOL

 

[holdum333]

Hi My bad! I'm late to the party! Give this a look!:smile:
How to fix Windows 10 Start Menu | How to fix Windows 10 Cortana - How-To - PC Advisor

 

[Olnet]

Hey Guys, i experienced the same but this worked best for me
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
thanks Bro.

 

[Aritro10]

This method has just worked for me regarding the serious issue of the taskbar in Windows 10.
For the fix:
1. Ctrl+Shift+Escape. This will open the Task Manager.
2. Go to the 'Details' tab in the same.
3. Search for sihost.exe and when found, end the process by clicking End Task.
4. For some moments the taskbar and other windows will be just gone. But don't worry, as the process will eventually start again. After Task bar has reappeared and all of the windows have returned back to normalcy, click on the Start Button to verify if it is working. Hopefully, the Task Bar will work again. Thank you.

 

[chloe bain]

Same thing here but i never tryied holding it down and i thought i broke my laptop...i really hope this works tho:unhappysweat::unhappysweat::unhappysweat::unhappysweat:

 

[holdum333]

Hi Seems like there are several different fixes for this problem. I restored to a earlier time and that solved my issue! Hopefully MS will get all these bugs fixed for us soon.
In the mean time, we'll have to come up with our own solutions!! LOL! Four pages of good suggestions here on this thread. Surely you will find one that works for you!
Happy computering.:wink:

 

[Erika T]

Re: Startmenu and taskbar not working in windows 10

Thank you so much Raheem for posting this quick fix. You are genius!

 

[terymo]

Re: Startmenu and taskbar not working in windows 10

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! It worked like a charm. You're brilliant!