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I'm sure it's been asked before but I've yet to find an answer to my 2 issues though I suspect i know what happened. 1st: I'm unable to update to the latest version of 1607(patch KB3199209) I get the following error trying to manually update (0x80073712) 2nd: as stated in the title...

For those Windows 10 users who don't like the app list in the Start Menu, Microsoft has been listening. In the latest Insider Release (14942) there is now an option to turn the app list on or off. Then, once you have hid the Installed App list, you can toggle it on and off through the Start...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14942 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s new in Build 14942 Hide app list on Start: We are releasing a new feature that enables you to collapse the app list in the Start menu. This...

I had a BSOD yesterday , caused by ntfs.sys , the harddrives were checked by HD sentinel and are in excellent condition, I am using windows 10 pro , upgraded from win 8.1 pro on intel i5 3450 based pc . During first reboot, windows performed an auto disk check . When i booted into windows...

One thing that really annoys me is a bunch of items in the Windows Start Menu that I don't use or don't work. I tend to throw such items in a "General" folder and forget about them. However, some systemapps have entries in the start menu that seem to be hardwired - Connect Cortana Microsoft...

The Windows 10 update went fine expect when I open start menu my all programs are opened. Please tell me there's a way to minimize them.. Also the update deleted Ccleaner. lol wtf

How come everytime I boot up my pc my start menu doesn't work as well as my windows keys?

There are four desktop icons including the Start Menu (open) that will not move, do not function, I ran a scan, I believe it was scannow and that shows file corrupt I am able to use the laptop but these icons need to go, I created another Recycle Bin that functions and I am able to open...

Hi My friend called and his apps and start button don't work. I had him run SFC /scannow and that didn't find anything. The next solution was to reinstall all the apps. He is trying to do this through the command prompt by running. Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage...

If your Windows 10 Start Menu gets all screwy, try this fix before rebooting. read more Continue reading...

I want to redirect where My Documents takes me. I'm told I have to click Start button then click username. But there doesn't seem to be any username there. Help please.

Hello, In windows 10 bulid 10586.164 (stable version) I can't access the start-menu or I can't open the search bar. Could someone help me how to solve this problem?

i dragged out my Microsoft word icon into the desktop from my start menu tile board. I thought i'd be able to drag it back in but... no. how can i relocate my icon/program into the start menu back with all the neatly organized Microsoft office programs?

I have a Dell Inspiron N5050 that has been upgraded to windows 10. I doesnt work properly. (It suffers from the black screen on boot issue where you have to close and open the lid to get the display to show, plus the desktop continuous flicker/refreshing issue, plus the start menu will not show...

Hi guys, I recently updated my Windows 10 to the November update( ver 1511,10586),and I found that the "Pin to Start menu" and "Resize" tabs are not working.When I right click on any app,I only found the "More" tab only to be functional. When I went into Settings,I found this(picture attached...

Hi I know this has been raised in the past but my system just started getting the: "CRITICAL ERROR - Start menu has stopped working .........." I know a lot of previous posts on this go back to last year and further but this has just started on my Win 10 system this month (March 2016). I've...

Windows 10 comes on a variety of form factors, which means so do your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps. It’s important to make sure that your app looks great on whatever device the users are tapping, typing, or clicking on—even when it’s not open. One of the core experiences on Windows are...

Recently I had a bad Windows 10 computer crash. The PC totally locked up, and the only thing I could do was power it down and power it back up. The first thing I noticed was that my entire Windows Live Mail database was gone - not a single message of the thousands that should have been there was...

The infamous Windows Start Menu problem is now much chronicled. A page from BT has given 4 comprehensive solutions (I cannot post anything with link, as it is my first post here on this forum). Ironical to know that it is not Microsoft but BT which has done this service to MS customers. Now...

Ok, I have a windows 10 PC problem. Its either malware or a virus or whatever else there is. Antivirus didn't catch it. It wont let you open your start menu or search with cortana. After a while even the mouse stops working. I tried to press shift then restart from the login to do a system...