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Hi A friend just called my and said that when he boots his computer, he gets this message every time. "Critical Error, Can't load Cortana and Start Menu? It then tells him that he needs to log out to fix the problem. When he says OK it logs him out and then reloads, from that point on it...

The shortcuts of the installed games and programs for Microsoft Store does not show in the start app list anymore. I should restart pc to see em. What should I do?

Hi everyone, Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10547 to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring. As usual, this build includes bug fixes and improvements over Build 10532 and also includes some new things for you to try and send us feedback on what you see. Here’s what’s new in...

Hi guys, First of all, let me say that I am a very tech savy person. I've been using windows since the 90s, used almost build computers, and code websites.. so most of the 'basic' trouble shooting I have done already. I have spent hours trying to find fixes for these problems. I have a 2012...

Here is a little more background on the update that delivered a Windows 10 style Start Menu to Windows RT 8.1 systems. read more Continue reading...

So been working on this all morning. My Start Menu is toast. Causes critical re login error. Re login does nothing... Bing and store apps are gone from taskbar Speaker volume does NOT work Notifications are unresponsive Cortana causes critical error as well Ran Powershell fix as...

Hi I'm trying to pin a Sound Control Panel link to my task bar. I can create a link on my desktop but it won't let my drag it to the task bar. I want to do this so that it's visible when I have some music and video apps open because I have to switch my sound back and forth from my Desktop...

Apparently, I have yet another problem with Windows 10. I noticed today on my laptop that that when I right click on an application from the start menu there are options such as Pin to Start, Pin to Taskbar, Uninstall, Run as Administrator and Open File Location. However, when I right click on...

When i pressed both of the mouse buttons at the same time in windows 8.1 it would open a new tab in chrome. when i do this in windows 10 it will sometimes open a new tab, but most of the time it launches the start menu. how do i get it to stop launching the menu?

I was running Windows7 on a Dell Inspiron Laptop. Was sent a link to upgrade to Windows 10. I clicked on this link and started to upgrade to Windows 10. Everything seemed to be working right. During the process there were message on screen saying stuff like it's just about done, it shouldn't be...

We have five free registration codes for Stardock's Start10 a Start Menu replacement for Windows 10. Want a chance to win one of them? read more Continue reading...

Anybody else notice the Start Menu is open when the Windows 10 system resumes from sleep? At first I thought maybe the mouse was left over the Start Button which was opening the menu, but that does not appear to be the case. I suppose this is designed as part of the Revenue Stream Microsoft is...

Good day, community! One day I tried Groove to find my music and assigned it to search on :C, which gave me over 7k titles. So when I tried to change where it should search again, nothing happened, after which I decided to restart the pc to see if anything has changed. It has indeed. After the...

If you upgraded from Windows 8.1 and miss the old style Start screen you can enable it in Windows 10. Open the Start menu and click settings. Open the Personalisation tab: Look down the left hand side for 'Start' and click that. You'll then see some options relating to the Start menu and...

Make the Windows 10 Start menu your own by altering what is viewable in the quick-folder list. read more Continue reading...

When I log on as the second user on my windows 10 laptop nothing works. I cannot click the start menu. I cannot right click anywhere. The first user works fine. The second is an administrator also as standard users cannot log on at all. Any ideas?

I upgraded from Windows 7 Home Premium to windows 10 but i have noticed i can no longer use the start menu. Also if i right click on any file in a folder or on desktop everything freezes. When i access the task manager that also freezes with a not responding in brackets at the top. How can i get...

I am quite happy with windows 10 except for one thing. When I click on the little windows start menu icon the cursor just goes round and round and the start menu doesn't open up. When I right click on it I get the normal desktop list. Is there something I need to change to be able to get the...

I have a problem in that Windows 10 is not working for me, and I am trying to roll back to Windows 7. One of the difficulties is a non functioning Start Menu. So how to I get to Settings and then Update and Security etc to begin the roll back process to Windows 7?