The Windows Start button does not work: what should I do?

Because the new operating system in the form of"Tens" was initially quite raw, many users who installed it, faced with the problem that sometimes the Windows "Start" button does not work. 10. What are the reasons for this phenomenon and how to deal with such a problem will now be considered.

Why does not the Start button work (Windows 10)?

It is believed that the reasons for the appearance of such athere may be a lot of problems, but among all there are two main ones: a pirated assembly (if the system image was not downloaded from the official Microsoft site or the installation was from another source) and system registry errors.

As for the second reason, nothing surprisingThis is not true, because the "dozen" is initially, in essence, installed on top of the old system as an update and, as a consequence, inherits all the errors that existed before, without correcting them. Therefore, the first and most effective solution can be the so-called "clean" installation of the system after the initial update. However, what to do if the user wants to keep running applications, but still there is a situation when the "Start" button of Windows 10 is not pressed? To solve this problem, you can use several basic methods.

The "Start" button (Windows 10) does not work: system scan and restore

Let's see when exactly the failure occurred. If this happens after some time after installing the "dozens", you can try to perform the usual procedure of recovery (rollback) of the system from the control point.

However, it is recommended to makeCheck files for integrity or damage. This is done by calling the command line from the "Run" menu (Win + R) with the cmd combination, and then entering the sfc / scannow parameter.

Correcting the situation with PowerShell

If you do not press the Start button of Windows 10 after this procedure, you can try to fix the situation by running a certain script.

To do this, you need to log in to the "Task Manager"(Ctrl + Alt + Del combination or taskmgr command), where you need to select the item for creating a new task in the file menu and enter the PowerShell window that appears in the field (at the bottom you must tick the "Administration task" line).

Now you should keep a special code (likeshown in the example) and wait until the execution is completed. Along the way, you may receive error messages, but by and large you can simply ignore them. In many cases, the problem that the Windows 10 Start button does not work should disappear.

Changing system registry settings

But that's not all solutions. In principle, if the problem arises again that the Windows Start button does not work Windows 10, you can use the registry editing, however, inexperienced users should be extremely cautious, because when doing some incorrect actions or accidentally deleting keys and records, in general, there will be a complete system failure.

So, we first check the system files,as described above. After that, we call the registry editor with the regedit command from the "Run" menu. In the editor itself, go through the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch, then go to Software, then Microsoft, and then through the Windows tree to the CurrentVersion section, then into the Explorer and enter the Advanced settings, where in the right window you will create a new 32-bit DWORD parameter with by assigning the name EnableXAMLStartMenu. By default, it will be set to "0". Note that if such a parameter already exists, its value must be changed to zero, even if "0" is already set. After that, we close the registry and reboot the system. In theory, everything will work.

However, you can do much more easily usingin the same "Run" menu, enter the automated command, then simply press the "OK" button. This is the command that starts with the REG ADD, followed by the sequence indicated in the picture. Changes will be made automatically. Again, you will need to reboot the computer system.

Change the appearance of the Start button

Many users of the "dozens" have increasingly startedto wonder how to change the "Start" button in Windows 10. The fact is that the appearance of the button itself, that is, of the displayed icon, can not be changed by the system's own means. In the personalization settings, you can only change the menu options in terms of icons, applications, color, theme, quick jump to the main screen, increase or decrease the size of individual components (tiles) or the window of the opened interface, etc.

Change the button itself is only possible with the help ofspecialized utilities, for example, Classic Shell, which allows you to bring not only the menu to the classic view, but also to change the icon of the button itself. However, as far as it is practical to do, so that the utility constantly "hung" in the RAM, everyone decides for himself.

The result

In conclusion, it remains to be said that the problems withthe "Start" button, as already understood, is eliminated quite simply. But, as mentioned earlier, in the case of editing the registry, you must be extremely careful not to cause irreparable damage to the system.