Beware - Windows 10 - Broken Windows Start Key functionality.
Normally, the Start button on the lower left corner of the Desktop, when pressed, will bring up a list of apps, and some tiles.
When this problem hits (out of nowhere), pressing (left clicking) the Windows Start button has no effect. Double click the Search bar next to it - still sort of works sometimes. Right-clicking the Start button reveals a text based list of thinks that you can do - including poweroff. So all is not lost, but it is very frustrating to see the normal functionality disappear. (see the image below to view the new text-based list of items when right click).
Solved - but don't know which of the following did the trick. Googling gave two solutions.
1 ) Open CMD prompt as Administrator and run: SFC /scannow
2) Open Powershell as Administrator and run the command shown in the webpage in the image below
3) Restart the PC
All is back to normal. I did all three in sequence. Don't really know if the restart at the end actually solves the problem or all three together.
Normally, the Start button on the lower left corner of the Desktop, when pressed, will bring up a list of apps, and some tiles.
When this problem hits (out of nowhere), pressing (left clicking) the Windows Start button has no effect. Double click the Search bar next to it - still sort of works sometimes. Right-clicking the Start button reveals a text based list of thinks that you can do - including poweroff. So all is not lost, but it is very frustrating to see the normal functionality disappear. (see the image below to view the new text-based list of items when right click).
Solved - but don't know which of the following did the trick. Googling gave two solutions.
1 ) Open CMD prompt as Administrator and run: SFC /scannow
2) Open Powershell as Administrator and run the command shown in the webpage in the image below
3) Restart the PC
All is back to normal. I did all three in sequence. Don't really know if the restart at the end actually solves the problem or all three together.
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