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Windows 10 Problem: Start Menu & Cortana Not Working

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Restart Your Computer 

It’s the easiest method.

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Try restarting your PC, maybe even a couple of times, and see if that cures the problem.

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Obviously you don’t want to do this regularly, but if it works, then you’ll be off and running within a few minutes.

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Create a new user profile 

To do this you’ll need to press Win+R then type in control panel.

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Now select User Accounts

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Change Account Type

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Add New User in PC Settings.

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Create a new user profile 

You’ll see a couple of options that that allow you to add users to either your Family or just General use.

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Set one of these up and see if that solves the problem.

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Don’t delete your original ID though, as you’ll want that once the bug has been patched.

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Use the Command Line 

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Go to the Start menu button Right click to open the contextual menu.

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Use the Command Line 

In The Long List Option , one is Command Prompt (Admin).

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Select this and you’ll see the terminal window appear.

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Enter the word powershell

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Use the Command Line ď ˝

press enter and then copy and paste in the following command

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Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$ ($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

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Use the Command Line 

Press enter, the process will run.

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Don't be put off by the red error messages which might appear.

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Use the Command Line 

This is normal, process has finished you’ll see the prompt appear at the bottom of the panel.

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Close the window and hopefully your Start menu and Cortana will be fully operational.

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Thank You

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