Since the new operating system in the form of “ten” was initially quite crude, many users who installed it encountered the problem that the Windows 10 Start button sometimes does not work. What are the causes of this phenomenon and how to deal with such a problem now and will reviewed.
Why does the start button not work (Windows 10)?
It is believed that there can be a lot of reasons for the appearance of such a problem, however, two of the main ones can be distinguished: a pirated assembly (if the system image was not downloaded from the official Microsoft website or the installation was made from another source) and registry errors.
As for the second reason, there is nothing surprising in this, because the “ten” is initially, in essence, installed on top of the old system as an update and, as a result, inherits all the errors that existed before, without fixing them. Therefore, the so-called “clean” installation of the system after the initial update may be the first and most effective solution. However, what if the user wants to keep the applications running, but still there is a situation where the Windows 10 Start button is not pressed? To solve this problem, you can use several basic methods.
Start button does not work (Windows 10): scan and restore the system
Let's see exactly when the failure occurred. If this happened already some time after the installation of the “tens”, you can try to perform the usual procedure for restoring (rolling back) the system from a checkpoint.
However, it is recommended that you first check the files for integrity or damage. This is done by calling the command line from the Run menu (Win + R) with cmd, after which the sfc / scannow parameter is entered.
Correcting the situation with PowerShell
If even after such a procedure the Windows 10 Start button is not pressed, you can try to correct the situation by executing a specific script.
To do this, you will need to enter the “Task Manager” (combination Ctrl + Alt + Del or the taskmgr command), where you need to select the item for creating a new task in the file menu and enter PowerShell in the box that appears (you must check the box next to the setting line “ Task as administrator ”).
Now you should maintain a special code (as shown in the example) and wait until its execution ends. Error messages may appear along the way, 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.
Change registry settings
But this is not all solutions. In principle, if the problem again arises that the Windows 10 Start button does not work, you can also use the registry editing, however, inexperienced users should be extremely careful, because when you perform some incorrect actions or accidentally delete keys and entries, it may a complete system failure occurs.
So, we pre-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, you need to go through the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch, then Software, then Microsoft, and then through the Windows tree to the CurrentVersion section, then into Explorer and go to Advanced settings, where in the right window you will need to create a new 32-bit DWORD parameter with naming EnableXAMLStartMenu. By default, it will be assigned the value “0”. Please note that if such a parameter already exists, its value must be changed to exactly zero, even if "0" is already set. After that, close the registry and reboot the system. In theory, everything will work.
However, you can do much easier by using the “Run” button in the same menu to enter an automated command, and then simply click the “OK” button. This is a command starting with REG ADD, followed by the sequence shown in the picture. Changes will be made automatically. Again, a reboot of the computer system will be required.
Change the appearance of the Start button
Many users of the “tens” have increasingly begun to wonder how to change the “Start” button in Windows 10. The fact is that the appearance of the button itself, that is, the displayed icon, cannot be changed by the system’s own means. In the personalization settings, you can only apply changing the menu parameters in terms of displaying icons, applications, color gamut, themes, quick transition to the main screen, increasing or decreasing the size of individual components (tiles) or a window of an opened interface, etc.
You can change the button itself only with the help of specialized utilities, for example, Classic Shell, which allows you to bring not only the menu to a classic look, but also change the icon of the button itself. True, how much is it advisable to do so that the utility constantly "hangs" in RAM, everyone decides for himself.
Total
In conclusion, it remains to say that the problems with the Start button, as is already clear, can be eliminated quite simply. But, as mentioned earlier, in the case of editing the system registry, one must be extremely careful not to cause irreparable damage to the system.