#Repairing windows 10 start menu password
#Repairing windows 10 start menu Pc

Pinning down the app responsible for the mess can take a while, so there is a convenient command in Windows that lets you reinstall every Windows app simultaneously. Windows apps may have nice features like SkypeвЂ™s mini-window that lets you talk to people while getting on with other stuff, but theyвЂ™ve been known to bug out Windows from time to time. To transfer your settings and apps over to the new account, log back in to your old account, then go to вЂњControl Panel -> System -> Advanced system settings.вЂќ Click the вЂњAdvancedвЂќ tab, then under вЂњUser ProfilesвЂќ click вЂњSettings.вЂќ Select your newly created account from the list and click вЂњCopy To.вЂќ If the Start menu is showing, youвЂ™re in business. Tick the checkbox to make it an administrator account, then click вЂњOK.вЂќ

Into the box, where вЂњyournameвЂќ is what you want to name the account, and вЂњyourpasswordвЂќ is the password you want for the account.

As youвЂ™ll discover in the next fix, your Start menu not working could be connected to your Windows account, oddly, so separating your account from your PC startup process can help. Go to вЂњSettings -> Accounts -> Sign-inвЂќ options then scroll down to вЂњPrivacyвЂќ and switch the вЂњUse my sign-in infoвЂ¦вЂќ slider to вЂњOffвЂќ. If youвЂ™ve noticed a pattern of your Start Menu misbehaving each time you have a Windows Update, or simply when you restart your PC, then a couple of people have suggested that this could be the solution.

Reboot your PC, and your Start menu should be up and running again.

To run the Application Identity Service, press Win + R, type services.msc into the box, then in the Services windows right-click Application Identity and click Start. For the most part you donвЂ™t need to touch this, as it generally knows whatвЂ™s right for your PC, but forcing it to run when youвЂ™re experiencing the Start menu problem can help fix them. The Application Identity Service in Windows 10 uses a service called Applocker to decide which applications are and arenвЂ™t allowed to run on your PC. Next, click вЂњMore detailsвЂќ if youвЂ™re in the simple view, then under the вЂњProcessesвЂќ tab scroll down to вЂњWindows Explorer,вЂќ right-click it and click вЂњRestart.вЂќ Press Ctrl + Shift + Escape on your keyboard to open the Task Manager. The next simplest thing to try is restarting the Windows Explorer process which is responsible for the Start menu, among plenty of other things, on Windows 10. Double-click вЂњStartвЂќ in the right-hand pane and change the вЂњValueвЂќ here to 4.

#Repairing windows 10 start menu password

#Repairing windows 10 start menu Pc