Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

[Spork Schivago]

Hello,

I was integrating drivers in a Windows 7 installation disc using Dism. It takes a while so I just wrote a batch script and let it run all night. Needless to say, it seems our kitten was using the PC last night.

I suspect the start menu issue was from something she did. Now it looks like Windows 8 / 8.1 when we click the Windows square in the lower left hand corner. There's also a back button next to the Windows square in the lower left hand corner.

My wife seems to be really upset about this. Does anyone know how I can get it back to the normal one? The one that looks like 7? The way it was yesterday before I went to bed?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[chowder]

Re: Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

I've seen this on a friend's machine, in the end we copied the settings from a new user account because we couldn't figure out a better way of doing it. Windows 10 sucks.

Anyway:

1.) Create a new local admin account on the system
2.) Log off as you and on to the new account. The Start menu should look normal.
3.) Copy the data in "C:\Users\(new username)\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\" to "C:\Users\(usual username)\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\"
4.) Log off the account and back on to the original one, the Start menu should be fixed.
5.) Remove the account.

That's largely from memory, but I think that's how we did it. Hope it helps.

[Spork Schivago]

Re: Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

I figured it out. It was in what's called Tablet Mode. No idea how the kitten got it in Tablet Mode but unchecking it fixed the problem.

[Spork Schivago]

Re: Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

I've seen this on a friend's machine, in the end we copied the settings from a new user account because we couldn't figure out a better way of doing it. Windows 10 sucks.

Anyway:

1.) Create a new local admin account on the system
2.) Log off as you and on to the new account. The Start menu should look normal.
3.) Copy the data in "C:\Users\(new username)\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\" to "C:\Users\(usual username)\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\"
4.) Log off the account and back on to the original one, the Start menu should be fixed.
5.) Remove the account.

That's largely from memory, but I think that's how we did it. Hope it helps.

In case you run into the problem again, in the lower right hand corner, by the date / time, there's an icon that shows messages. Stuff like Updates were installed, restart now, or There's more than 3 programs running at startup. Disable some to make your PC run faster, etc.

If you click that, a window pops out from the side. At the bottom, there's a bunch of options. One says Tablet Mode. Click that to switch between the different modes.

[japlytic]

Re: Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

After a video driver upgrade (through Windows Update) on a Dell Studio 1555 after upgrading to Windows 10 (from a fresh Windows 7 install from its recovery image), the Start Menu stopped working; so I tried deleting the display adaptors from Device Manager, restarted, and problem fixed.

[Spork Schivago]

Re: Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

After a video driver upgrade (through Windows Update) on a Dell Studio 1555 after upgrading to Windows 10 (from a fresh Windows 7 install from its recovery image), the Start Menu stopped working; so I tried deleting the display adaptors from Device Manager, restarted, and problem fixed.

Did you try restarting with the new drivers installed? I know with 10, there have been problems with the Start Menu crashing. Usually, a reboot fixes it. If not, usually a Windows update fixes it. I know we had this problem many times before the 10 Service Release came out. That seemed to fix it.

[japlytic]

Re: Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

Did you try restarting with the new drivers installed? I know with 10, there have been problems with the Start Menu crashing. Usually, a reboot fixes it. If not, usually a Windows update fixes it. I know we had this problem many times before the 10 Service Release came out. That seemed to fix it.

After a required restart, the problem remained, and deleting the display adaptor device as mentioned with a restart fixed this problem.