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    Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

    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.
    -- Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full
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    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.

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      #3
      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.
      -- Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full

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        Re: Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

        Originally posted by chowder View Post
        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.
        -- Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full

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          #5
          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.
          Last edited by japlytic; 02-28-2016, 12:40 AM. Reason: Minor typing error
          My first choice in quality Japanese electrolytics is Nippon Chemi-Con, which has been in business since 1931... the quality of electronics is dependent on the quality of the electrolytics.

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            Re: Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

            Originally posted by japlytic View Post
            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.
            -- Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full

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              Re: Messed up start menu in Windows 10.

              Originally posted by Spork Schivago View Post
              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.
              My first choice in quality Japanese electrolytics is Nippon Chemi-Con, which has been in business since 1931... the quality of electronics is dependent on the quality of the electrolytics.

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