Akshay Waghray On October 18, 2017, 6:04 pm

Start Menu broken for some users after upgrading to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Microsoft as promised pushed out the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to all users yesterday. The users who upgraded to the latest version of the OS manually via the Update Assistant have now complained that the Start Menu is longer working or broken.

There have been various complaints being reported on Microsoft community forum’s that the Start Menu has been broken after installing the Fall Creators Update. Users who have installed are now complaining that they are not able to Pin or Unpin applications.

One of the user complained that the apps are no longer included in the Start Menu in spite of them being installed on the system. The apps can’t be pinned from the taskbar or start menu after the upgrade.

There has been no update if Microsoft is working on any fix for the Broken Start Menu and we are tracking the news and will update the article once Microsoft releases a fix for the Start Menu/Task bar issue.

We @ Windows Latest request our users not to install the Fall Creators Update manually to avoid any such issues and instead wait for the update to hit your devices, since the roll out is gradual and you should receive the update in the coming weeks. Do let us know if any of our users are experiencing a Broken Start Menu in the comments below.

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Akshay Waghray: Akshay Waghray, who holds a degree in Computer Science, was a former technology news reporter for Windows Latest and his area of expertise include Windows. Articles contributed by Akshay have been referred by big publications such as TechRadar, XDA Developers, Future Inc, Purge, and others over the years. At Windows Latest, Akshay has written and edited thousands of articles using his decades long experience with Windows Server and Windows Update for Business.

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gameshoes says:

October 19, 2017 at 12:22 am

I've got the Start Bar bug and it's hyper annoying. I can open the Start Menu by mashing left, and right click on the icon. Windows Key does nothing. Can't do anything with Cortana. Can't open up pinned programs on the Start Bar. It's always on top, even during fullscreen games... Yeah, I ain't liking it.
- SNICOL Photos says:
  
  October 19, 2017 at 5:13 am
  
  I created a new admin account, signed out of my current account, signed into the new one then logged out and back into my normal account and the bug went away... until I rebooted. Now, signing out and back in again resets the bug for a bit. Still very annoying but better than before and worth a try. Also, I find its not so much mashing the buttons as doing left click then right very quickly once as if you wanted to open the start menu but changed your mind at the last second and went for the context menu instead.
  
  in my case, I find it more problematic that thinks like EDGE brpwser and anything that uses that interface (like the system settings panels!) aren't working problem - that really hinders troubleshooting!