How to fix an Inoperable Start Menu in Windows 10

Description: This article will show how to use Windows PowerShell to fix an issue that occurs when the start menu or taskbar does not respond to the mouse.

  1. Right click on the Start button and open Command Prompt (Admin).
    Windows menu
  2. Type powershell and press enter.
    command prompt window
  3. The title of the command prompt will now be Administrator: Command Prompt - powershell. Paste the following command by right clicking in the window:

    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
    PowerShell command
  4. Press Enter and allow the command to complete.
  5. Restart the computer.

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