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Start button and search button of the taskbar not working.

Anonymous
2020-10-02T13:57:45+00:00

My PC start and search button of the taskbar is not functioning. Whenever I clicked on start and search button, nothing happens, there is no start menu and no search dialogue box on clicking those buttons. However, when I hover on the start and search buttons, they display 'start' and 'type here to search'. Cortana is functional for now.

My start button stopped functioning 2-3 days prior of search button stopped functioning.  I tried to open start menu by pressing on windows key in keyboard but it didn't work out. However, windows key is functional when working for other short cut functions such as windows key+ r, to open 'run' dialogue box. 

Another thing is, my pc produces unusual  'beep' sound when I press windows, ctrl, alt and shift keys. This existed even before the start and search buttons stopped functioning and still persists.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Cortana and search

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John DeV 164.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2020-10-02T14:07:22+00:00

Hello AnishChhetri,

I'm John an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you. I'll be happy to assist you today. I understand you have a problem with start menu and search button not working. When was the last time your system was working properly?

Kindly try the suggested methods below.

**Restart Windows Explorer

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.

Select the Processes tab.

Scroll down and look for Windows Explorer

Right click then select Restart.

**Please try to run SFC and DISM to check for any system errors and corrupted files.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/402652...

After that, Restart your PC

Note: You can run Command prompt as administrator by doing this.

Press Windows key+R to open Run then type: cmd

Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to run as administrator

Proceed with the commands on the link.

**Repair all Windows apps via Powershell

Windows key+X then select Windows Powershell (Admin)

copy paste the below command one at a time then press Enter. Please ignore the red errors and let the process complete.

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register "$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

Restart your Computer

**Regarding the unusual beep sound, Please try this if it helps.

Press Windows key+I to open Settings

Select Ease of Access then Keyboard

Turn off Sticky keys, Toggle keys and Filter keys

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any further concerns.

Sincerely

John DeV

Independent Advisor

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  1. John DeV 164.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-10-12T17:30:16+00:00

    Hello AnishChhetri,

    Great, I am happy that worked. You're most welcome. Stay safe and have a great day!

    Sincerely,

    John DeV

    Independent Advisor

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-12T16:59:53+00:00

    I don't remember exactly, but it was about 2 weeks ago, my start and search buttons were functioning well. 

    I really want to thank you for the quick response and support. All thanks to you, my pc is running smoothly now. 

    Once again, thank you very much. Hope to get similar support in future as well.

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