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I cannot left click my Start Button, only a right click works, but does not give the same
results.

Lilpapei, Oct 16, 2015 #1

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Troubleshooting suggestion only......

Run a system le check to look for corrupt les. It will try to do repair if any found.
If necessary, run a dism image health restore afterwards.

Right click at Start button > select Command Prompt (Admin) > at the ashing
prompt, copy/paste this.....

davidhk129 sfc /scannow

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Likes Received: 179 It will take quite sometime. When nished, it will give you one of the 3 reports :
(paraphrasing )

1. No integrity violation.
2. Found corrupt les and repair successfully.
3. Found corrupt les but unable to repair.
 If report is #1. Your solution lies elsewhere.
IF report is #2, go see if everything is now working ok.
If report is #3, please do the following........

Right click at Start button > select Command Prompt (Admin) > at the ashing
prompt, copy/paste this.....

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

> press Enter.

Again, it will take some time. When nished it will give you a report.
If it says operation successful, go see if everything is now working ok.
davidhk129, Oct 16, 2015 #2

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I received #1 - No integrity violations and then ran the second command by accident
and it completed successfully as well... Restarted machine and same problem with
the Start Up button...

At the same time that I noticed the Startup Button problem, I also noticed that the
File Manager icon had a big red X on it... Any attempt at left or right clicking this icon
causes it to disappear... Right clicking it will take you to the This PC screen, icon
Lilpapei disappears, and left clicking does nothing and causes the icon disappear...
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Messages: 8 Third problem involves the Action Center icon... Hovering over it, it tells me I have
Likes Received: 2 new messages, left clicking it does nothing, right clicking it gives me two prompts,
Open Action Center and Turn on quiet hours... Clicking Open Action Center does
nothing, but I can turn on the quiet hours...

As I'm typing this I'm thinking that I should check my mouse setting, lol... Will do and
if you have any ideas or questions, you know where I'm at!!! Thank You!!!

Lilpapei, Oct 16, 2015 #3

Have you tried substituting another wired (USB) mouse into the equation, just to test
if the issue is your pointing device?

Trouble, Oct 16, 2015 #4

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This is a wireless Logitech mouse and works ne everywhere else, including here...
But I will try a di erent, hard wired, mouse... And this mouse worked ne up to
around the rst of the month when I rst noticed these problems...

Lilpapei, Oct 16, 2015 #5

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OK, I understand.
Just trying to troubleshoot a bit.
A problematic pointing device can cause some bizzare issues, so I'm just suggesting a
place to start.
It seems especially true with Windows 10 an any number of various wireless dongles
and associated devices.

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Lilpapei said:

I received #1 - No integrity violations and then ran the second command by

accident and it completed successfully as well... Restarted machine and same
problem with the Start Up button...

At the same time that I noticed the Startup Button problem, I also noticed that
davidhk129 the File Manager icon had a big red X on it... Any attempt at left or right clicking
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this icon causes it to disappear... Right clicking it will take you to the This PC
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screen, icon disappears, and left clicking does nothing and causes the icon
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Give this a try.................................

 Right click at Start button > select Command Prompt (Admin) > type powershell >
press Enter > wait a bit until you see....
PS C:\windows\system32>

At the ashing prompt, copy and paste this( please use Copy and paste to avoid typo)
............

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode

-Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

> press Enter.

Ignore any error in red.

When nished, try Start button again.

davidhk129, Oct 17, 2015 #7

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davidhk129 said:

Give this a try.................................

Right click at Start button > select Command Prompt (Admin) > type powershell >
press Enter > wait a bit until you see....
PS C:\windows\system32>
Lilpapei

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At the ashing prompt, copy and paste this( please use Copy and paste to avoid
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typo) ............ Click to expand...
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davidhk129 said:

Give this a try.................................

Right click at Start button > select Command Prompt (Admin) > type powershell >
press Enter > wait a bit until you see....
PS C:\windows\system32>

At the ashing prompt, copy and paste this( please use Copy and paste to avoid
typo) ............ Click to expand...

Dave, that worked!!! Start Button and Action Center icon are now working they way
they did previously... File Manager icon does not show up anymore which I assume is
normal, being that I suppose it only shows up when it has a red X on it... Everything
seems Hunky Dory again and I thank you for that x!!!
Lilpapei, Oct 17, 2015 #8

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Lilpapei said:
 Dave, that worked!!! Start Button and Action Center icon are now working they
way they did previously... File Manager icon does not show up anymore which I
assume is normal, being that I suppose it only shows up when it has a red X on
it... Everything seems Hunky Dory again and I thank you for that x!!!

Lilpapei Btw, I didn't receive any red messages when running that command, but I did run it a
few times... Thanks again, and if I need to rate you anywhere, let me know where!!!
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Lilpapei said:

File Manager icon does not show up anymore which I assume is normal

First, you are welcome.

Second, "File Manager icon does not show up anymore which I assume is normal"......
if you meant File Explorer at the taskbar, no it is not normal. It should be there by
davidhk129
default.
Joined: Nov 20, 2013 You can put it back to taskbar by........
Messages: 2,092 at the search bar next to Start, type le explorer > right click at File Explorer at the
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click Pin to Taskbar.

davidhk129, Oct 17, 2015 #10

Lilpapei said:

Thanks again, and if I need to rate you anywhere, let me know where!!!

Well it is not necessary. We do not have rating system like other forums. Tha's good.
The only thing other than marking the thread as Solved which you already did is to
click the blue word Like at bottom right of one of my replies. But it is not neccessary.
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I have the same problem on my Dell desktop. I tried the last suggestion and it didn't
work for me.

GlennL, Dec 7, 2015 #12

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 Lilpapei said:

I cannot left click my Start Button, only a right click works, but does not give the
same results.

My sister and I had the same issue. I spent hours online looking for ways to x it and
nothing helped. My sister found a way that worked for both of us (her using pc, me
Trista
using a laptop), Now, I know this isn't the best thing to do for a computer but I
Joined: Jan 3, 2016 couldn't get to certain programs so I gave it a try, even though it sounded idiotic and
Messages: 5 like it wouldn't work. While it's logged in to a user, pull the plug and cut o power. In
Likes Received: 4 other words, hard crash it. If you're using a laptop, unplug it and pull the battery
while it's running. Our issues were alittle di erent, she couldn't left click anything and
certain parts of her system were glitching out. For me, I just couldn't use left click for
the start menu or anything on the right of the taskbar. But this solution worked for
both of us. I'm glad she told me before I backed all my data up and tried to make a
new administrative account cause it saved me a ton of time and frustration. Like I
said, I know hard crashing a computer/laptop isn't good for it, but it did work. Give it
a try if you want, maybe it'll work for you too.
Trista, Jan 3, 2016 #13

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davidhk129 said:

Give this a try.................................

Right click at Start button > select Command Prompt (Admin) > type powershell >
press Enter > wait a bit until you see....
PS C:\windows\system32>
jaydoubleyou

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At the ashing prompt, copy and paste this( please use Copy and paste to avoid
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typo) ............ Click to expand...
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hi I tried this solution as same thing happened to me, it worked but now the store
doesn't work when I click on it it comes up in a blue screen then goes o , do you
have any idea why?

thanks in advance
jaydoubleyou, Feb 12, 2016 #14

I just tested this on the very latest Insider preview version of Windows 10 14257.1000
so I'm relatively con dent that it should work on downlevel versions.
What I did, was I used this little portable application to remove the "Store" app.
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/10appsmanager-windows-10
Worked as advertised..... Store app gone.
Then I rebooted and double checked and the store app was still gone. I'm not sure
that a reboot is required but for those Apps that are an integral part of Windows 10, I
Trouble think it's a pretty good idea.
Noob Whisperer
Moderator Anyhow, after the reboot, I clicked the start button and typed powershell, right
Joined: Nov 19, 2013 clicked Windows PowerShell at the top of the list and chose, "Run as Administrator".
Messages: 10,602 In the power shell window I typed
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Location: Code (Text):
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U.S.A. Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMod

I recommend you copy (Ctrl +C) and paste (Ctrl +V) into the admin powershell
window.
Hit enter
watch for errors. I think I got 3 total, referencing .NET framework newer version
installed or something similar other than that it seemed to work ne.
Went to the All Apps menu and found the Store app and launched it and it seemed to
be ne.
Rebooted to con rm and it still worked ne.
Trouble, Feb 12, 2016 #15

Always try the simplest xes rst. I'm glad I did before attempting the mind-numbing
convoluted solutions people love to come up with on forums like these. Among all
the responses I found on the Internet, the simplest was this: Uninstall anti-virus,
restart the computer, and reinstall the anti-virus. Success.

Just so you know, I had Windows 10 on my laptop for a few months and then all of a
sudden the left-click didn't work on my Start button and on other icons in the system
MaxUnderwood tray. By hovering over the Start button using my mouse with one hand, and then left-
Joined: Mar 20, 2016 clicking using the laptop touchpad with my other hand, I was able to open the
Messages: 4 Control Panel and connect to the Internet. Then, I went to PandaSecurity.com,
Likes Received: 0 scrolled to the bottom of their home page, and in the footer, clicked "Free Antivirus
2016," followed the links to the download, and downloaded the totally free program
to my hard drive.

I then went back to the Control Panel and uninstalled the free copy of Panda
Antivirus that I already had on my laptop (to which I have a large-screen monitor,
keyboard, and mouse hooked up). I also made sure that no other antivirus programs
were still on my machine, like my expired copy of Norton 360. When I restarted my
computer, my mouse worked just ne. I hopped back on the Internet and reinstalled
Panda Antivirus from my newly downloaded copy, and that was a success, too, and
my mouse still worked ne. I ran the Panda program, selecting to scan only the
critical areas, and in a few minutes it scanned 73,000 les, and deleted a cookie.
Mouse still worked ne. To make sure, I shut down my computer. Waited a minute.
Started it back up. Everything ne.

Again, always try the simplest xes rst.

MaxUnderwood, Mar 20, 2016 #16

Trista said:

My sister and I had the same issue. I spent hours online looking for ways to x it
and nothing helped. My sister found a way that worked for both of us (her using
pc, me using a laptop), Now, I know this isn't the best thing to do for a computer
but I couldn't get to certain programs so I gave it a try, even though it sounded
 idiotic and like it wouldn't work. While it's logged in to a user, pull the plug and cut
gwizzer
o power. In other words, hard crash it. If you're using a laptop, unplug it and pull
Joined: Apr 3, 2016 the battery while it's running. Our issues were alittle di erent, she couldn't left
Messages: 2 click anything and certain parts ofClick
her to
system were glitching out For me I just
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Hey Trista, thanks a bunch. I had same issue: tried all the above and nothing worked.
Hard crash xed my Dell laptop (knowing I chanced doing a complete crash). left click
on Start button now works. Gwizzer

gwizzer, Apr 3, 2016 #17

Hey Trista, thanks a bunch. I had same issue: tried all the above and nothing
worked. Hard crash xed my Dell laptop (knowing I chanced doing a complete
crash). left click on Start button now works. Gwizzer

gwizzer, Apr 3, 2016 #18

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How long

davidhk129 said:

Give this a try.................................

Right click at Start button > select Command Prompt (Admin) > type powershell >
RFM press Enter > wait a bit until you see....
PS C:\windows\system32>
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At the ashing prompt, copy and paste this( please use Copy and paste to avoid
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typo) ............ Click to expand...

------------------------------
How long does this take? I have is a greenish box saying Deployment Operation .....
and blinking hyphen below the box after about an hour. I can't tell if this working or
not. I have the same issues related by other users.

RFM, Apr 10, 2016 #19

Lilpapei said:

I cannot left click my Start Button, only a right click works, but does not give the
same results.

salut, my problem is that in one pro le the start button works and the other pro le it
doesnt. what can i do?
Nyerere Jean
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