
Is the system running the latest Feature and Cumulative Monthly update?.For issues where the Start menu or subcomponent isn't working, you can do some quick tests to narrow down where the issue may reside. When troubleshooting basic Start issues (and for the most part, all other Windows apps), there are a few things to check if they aren't working as expected. Other issues - Customization, domain policies, deployment issues.Clean boot may help identify if the issue is related to additional software. If a background application or service hangs, Start won't have resources to respond in time. These are the hardest issues to identify as there are few events logged, but behavior is typically intermittent or recovers with a reboot.


Performance issues - More common with older hardware, low-powered machines.Reset, restore from backup, or rollback to recover.

This failure is consistent and usually permanent.

Start failures can be organized into these categories: Try our Virtual Agent - It can help you quickly identify and fix common Start menu issues.
