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I do have "Classic Shell" 4.2.4 installed on Windows 10 x64 PC; also I do have latest "AeroGlass" utility running (for the borders/captions transparency).

Classic start menu works fine after reboot/re-login but after few successful tries, standard Win10 "metro-style" menu shortcut (at the top of "Classic start menu", pointed to "C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicStartMenu.exe -togglenew") stops working: Win10 menu blinks for a short time but immediately disappear.

It's kinda unuseful and annoying: I should use PowerShell to uninstall store apps.

Could you please fix the bug? I'll be glad to provide you logs or other useful information.

Thanks a lot!

P.S. I already donated to your project; I'm using classic shell on 4 PC's (3 on Win8.1, 1 - Win10) and it works perfect on Win8, no issues or bugs at all.

What if you Shift+click on the start button? Does it not work? You can also right-click on the start button and select Exit. This will quit the Classic Shell menu. If the Windows 10 menu continues to not work then the problem is not related to Classic Shell.

Have you by any chance uninstalled Cortana? That is one known cause for the Windows 10 Start Menu to stop working.

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I disabled (but not uninstalled) Cortana, yes. But what I also did:
- uninstalled completely "Classic Start Menu" by using your standalone utility (also removed all registry entries)
- rebooted my PC
- standard Win10 start menu started working
- installed latest Classic Start menu

Standard Start screen worked fine for a few times, than stopped working (as before).

I've disabled Cortana by following this instruction ; could you tell me, how to re-enable/re-install Cortana?

Does exiting the start menu fix the Windows 10 start menu? Does a direct Shift+click on the button open the Windows 10 start menu, without going through the shortcut?
Basically I'm trying to understand if the problem is the shortcut to the menu, the way Classic Shell activates the menu, or a problem with the menu itself.

Ivo, shift+click works only if shortcut is works. But I can't really figure out when it stops working - it's really annoying

What about right click on Start button -> Exit. Then does clicking Start button open the Windows 10 menu? If not, then it's not related to Classic Shell. It's because of some trick you used to disable Cortana.

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OK, probably you right. Now I uninstalled "Classic Start menu" and rebooted PC; will check about half an hour PC behavior and let you know (in this topic).


[UPDATE] Yes, you was right - it's 100% not a Classic Shell but disabled Cortana issue, sorry for disturbing you guys! Now I need to figure out how to restore damn Cortana.

I don't want to open new topic but I do have a small feature request to you.
Could you please add an option "Uninstall" to the context menu handler for the store apps? Actually, it's the only one feature what I need from stupid MS "bug-menu"

Hi @all,

I have the same problem. Win 10 Start menu does not open (after a while). Initially, or after a restart of Classic Shell, it opens.

Pls. see my settings below:



I have disabled Cortana, but (I think) did not uninstall it.

Windows 10 Start Menu opens normally if Classic Shell is not runnning.

Cheers
David.P

Which build of Windows 10 are you running?

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Hi,

I'm running Win10 Pro 64bit.

Windows 10 has many different builds. To find the build you are running, see this: http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-find-the ... e-running/

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Ah, I see. Build is as follows:

Version 1511 (Build 10586.420)

OK wait for a month. Classic Shell's next release has some fixes for opening the Windows 10 Start Menu. It should also offer compatibility with the final build of Windows 10 Redstone 1 (Version 1607).

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