Missing Apple menu in Mavericks

My Apple menu in the upper left of the menu bar keeps disappearing. I searched and found this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5504706 which gives the solution of deleting the com.apple.systemuiserver.plist file. This works after restart, but then once I shutdown my MBP and then power it up later the Apple is missing again. Is this a common issue that will likely be addressed in an update in the future, or do I have a bad install of Mavericks? I have posted about a sliced and diced Apple graphic I get briefly during start up and have been having nothing but headaches with my Silverlight plug-in in the past week. It has been about a month since I upgraded to Mavericks and the Silverlight thing has just started within the last week so I'm inclined to think that isn't a Mavericks problem but either a Microsoft one or a Chrome one.

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Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
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Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, restart as usual (not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

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Missing apple menu

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1710992&tstart=0
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Hello out there,
since yesterday I have a kind of "Simplified" Apple menu, containing just the items "About this Mac", "Force Quit", "Sleeping Mode", "Logout <USER>" (Sorry, these are MY translations from German :-))
I don't know how that happend. But after a restart I was confronted with a "Simplified" Finder, without Icons on the desktop (which I deactivated via using the "Xupport"-Application) - But I don't know why and how the "Simlified" Finder. Now it is working fine again.
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Ansgar
Although I don't have this application I think you selected the option 'Simple Finder'. I think that this reduces the items in the Finder Menus to the absolute basic - as well as hiding the desktop icons. You should be able to get back the Apple menu items by deselecting this option. Of course you will also get back your desktop icons. If I'm correct it is up to you to choose which options in this program suit you best.
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System Preferences is still installed and available from the Applications folder, and I can restart or shutdown the system in other ways, but I'd sure like to get those items back on the menu.
I'm not what caused this, but I did some system maintenance including an iDefrag full defragmentation and some tweaking in Onyx. Can't say I know at which stage this happened, but the system seems to be behaving normally but for the missing items.
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As it turned out, restarting the system didn't help, but shutting down and starting again did. Not sure if there's a difference between a restart and a shutdown+start, but I know there is a slight difference between a warm boot and a cold boot on PC, so maybe there is.
Anyway, the problem solved without major surgery. This specific option of removing the System Preferences menu item isn't available in Onyx, though removing the Restart and Shutdown options are (which I did not select). So, I guess I'll chock this up to an anomaly.
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Bill,
Well, here's another angle to try:
Open System Preferences>accounts and create a new user account with no limitations.
Click on your account, and click the check box to automatically log in as the new user (perhaps you could leave this box unchecked, and just log in as the new user when the mac starts up).
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