Start Menu doesn't work since 10041

Question

Hello.
On build 10041, I was unable to access the modern Mail app. So I tried these instructions to fix it...
Open powershell as administrator
Run the command Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –like “*windowscommunicationsapps*”} | remove-appxprovisionedpackage
–online
Re-install Mail, People and Calendar from the Store (green tile)
After doing this, I noticed that I can no longer use the Start Menu. Nothing happens when I click it. I can't say for sure if the above commands broke the Start Menu or if it just broke with the build upgrade.
Since then, I have upgraded to 10049 and I still have no Start Menu.
When I log in as another user, the Start Menu works.
I know there is at least one other thread on this, but they seem to specify that it has to do with the built-in administartor account and it also has taskbar issues. I don't. Besides, the suggestions in that thread were not helpful to me.
ideas?
.pat

Answer 1

Hi,
For the start menu, have you tried to re-register it using administrative
Windows PowerShell? Copy the following and hit enter
Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml”)}
When the cmd is completely, you can close the PowerShell window and reboot the machine, check the result.
For corrupted user profile, you can take a look of this article:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-hk/windows/fix-corrupted-user-profile#1TC=windows-7
Regards
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