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Start Menu

Forum discussion tagged with Start Menu.
  1. moonfang158

    Do I uninstall Pokki?

    It doesn't appear in my Programs and Features, and I can find it under my files for local but when I click the uninstall application in the folder it says "Uninstalling pokki will uninstall windows start menu". So should I uninstall it or no? It also uses 100% of my disk sometimes.
  2. Y

    Mutiple problems, Start menu not working etc etc.

    Multiple problems are detected, screen, display screen are out of range, stretched screen, too slow boot time, start menu not working, and many problems
  3. E

    Windows 10 > Start Menu > Folders

    How. New to Windows 10. I figured out how to reduce the width of it by unpinning every single thing Microsoft thought users would be interested in. But now I'm at the stage where the Start Menu is ridiculous. It used to be you could create a folder in the Start Menu, then move programs into...
  4. S

    Laptop Problem :(

    The issue started this morning where the laptop would as normal and then I'd properly shut it down using the Start menu. As soon as I get to school the laptop WILL NOT BOOT. The fans would run and the lights would flicker but there would be a black screen and nothing more. Only the Lightblub and...
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    My Toshiba satellite laptop will not load any pages I cannot open my start menu Internet none of my icons on my desktop. Can y

    My to Shiba satellite laptop will not open any pages. It will not open the Internet it will not open the start menu I cannot restart it. None of the desktop icons will open up nothing is happening. Can you help me please
  6. M

    I found a file named yam.exe in my processes

    Earlier today I noticed a strange file named "script.vbs" in my startup routine, and it points to a file named "yam.exe" that's found in my start menu, which also was running in my processes. I opened the "script.vbs" using a text editor and found it pointing to an address of...
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    What should i do if my laptop just doesnt work. It turns on but i cant open anything. I cant even open the start menu. Pls hel

    I cant open anything. I tried to open the start menu the folders on my desktop not even one
  8. HappyTorrent

    Solved! What could cause a laptop to suddenly become so slow it it can't even open the start menu?

    I have been given the task of fixing a laptop for a family friend. They said that it had trouble connecting to the web, so I originally thought it was the operating system being out of date, but it runs Windows 7 Enterprise. So I decide to take a deeper look at it, until well, it wouldn't do...
  9. S

    how to uninstall program that is not listed in "programs and features"?

    I have a desktop app called Wunderlist, I can't find it in "programs and features". Revo doesn't see it either. When I look in list of programs in start menu, I don't see an uninstaller there. How to uninstall it? Windows 10
  10. A

    start menu missing

    Someone help me please im usually use classic start menu on my laptop.Now those setting were missing and i cant change back it to classic start menu and stick on windows 8 start menu.
  11. U

    file explorer is not opening

    when i click on file explorer on teask bar it is going to start menu givink a blink and not responding plss gve me a solution
  12. E

    Samsung to ue40h5500 turning itself on and off

    Hi I have the Above Samsung tv model. The tv comes on, automatically brings the smart menu up and then switches off after 8-10 seconds. It then starts up again and continues. I can occasionally interrupt the sequence to place on stand by and managed to get into the boot menu to do a factory...
  13. R

    Solved! Screen flickers 4 times at booting after ssd installation

    Hi, I've recently been having a problem when booting my laptop.I just got a new ssd, a samsung 850 evo. I used its software to clone it and installed it into my laptop. The problem is that when I'm booting I'm not seeing such big improvement, and the screen just flickers like 4 times after it...
  14. minun

    How can I get rid of Brother Control Center 3?

    I got rid of the printer, used their uninstall tool after uninstalling from programs window. It is still on my start menu, how can I get rid of it completely?
  15. S

    trying to get on start menu on my android

    my android charges and turns on but then gets to the tracphone thing and repeats that over and over.How do i get past that part to the actual menu?
  16. S

    how do i unlock my laptop windows 8 it will not go beyond the start menu

    I have a dell laptop windows 8. It won't go beyond the start tiles
  17. J

    PC beeps on start up

    so i built my pc about 1 week ago and everything works great except it still beeps 1 time when i turn it on , it takes a few seconds to start up then it goes to windows start up and everything is normal. Is there something wrong? do i need to install a driver or something? ( Its a short beep)
  18. S

    Windows side menu bar

    I have a laptop tablet with a touch screen. So Windows 8 and on come with the Start menu and on the side a sort of menu bar that appears in desktop mode and on the start menu. When you pull it out it has all these settings like preferences that can be accessed. I was messing with the buttons at...
  19. A

    Windows Dedender Error

    I have tried scanning my PC many times and still cant solve whats wrong with my windows defender program. If i try starting it i get an error " An error has occured in the program during initilization. If this problem continues, please contact your system administrator. Error code: 0x80073b01"...
  20. V

    i cant find it in the windows any where

    i cant find the cd drive in any of the programs and searching for it in the start menu doesn't work either