Creator Edition for Windows 10 is a software version designed for developers and designers.
Creator Edition for Windows 10 is a software version designed for developers and designers.
I launched Creators Edition the moment it was released. There were no issues until today, 10/22. When I power on the machine and log in as usual, I notice the start menu and search bar are missing. The right-click function remains functional. I set up a fresh Administrator account and everything functions properly with it. Then I added some tiles to the start menu for this admin account. After switching back to my normal user, everything failed again—tiles and search disappeared, and I had to reset them. After shutting down and restarting, it worked correctly once the admin account was active again. My question remains: Why must I keep the new administrator running even when I want to use my regular account? It seems I need this admin account to access the normal user features.
Launch Task Manager, check for additional details if needed, navigate to the Shell Experience Host section under the initial tab. This application includes the Start menu, Cortana, Action Center, and taskbar flyouts such as network, battery, and clock. Terminating it will restart automatically. You can also access the bottom of the list and restart Windows Explorer, which will restart ShellExperienceHost together.
It functioned perfectly! For reference, it also works if you create the Administrator account first, then change my regular account from admin to user. Switch back to my standard account, which no longer has admin privileges. Restart... go back to the admin account and revert my regular account to admin. Restart, log in normally and everything operates correctly. It seems there might be a minor distinction between the admin version before October and the latest update. Regardless, your approach was the fastest and simplest, so thank you very much for your assistance. Have a wonderful day!
OOPS...I spoke too soon. When I turn on the computer and log in, I have no start menu, tiles or search. But right-click works. So I right-click the start menu and sign out. Then I just log back in and everything works. This is a consistent problem. Every time I turn on the computer, I have to do this now. By the way, when it doesn't work (no start etc), when you sign out you get a shutdown message about pnp. But when its up and running correctly, and you shut down, there is no message.
ok, I've been working on this. It looks like it is some kind of timing problem with my ASUS motherboard. 1) sometimes, I turn on the computer, type my password, press enter and it comes up immediately with everything working. 2) sometimes I turn on the computer, type my password, press enter and it sits on that screen for about 5 seconds and then goes in. If that happens, I have no start menu. 3) If I have no start menu, I right-click on start, switch users and log back in. It comes up right away but the live tiles are not live. In this case I have to sign out and in again and now everything works. When I have no start menu (#1 above) I always get a message about waiting for a pnp device. When I have the start menu and switch users or log off or shutdown, that pnp message doesn't appear. The pnp message only comes up if there is no start menu. I noticed that things are really slow when #2 above. It's like some process is waiting. I tried typing my password and waiting for about 5 min before pressing enter, but it makes no difference: still no start menu. I am sure this is an ASUS motherboard problem . I do know that both MS and ASUS are trying to find out what's going on. In the meantime, I'll just keep doing the above 3 steps. It eventually comes up, but it really bugs me.