Resolved Start screen, Search, etc - Info

Information only!

May be old news for the experts but I finally found a fix that worked for me for subject problems.

These 2 routines worked for me in restoring the Start Screen, Search and
other windows 10 problems (even some apps i didn't want).

Need not run both of them!

1. Restores PC Health:

Run from admin level CMD:
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Scanhealth DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
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2. Restores Start Screen, Search (and others):

Run from Powershell Admin:
Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml "}
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Arie, might want to verify these 2 routines, somehow.

thanks,

 

What are the problems these fixes are supposed to fix?

"Start Screen, Search and other Windows 10 problems" is pretty vague.

Note too, I regularly recommend running sfc /scannow before dism.exe. Then run dism.exe if system file checker (SFC) is not able to fix problems it finds.

 

When i clicked on the windows 10 logo (lower left-hand corner) from my
desktop. nothing would happen (missing start screen).

Again, from the desktop, when i clicked on the search box, nothing would
happen.

the 2nd fix repaired these 2 conditions. Plus it downloaded and installed (?)
some manifest, Bing stuff and other files (programs?).

End result, Start screen/desktop and search are working.

The 1st fix, i believe just verifys (and restores your PC's health where needed).

Lookup "DISM" and "Apppackage" maybe more info there.

 

Yeah, I know what they do. That was not my question. I wanted to know specifically what problems you were trying to fix. As I noted, I use DISM, but typically after seeing if SFC works first.

And you said, "Need not run both of them!" That may or may not be true - depending on, again, what you were trying to fix.

 

Bill,

I was trying to fix 2 problems.
a. Start Screen not appearing when switching from Desktop screen using the windows 10 icon in the taskbar (left side).

b. Clicking on the magnifying glass (search) also in the taskbar did not bring up
the search window.

thanks,