Start menu/ms-settings not working Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community. We are glad that you have chosen Windows 10. It is disappointing that you are getting an error message while customizing your computer. Let me help you resolve your issue.

Method 1:

This seems to be an issue with some corrupt system file. For now I would suggest you to run System File Checker scan.
System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files. This article describes how to run the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) to scan your system files and to repair missing or corrupted system files in Windows.
Use the System File Checker tool to repair missing or corrupted system files.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
Note: Applies to windows 10.

I hope the above information helps. Please get back to us with the details and updated info. We will be happy to assist you further.

Thank you

Hi,

I already ran System file checker scan and output can be seen in my original post. I manually fixed the error in sfc output.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan.  This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

BUT the problem persists.

And my original post is not only about error message while customizing my computer, but about non-working Start menu. There are a lot of topics here on answers.microsoft.com with Start menu not working on Windows 10 with universal answer "Run system file checker" which in fact doesn't fix the problem.

Any other ideas?

I also have similar issues with a new Dell inspiron 13 7000 series.  Brand new computer and upgraded to windows 10.  I have the same error with desktop personalization however my start menu works.  The part that does not work for me is the settings menu.  It pops up very quickly and shuts down.  I have tried resetting twice and a system scan.  It does come up with some problems but cannot fix. 

I have successfully installed windows 10 on my desktop that is an older Lenovo workstation with xeon cpu and NVidia graphics and it runs great.  No hiccups at all including backup and diagnostic programs work.

Please run the  troubleshooter that you can download from this link that should work around the problem, if the problem you are encountering is caused by this known issue.

This helped to resolve my  issue

For those out there who are suspicious, I checked the tool downloaded from this link and it has a digital signature from Microsoft (check yourself if you want). I didn't recognize the aka.ms domain, call me paranoid.

Took a while, but I managed to find a solution on the web. Apparently, this issue was also causing all sorts of problems in Windows 10 build 9926.

Open up Powershell as an Admin (I think running Command Prompt as Admin, then type in Powershell works best) and type in the following (or copy/paste):

Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml”)}

It might take a while to run, although that wasn't the case for me.

Next, I ran the following command from the same Powershell as Admin prompt:

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

After this I did restart just to be sure and now it all works the way it should.

Source:

Windows 10 Build 9926 Start Menu, Cortana Search, Action Center & Metro Apps Won’t Work

Please run the  troubleshooter that you can download from this link that should work around the problem, if the problem you are encountering is caused by this known issue.

This helped to resolve my  issue

Hi, I ran the troubleshooter, but it didn't identify the problem

Hi,

First command completed immediately without any "Deployment Operation Progress popup." as mentioned in the source article.

Second one outputs lots of errors.

Yes I can see that, but I'm running Windows 10 Home edition.

There is no Group policy object editor available here. Also AppIDSvc is stopped and can't be manually started. Error: "The operation could not be completed. The dependency service or group failed to start" due to fact, that AppLocker is not available in Home and Pro edition.

So why is it blocking the reinstallation, I don't know?