B00ze wrote:
On 2018-09-17 17:55, slate_leeper wrote:

Weird 1:
After rebooting the computer, pressing the Windows key results only in
a blank white box. Anything typed is ignored.

1 to 2 hours later, it starts showing the normal dark gray box and the
icons I have selected. However anything typed is still ignored.
Clicking the "All Apps" icon gives the list. Clicking on Cortana gives
the search box. Typing anything results in the blank white box. Same
result when pressing WindowsKey+S.

Task Manager shows Cortana as "suspended." There seems to be no option
to un-suspend.sfc /scannow found and fixed one corrupted file,
OneDrive.lnk. I don't use OneDrive, and can't imagine this being the
problem.

You could try to re-register the Start Menu. I haven't really searched
for anything else, but you could google "Reset Start Menu" - there are
ways to clear it, in case corruption is what's making those processes
sleep...

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html


Regards,


At the bottom of the page you found, is another one.

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Published by Shawn Brink
01 Sep 2018

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html

"startmenu.diagcab

https://www.tenforums.com/attachment...bleshooter.zip

Open the Start_Menu_troubleshooter.zip file, and extract (drag and drop)
the startmenu.diagcab file to your desktop.
"

Dead link, but...

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...rtmenu.diagcab

Looks like it came out in May 2016. And the file is now gone.
That's why Brink is offering it from his site. Archive.org still
has copies.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160601...rtmenu.diagcab

Paul