Start menu tab missing on taskbar properties

I just upgraded to the windows 10 RTM today. I knew I'd hate it (i'm not
good with change) but figured I'd customize things and get it back to how I
liked it.

Anyway, no go. The start menu tab was missing from the taskbar properties
screen. All I could find was a few forums on the web with people saying
they'd had the problem in earlier builds but no fixes for it. Anyway, I
couldnt customize it and none of the right click links on the start menu
worked so that was a deal breaker for me. I immediately reloaded my Win7
image.

That and Microsoft apps stealing all the default programs turned me off a
lot.

Anyone have any ideas about the start menu tab being missing? I tried an
early preview of Win10 and didnt have as many problems as with the RTM.

EGK wrote:

Anyone have any ideas about the start menu tab being missing?

There's Settings, Personalisation, Start, Choose which folders appear...

May or may not provide what you were looking for.

On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 07:35:00 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote:

EGK wrote:

Anyone have any ideas about the start menu tab being missing?

There's Settings, Personalisation, Start, Choose which folders appear...

May or may not provide what you were looking for.

Nope, I only had 4 settings at that location and not at all what I was
looking for. Plus it didn't make any difference in the fact that hardly
any of the right click options worked on the start menu button.

I'm sure this is a bug from an upgrade of W7 but it's a pretty serious one
and I'm surprised Microsoft never fixed it. As I said, I found a couple of
web sites listing the same behavior.

Here's an example:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/c...m_taskbar_and/

"When right clicking on TaskbarProperties, brings up the Taskbar and Start
Menu Properties, which now has no Start Menu tab. I assume this will be
fixed since its still named 'Start Menu' properties. Anyone else with 10162
confirm its missing? Google did not help confirm.
I was looking to pin custom folders to the start menu (ala win7) WITHOUT the
jump lists. Also was trying to add control panel link. Or even replace
"Settings" link with control panel. I know Win+X has it right there but I
prefer it in the Start Menu."

On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:13:01 -0400, EGK wrote:

I just upgraded to the windows 10 RTM today. I knew I'd hate it (i'm not
good with change) but figured I'd customize things and get it back to how I
liked it.

Anyway, no go. The start menu tab was missing from the taskbar properties
screen. All I could find was a few forums on the web with people saying
they'd had the problem in earlier builds but no fixes for it. Anyway, I
couldnt customize it and none of the right click links on the start menu
worked so that was a deal breaker for me. I immediately reloaded my Win7
image.

That and Microsoft apps stealing all the default programs turned me off a
lot.

Anyone have any ideas about the start menu tab being missing? I tried an
early preview of Win10 and didnt have as many problems as with the RTM.

Hah. Well, I did a clean install of W10 and low and behold, the start menu
tab is gone in that as well. ugggh. Not only all the crap they install but
now they make it harder than ever to get rid of it.

EGK wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

EGK wrote:

Anyone have any ideas about the start menu tab being missing?

There's Settings, Personalisation, Start, Choose which folders appear...
May or may not provide what you were looking for.

Nope

What exactly do yo mean by "the start menu tab"? Got a link to someone
else's screenshot that shows us?

On Tue, 4 Aug 2015 07:03:39 +0100, Andy Burns
wrote:

EGK wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

EGK wrote:

Anyone have any ideas about the start menu tab being missing?

There's Settings, Personalisation, Start, Choose which folders appear...
May or may not provide what you were looking for.

Nope

What exactly do yo mean by "the start menu tab"? Got a link to someone
else's screenshot that shows us?

I've since installed clean installed and found they removed it completely in
W10. It's the area you used to be able to customise what appeared on the
start menu.

These are images from older windows versions. First shows the tab labeled
"Start Menu" You see it when you right click the taskbar and choose
properties. The second pic is the customization screen you get from off
that tab. In Windows 10 all you get is Taskbar Toolbars and a new
Navigation tab but not the Start menu even though they still label the
window as Taskbar and Start Menu properties. None of the start menu
customizations are there anymore. Some are in other locations but not many.

http://cdn3.howtogeek.com/wp-content...009/10/5st.png
http://www.techsupportalert.com/file...start-menu.png

"EGK" wrote in message news
On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:13:01 -0400, EGK wrote:

I just upgraded to the windows 10 RTM today. I knew I'd hate it (i'm not
good with change) but figured I'd customize things and get it back to how I
liked it.

Anyway, no go. The start menu tab was missing from the taskbar properties
screen. All I could find was a few forums on the web with people saying
they'd had the problem in earlier builds but no fixes for it. Anyway, I
couldnt customize it and none of the right click links on the start menu
worked so that was a deal breaker for me. I immediately reloaded my Win7
image.

That and Microsoft apps stealing all the default programs turned me off a
lot.

Anyone have any ideas about the start menu tab being missing? I tried an
early preview of Win10 and didnt have as many problems as with the RTM.

Hah. Well, I did a clean install of W10 and low and behold, the start menu
tab is gone in that as well. ugggh. Not only all the crap they install but
now they make it harder than ever to get rid of it.

If you want to change the start menu there are some settings he
Start button Settings Personalization Start Choose which folders appear on Start.

On Tue, 4 Aug 2015 16:07:33 +0100, "Dave-UK" wrote:


"EGK" wrote in message news
On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:13:01 -0400, EGK wrote:

I just upgraded to the windows 10 RTM today. I knew I'd hate it (i'm not
good with change) but figured I'd customize things and get it back to how I
liked it.

Anyway, no go. The start menu tab was missing from the taskbar properties
screen. All I could find was a few forums on the web with people saying
they'd had the problem in earlier builds but no fixes for it. Anyway, I
couldnt customize it and none of the right click links on the start menu
worked so that was a deal breaker for me. I immediately reloaded my Win7
image.

That and Microsoft apps stealing all the default programs turned me off a
lot.

Anyone have any ideas about the start menu tab being missing? I tried an
early preview of Win10 and didnt have as many problems as with the RTM.

Hah. Well, I did a clean install of W10 and low and behold, the start menu
tab is gone in that as well. ugggh. Not only all the crap they install but
now they make it harder than ever to get rid of it.

If you want to change the start menu there are some settings he
Start button Settings Personalization Start Choose which folders appear on Start.

I saw that but it didn't help a lot. Maybe what I want is still possible
and I'm just not sure how to do it. I want to be able to drag shortcuts to
the start menu like I could in Windows 7. I can still do that but they
appear as Tiles and I want them to be text items. I hate the tiles too and
unpin those. Whoever insisted tiles were a "futuristic UI" has been going
to kindergarten for too long.