Windows 10 start menu stopped appearing

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marshals
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Joined: 6. May 2010, 13:31
Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Windows, Linux

Windows 10 start menu stopped appearing

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Hi guys and/or gurus, I know this was a problem in the past, but it has just started for me.

Until yesterday, I had a Win10 pro guest running with VB 5.0.12 (I think - it might be 5.0.14). I upgraded to 5.0.16, reinstalled GAs, and now I find the Start menu/screen no longer appears when I click on it. It reacts like a button, but nothing happens. Task View works though, as does eg shared folders. I reverted to a 24 day old snapshot with GA 5.0.12 installed inside, but I still have the same non-working Start menu. Uninstalling and reinstalling GA 5.0.16 didn't solve the problem. I haven't reverted VB itself to an earlier version yet, I wanted to check if this was a known problem. My Win10 home host has an AMD HD 6670 with fairly old drivers, certainly not updated recently. A search here and web didn't lead me anywhere...

Anyone else see this?
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jms-vbox
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Joined: 17. Apr 2008, 06:28
Primary OS: Ubuntu other
VBox Version: OSE Debian
Guest OSses: Win7, Win10

Re: Windows 10 start menu stopped appearing

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I faced this in one laptop (no Virtualbox included) and I created new local user as a workaround.

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marshals
Posts: 21
Joined: 6. May 2010, 13:31
Primary OS: MS Windows 10
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: Windows, Linux

Re: Windows 10 start menu stopped appearing

Post by marshals »

jms-vbox wrote:I faced this in one laptop (no Virtualbox included) and I created new local user as a workaround.
bingo! many thanks for the tip, that worked for me.
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