Windows 10 Tweaks & Fixes

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by Zardoc, Jul 17, 2015.

  1. 12stones

    12stones MDL Novice

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    How to fix not working Windows 10 Start Button ?

    One issue is related to its start button. Many users complained that start menu button not works in new version of Windows 10. After installing or upgrading the Windows 10 Technical preview, Windows start button failed to launch.

    According to latest discussions on Microsoft technical forum it is now known issue and solution of this issue is found. There is a registry key fix for this issue. You add one new Dword value in your registry and restart your computer, and this issue will be solved.

    In few cases this got fix by simply restarting the current running explorer process from task manager. Latest windows update has automatically fixed this issue. But if your problem still persist than you can apply below method.

    Follow following steps :

    1. Go to run (Windows + r)
    2. type regedit and press enter.
    3. click ok when notification window prompt.
    4. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>Advance
    5. Create a Dword with name ‘EnableXamlStartMenu’.
    6. Give it value 0
    7. Log off and login again.
    Your start menu should work now.
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  2. Demencial777

    Demencial777 MDL Junior Member

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    This looks pretty logical, taking in mind new profiles don't include this key at all...
     
  3. °ツ

    °ツ MDL Addicted

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    Attaching a set of tweaks I use after clean installing Windows.
    Read description inside bat files.
     

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  4. Sturmbringer

    Sturmbringer MDL Novice

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    Other possible solutions seem to be:
    - logging off and on again
    - deleting the folder C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
    To delete the folder use an emergency Linux on a stick. It's the most comfortable solution. Alternatively you can create a second admin account on the machine, log off your main account, log into the secondary and use it to delete the folder. I never tried this but constructive it should also work. In explorer you will have to select "show hidden items".
     
  5. daveo76

    daveo76 MDL Expert

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    I've got most of those tweaks as .reg which I add to my Windows 10 installation using NTLite
     
  6. Demencial777

    Demencial777 MDL Junior Member

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    So, that prevents Edge from loading on startup, YES!

    Question: seems that setting another browser as default also prevents that behavior, do you know what values in registry are changed when that happens?
     
  7. hakah

    hakah MDL Member

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    This is a very good method, I will try it myself!
     
  8. TairikuOkami

    TairikuOkami MDL Expert

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  9. dakd

    dakd MDL Novice

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    the link to the tweak to remove desktop shortcut arrows doesn't work/is missing
     
  10. kaljukass

    kaljukass MDL Guru

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  11. qwesta

    qwesta MDL Senior Member

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    why would one want to remove arrows from desktop icons?
     
  12. Carlos Detweiller

    Carlos Detweiller Emperor of Ice-Cream

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  13. Tiger-1

    Tiger-1 MDL Guru

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    well for me desktop icons just make it very ugly, hmm I'd rather use Rocketdock since the times of beloved Windows XP :D:p
     
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  14. Quaint10

    Quaint10 MDL Member

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    Can Anyone Tell Me What Does These Registry Tweaks Do?
    Code:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG]
    "Mystring"=dword:95242242
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIGSystem]
    "Freemem"=dword:00000014
    "MaxLOMChannels"=dword:14500000
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEHARDWAREDESCRIPTIONSystemCentralProcessor]
    "MaxLOM_Channels"=dword:000030d4
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMControlSet001Control]
    "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USERNetwork]
    "Network_Bandwidth"=dword:00000200
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop]
    "AutoEndTasks"="1"
    "MenuShowDelay"="10"
    "WaitToKillAppTimeout"="10"
     
  15. AveYo

    AveYo MDL Expert

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    nothing. is garbage
     
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  16. Tiger-1

    Tiger-1 MDL Guru

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    ^^
    yep It's what keeps snooping around all the websites lol :D
     
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