If you can t access start menu by pressing the windows key or using the mouse go to windows 10 start button not working for the solutions.
Windows home button not responding.
Windows key start menu not working.
This may allow you to use the windows button until the next time that it freezes up.
After trying the methods there the problem should fix.
If the windows key does not provide shortcut access to the.
Click on file at the top left of the task manager.
If you have tried the above and you still have issues then this tip may help.
If the windows start button is not working on windows 10 and you cannot get the run command to come up after clicking the windows button then press ctrl alt del to access the task manager.
Since the invention of the start menu keyboards have had the windows key also known as the winkey.
Open task manager alt ctrl del or right click on taskbar and choose it find and select windows explorer click restart button on bottom right.
A treatment for the symptom would be to restart windows explorer every time this happens.
The start menu is where everything is on windows so it can be quite frustrating if it suddenly stops working and can make it near impossible to get anything done on your pc.