Windows start button

Aeleys · 28 Aug 2011 at 20:10

sometimes i cant click it, nothing happens at all...across both task bars. windows key dosnt work either.

anyone know what may casue it?

windows 7 64Bit if it helps any...

Driving me up the wall :confused:

Sin_Chase · 28 Aug 2011 at 22:53

Can you click other things on the start bar?

If not explorer.exe has likely crashed or something is causing it to hang (Think like when you put a CD in the drive and explorer waits till the device is ready)

Aeleys · 29 Aug 2011 at 01:34

Sin_Chase said:
Can you click other things on the start bar?

If not explorer.exe has likely crashed or something is causing it to hang (Think like when you put a CD in the drive and explorer waits till the device is ready)

yeah i can still click my windows/running procceses just not the start button O.o

it's annoying the hell outa me

deanolfc · 29 Aug 2011 at 13:49

can u rite click , then properties > start menu tab > and click customize then select default settings and ok.

Aeleys · 29 Aug 2011 at 19:05

deanolfc said:
can u rite click , then properties > start menu tab > and click customize then select default settings and ok.

i shall try that next time it freezes, and let u know

Nevram · 30 Aug 2011 at 19:01

When it happens you should kill the explorer.exe process (ctrl-alt-del>start task manager> processes tab) then click start new process and type 'explorer.exe' this would fix the issue. Does it crash frequently?

Aeleys · 5 Sep 2011 at 14:39

Nevram said:
When it happens you should kill the explorer.exe process (ctrl-alt-del>start task manager> processes tab) then click start new process and type 'explorer.exe' this would fix the issue. Does it crash frequently?

it happens a lot when running 2x taskbars with display fusion. but rightclicking the start button, then left clicking seems to work.

thanks for the help.