![]() ![]() No need to do Refresh, Reset or a Fresh Reinstall. Once the Start Menu is back, you can reinstall them back in the System. Try uninstalling Dropbox or Avast, if you have it installed in your system. * Critical Error * Start Menu and Cortana aren’t working. It could be Dropbox or Avast antivirus that is conflicting with the Start Menu. “ Uninstalling Avast Anti-virus fixed this for me (and many others, so I read).” But, the start menu is back, so Avast may well have been the culprit unless this was an elaborate scam to get me to uninstall it so a virus could fire up. “ I decided “what the hell”, deleted Avast, and did the sign off and restart procedures following the instructions on-screen. Took ages to shut down, ages to start up, and then after signing in, a fair while to load up. On restart the problem now appears to be resolved.” ![]() “ On a guess I uninstalled Avast and shut down. “ I read on some forum that uninstalling Avast ( if you have it installed ) solves the issue. Temporary fix for Start menu and Cortanas critical error From Hold the Shift key down while you press the Power icon and select Restart. ![]() “Critical Error: Start menu and Cortana aren’t working.” help? “ Uninstall avast or any other anti-virus you have installed,this solved the problem for me and my friends.” “ My issue went away when I uninstalled Avast.” Windows 10 Issues: Cortana And Start Menu Show Critical Error Avast WEBforum » Consumer Products » Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) (Moderators: MartinZ, hectic-mmv, slavo. “ UPDATE: IT seems latest version of AVAST () is working” CRITICAL ERROR - Start Menu and CORTANA arent working. “ Just go to Avast, and upgrade to the latest version, worked for me instantly.” I do not have Avast, have tried the sfc scannow solution, the safe boot, the F8 and everything else I found online but nothing worked. “ Uninstalling AVAST solved the problem, but had to restart Windows in safe mode to be able to Uninstall it.” We’ll try to fix this for you the next time you sign in. Heres a comment from a Microsoft user who claims that removing Avast Antivirus helped: I had the same problem. “ Uninstalled Avast then things worked again.”Ĭritical Error: Start menu and Cortana aren’t working. I made a point of saying that uninstalling Avast had worked for some of the many affected by this error: These people have no idea what they’re talking about! I have spent probably 10 hours on trying to fix these Windows10 issues and and several trips to their location. For instance, I don’t know how many times I have seen so-called “experts” suggesting to uninstall the anti-virus Avast like mentioned in a reply to your thread. Only reverting back via a clean install of Windows 8.1 is a guranteed fix for the menu issue. ![]()
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