Start button and no Microsoft Edge icon

[freddo]

I installed the latest version of Tweaking on my windows 10 PC and ran exactly as it saidwhen the program completed it started the PC but now their is no response from the start button and the icon for Edge is missing also I can not copy and paste anything and the reply in windows live mail takes forever to come up Windows 10 takes around 15 minutes to finally get to the start up screen as well before I ran Tweaking the PC was quite fast and did not have major problems
Can anyone help please

[Boggin]

Here are some methods to get your Start menu working again - http://www.alphr.com/microsoft/1002578/how-to-fix-the-windows-10-start-menu

Once you get back in, open Windows Repair and use the registry restore option, that is if you haven't had to go the route of a repair install using the Media Creation Tool.

I've already emailed Shane regarding threads involving problems with WR, but don't know when he will be able to get to the forum.

[freddo]

Thanks for the reply

I have tried fix 1 did not work

I have a usb with Win 10 ISO but am worried that I will lose all my files the disc is a 2 TB

do I just run the USB from a running system or as a boot usb please

How do I get into Windows Repair please

[Boggin]

Are you able to open Windows Repair from the desktop icon ?

To do the repair you would plug the USB in with the machine already booted up then click on the setup.exe as it says in the article.

Did you try method 2 ?

[freddo]

can not find an icon on desktop for Windows Repair

[freddo]

Problem solved When I ran Tweaking I did a copy of the registry and ran the copy 1 hour later computer started up and after a 20 minutes doing something in background everything was back to normal
Thanks to all that tried to help

[Boggin]

Thought WR created a desktop icon during its installation....

Where did you locate the copy of the registry ?

[freddo]

I opened the Tweaking app and it was in there so I restored it
I did find the Icon thanks again

[Boggin]

Thanks for the clarification.

What problems were you having that made you decide to run WR ?

[freddo]

Generally slow performance and slow boot up problems with IE 11 and Edge mainly now I must say it is a lot better

[Boggin]

Slow performance can be caused by unnecessary start up items in msconfig.

I don't know if this program will work in Win 10, but give it a go and see if lists programs that don't need to be running in the background and unnecessarily using up memory.

Generally you don't need any as they will usually work when called upon.

https://www.malwarebytes.org/startuplite/

I don't know the innards of Edge, but see if running IE without add-ons improves its performance.

[freddo]

Performance is now fast thanks I would not use Malwarebytes as last time I did it had been hacked

[Boggin]

That isn't the antimalware scanner but another of their programs that checks your start up programs to see if you need them to be running, but if your computer's performance is back to the way it was, then you can leave it.