But try a hard shutdown, wait a few minutes and reboot. Has worked for me on several machines.
Dafydd.
This message has been on my laptop for days now, and it's prevented me from using softwares:
"CRITICAL ERROR
Your start menu isn't working. We'll try to fix it the next time you sign in".
Pls how do I resolve this permanently? I had windows 7 on my lappy before this forced upgrade to win 10.
I'd appreciate your help a great deal.
Many thanks.

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