My Start menu icons have disappeared

My Start menu icons have disappeared

If your Start menu items have disappeared please try the following.

  1. Right click on the Start button and click on Windows PowerShell (Admin)
  2. Within PowerShell copy and paste the command below and press Enter

    $manifest = (Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsStore).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest


  3. The following screen will appear and if successful no further messages should appear
  4. Close PowerShell and restart the computer
If your issue has not been resolved please raise a ticket.


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