With Windows Blue, a k a Windows 8.1, Microsoft is re-introducing a Start Button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work.

If the Start Menu does not open or Start Button is not working, or is broke in Windows 11/10, then here are a few troubleshooting steps you may want to try.

Pat Stuhlman was happy with Windows 10. Then, suddenly, the Start menu stopped working. The return of the Start menu is probably Windows 10’s most popular feature. But it doesn’t work on all ...