W8.1 start screen/side charm occasionally stops working

Faizy450

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Hey.

I've experienced a problem with windows 8.1 ever since building this pc. Basically, when using my pc, at random times the start menu stops working. I.e, when I click the start button, the menu does not come up, right click does not also work to bring up the power menu. The sidebar does not also appear. I've done a few reformats for various reasons and it's not appeared to have fixed the issue.

Pressing win+x does bring the power menu up, but the start button is still unresponsive after.



The one thing that does fix the issue is restarting explorer.exe from task manager



I'm not sure what causes this issue and was just wondering whether anyone else has experienced this, and if so, any fixes? Is it a glitch in 8.1?


Cheers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel i5 4670k
    Motherboard
    Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 2x4gb @ 1866Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI Twin Frozr Nvidia GTX 770
    Monitor(s) Displays
    BenQ GL2460HM
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 2TB
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNova G2 750W
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Avast Free Antivirus/Malwarebytes AntiMalware
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