I've been experimenting with the "start" menu of Windows 10 not showing up when clicking on the virtual machine icon in the task bar with Parallels 13. I seem to have found a consistent recovery mode when the start menu just won't appear. Here's what has worked every time since I've been doing it (when the Start menu becomes unresponsive):
- Right click on the Windows 10 VM in the task bar.
- Select View->Windows Start Menu.
- What this will do is make the Windows Start Menu appear on one of my monitors, but the "Search" box of the Windows doesn't appear. As we all know, Windows Start menus are almost useless to those of us who do extensive administrative tasks on our domain every day, so this isn't very useful, so go on to step three.
- Navigate away from the Start menu that has appeared. It will disappear at this time.
- Left click on the Windows 10 VM. It has appeared every time for me with the much coveted "Search" box
Perhaps this will help my fellow Parallels users and give Parallels developers a clue as to where this pesky little bug is hiding. This method has worked for me for over three weeks now, and hasn't failed once. Hopefully, you'll have the same results.
Respectfully...
Last edited: Sep 19, 2017