Windows 10 Start Button & Task Bar Issues

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markbrads

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Is anybody else having issues with the Windows 10 Start Button and Task Bar?

Over the past 2 months my Start Menu loses 80% all functionality and icons disappear from my task bar namely the shortcut to the Edge Browser and the Windows App store. The fix below was issued by Parallels but only lasts for about a week before it breaks again:-

Windows 10 Fix ~ Resolution

  1. In Windows 10 virtual machine create two new local user accounts. Instructions for creating an account are available here.
  2. Sign in to each account, then sign out of all accounts.
  3. Sign in to one of the new accounts again.
  4. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the following directory of the other new user account (not the one you're signed into).
    C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\Database
  5. Copy the contents of this folder into the equivalent folder of your main user account (which has issues).
  6. When finished, please sign out of the new account and sign into your main account.
  7. Check Windows 10 Start Menu, it should work. Delete the new user accounts as they are no longer needed.

Any ideas, suggestions or feedback really appreciated as it's driving me to distraction.....

Thanks in advance.
 
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PaulChris@Parallels said:
Hello All, please be informed that Parallels Desktop 11 Update 1 Hotfix 3 (11.1.3-32521) was released and the issue has been addressed. Please update Parallels Desktop to the latest build. Latest version always available here: http://www.parallels.com/directdownload/pd11/ Please note that Parallels Tools also needs to be updated (Actions > Update Parallels Tools) and let us know how it works. You may use bootflag as
devices.usb.ehc=0 and check how it works.
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Isn't that the version that was released back in February? The version released this past week (11.2.0-32581) still has the problem. Also, it's the updating of the Parallels tools that seems to trigger the problem.
 
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I think it might even be more pervasive than just Start Menu db corruption. I've only had the start menu problem on one non-parallels system, but I don't recall it having any of these symptoms that are also common on the Parallels VMs that exhibit the issue after a Parallels tools update.

- No sound
- very slow login times
- very slow performance in file explorer
- Error message notifying me that my default browser has been reset to Edge.
 
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DMiles said:
I think it might even be more pervasive than just Start Menu db corruption. I've only had the start menu problem on one non-parallels system, but I don't recall it having any of these symptoms that are also common on the Parallels VMs that exhibit the issue after a Parallels tools update.

- No sound
- very slow login times
- very slow performance in file explorer
- Error message notifying me that my default browser has been reset to Edge.
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Hello DMiles, please reproduce the issue and submit a Problem Report ID http://kb.parallels.com/9058 and provide us the ID number here, to investigate further on this issue.
 
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