I've been having all sorts of problems with the start menu on my Windows 10 Pro 64 system.
A week or so ago my start menu stopped launching. I followed all the guides to fix that.
In the end I created a new profile on the machine and migrated my data and settings.
Under my new profile I cannot launch items from search results.
"Quickbooks" displays the quickbooks app, when I left click it nothing happens. Only way to launch is right click "run as administrator" or right click "open location" and run the shortcut.
I've just started a reindex of the search, wondered if the search results were pointed at shortcuts which no longer worked due to profile migration.
Any other thoughts?
Best Answer
This is a problem that drove me crazy ever since using Windows 10.
UPDATE 2017/09: The problem came back, and honestly, I was tired of this and now just installed Classic Shell which seems to work for me. Really, all I wanted is a working Start menu. Still, here is the first recommendation...
This genius here found a dead simple solution that worked like a charm for me:
Windows 10 'left click' EASY fix
It's also mentioned in this Microsoft discussion, but drowned out by all the other complicated recommendations.