Windows – Start menu duplicate Shortcuts

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After the last Windows update (Creators Update) I have a serious problem in the start menu…

Some shortcuts are duplicate.

Start Menu Duplicate

So far I tried various methods without any luck:

  • Remove from start (I removed 1 icon and all the duplicates vanish at the same time), then I pin again the shortcut (all the duplicates came back to life)..

  • Delete Shortcut form the folder (all the shortcuts vanish), then if I pin again, all the duplicates came back plus 1 new shortcut (so if I had 3 shortcut before deleting, now I'll have 4).

  • I tried cleaning using CCleaner without any luck

  • I tried to search in regedit also.

I forgot to mention that all the duplicates (for the same program) have the same path and the same shortcut, also some of those icons are unusable (not clickable, nor draggable…

Any advice? it's really disturbing…

Best Answer

Your TileDataLayer has been corrupted or damaged.

Run the following command to see if it helps.

Open Powershell as an Administrator. This will reset your TileDataLayer cache, re-register applications in the start menu, and reset the layout.

Give it about 10 minutes to complete, and reboot the machine.

TDLrecover.exe -resetcache -resetlayout -reregister -allowparallel

If this does not resolve your issue, your profile is corrupt and needs to be recreated.

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