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Fix: Cannot Open WinX Menu in Windows 10

Isabella Shinn
Isabella Shinn

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WinX Menu, also called Power User Tasks Menu, gives the user access to a subset of advanced Windows features. If you cannot open WinX Menu neither by right-clicking on Start Menu button, nor pressing Windows + X combination keys. This tutorial will guide you easy ways to restore the WinX menu for your account.

For helping fix the WinX menu does not open issue, try these steps below:

To fix this issue, you have to go to WinX folder in the Default user directory and copy group1, 2, 3 folders from there, then go to the same path for a current user and paste the folders in there. Here's how:

Step 1: Open Default user WinX folder.

1. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run box, type in the following path, and then press Enter.

C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX

Open default user WinX folder

2. Copy group 1,2,3 folder.

Cope group 1,2,3 folder

Step 2: Open current user WinX folder.

1. In the Windows Explorer address bar, type in C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX

Hit Enter key. Then, paste that group 1,2,3 folder to WinX folder in the current user directory.

Current user WinX folder

2. Restart Explorer or restart your PC. You will find WinX Menu comes back in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

WinX Menu restores working