First of all, no, this technically isnt a solution thread.
Recently (2 days ago, precisely) I encountered a problem, my Start Menu suddenly stopped working for no reason. Clicked hundreds of times, nothing came out.
I tried to google and found quite a number of people same error as mine, but they encountered 'packaged' problems, where Cortana, Start Menu and Taskbar malfunctioned. While on my part, only Start Menu stopped working.
I tried to do as the solutions given.
NONE WORKS. Literally none:
1st Solution.
Re-register package via PowerShell.
2nd Solution.
Application Identity service restart
3rd Solution
TileDataLayer (new user) replacement
4th Solution
MsConfig reboot
Trust me, I even went to the 10th page of google. None works.
Lastly I tried to system restore point.
Recent (closest) points doesnt work out. Then I started to re-check with Event Log.
Restored second time, for the ONE WEEK earlier, with event log saying DirectX installation.
After rebooting, it dark. So dark. Joke aside, only cursor and black background.
Online solution said it was caused by multiple-screen problem, I call that bullsit.
I was terrified at first, but then LUCKILY CTRL+ALT+DELETE works, hence I started to literally living via command prompt. Had to start services myself, programs all via cmd. But, explorer.exe cant be started, for God knows why.
Problem Solved when I tried to reinstall DirectX again.
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Today, (Feb 10th).
Start Menu stopped working again. I was devastated and panicked. But then I started to dig into Event Log.
There.
10/2/2016 9:49:44 PM
svchost (2816) TILEREPOSITORYS-1-5-21-1131170777-1240310347-1043858342-1001: An attempt to move the file "C:UsersUserNameAppDataLocalTileDataLayerDatabaseEDB.log" to "C:UsersUserNameAppDataLocalTileDataLayerDatabaseEDB0002A.log" failed with system error 183 (0x000000b7): "Cannot create a file when that file already exists. ". The move file operation will fail with error -1022 (0xfffffc02).
10/2/2016 9:49:45 PM
svchost (2816) TILEREPOSITORYS-1-5-21-1131170777-1240310347-1043858342-1001: Unable to create a new logfile because the database cannot write to the log drive. The drive may be read-only, out of disk space, misconfigured, or corrupted. Error -1022.
10/2/2016 9:49:45 PM
svchost (2816) TILEREPOSITORYS-1-5-21-1131170777-1240310347-1043858342-1001: Error -1022 (0xfffffc02) occurred while opening a newly-created logfileC:UsersUserNameAppDataLocalTileDataLayerDatabaseEDB.log.
10/2/2016 9:49:45 PM
svchost (2816) TILEREPOSITORYS-1-5-21-1131170777-1240310347-1043858342-1001: The logfile sequence in "C:UsersUserNameAppDataLocalTileDataLayerDatabase" has been halted due to a fatal error. No further updates are possible for the databases that use this logfile sequence. Please correct the problem and restart or restore from backup.
10/2/2016 9:49:45 PM
svchost (2816) TILEREPOSITORYS-1-5-21-1131170777-1240310347-1043858342-1001: Unable to rollback operation #99 on database C:UsersUserNameAppDataLocalTileDataLayerDatabasevedatamodel.edb. Error: -510. All future database updates will be rejected.
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Hence, I simply replace TileDataLayer EDB files.
It becomes corrupted after I tried to create a shortcut manually.
Take note Microsoft. This seems like a minor bug, but well, a flea can cause a plague.
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