This will remove emdata-ms and files from your hard drive. Now type the following at the command prompt (you may need to switch to command prompt using Alt+Tab): del emdata-ms Your Desktop wallpaper and the taskbar will disappear when you exit Explorer:
To exit the Explorer shell, use the secret "Exit Explorer" context (right-click) menu item on the Taskbar or Start Menu, which is described in the following article: " How to properly restart the Explorer shell in Windows".
To reset the Start screen layout in Windows 10, you need to perform the following simple steps.
Tip: You can get the full list of shell commands from here: The full list of shell commands.
Replace the portion with the name of the local account which you created before. Now, go to the following folder: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer.In my case, the username is "winaero": Here, delete the Database folder: Replace the portion with the name of the user whose Start Menu layout you need to reset. Go to the following folder: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer.When you are signed in as Administrator, make File Explorer show hidden files and folders as described in the article How to hide and unhide files quickly in Windows 10.Sign out from your Windows 10 user account and sign in with the Administrator account you just enabled.Enable the built-in Administrator account in Windows 10.Reset the Start menu layout in Windows 10įinally, you will be able to reset the Start menu layout in Windows 10. Sign out from this account immediately after you see the desktop: Don't do anything in this new account.Sign out from your Windows 10 user account and sign in with the new local account you just created.
Sign in with the new local account you created Enter details for the new local account and then press the button "Next" to create it: The page named "Create an account for this PC" will appear on the screen.Here you need to click "Add a user without a Microsoft account" as shown above. In the next dialog, click "I don't have this person's sign-in information":.Go to Accounts -> Family & other people:.This will reset your Start menu layout in Windows 10. The main idea behind this trick is to create a new account in Windows 10 and put its Start menu layout files into your primary user account. Advertisement To reset the Start Menu layout in Windows 10 build 10240 and above, you need to do the following.