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Something weird is going on with my context menus in my Windows 10 installation. They are showing up blank.
In the first day after installing it has happened 2 or 3 times. But today, it's happening almost all the time.
The first time this happened was right after an update from Windows 8.1, so I don't see any reason to think this is caused by third-party software.
This is how it looks like for a folder or a file:
Context menu in all other programs works fine, for example in SublimeText3, Skype, etc.
Does anyone have a solution to this issue?
Mihail
Posted 2015-08-04T09:38:32.320
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Seems to be an issue with low resources, normally after copying a large amount of files (what I was doing too when the issue started). Looks like a fix is coming soon: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-start/right-click-menu-context-menu-contains-blank-lines/b5191eae-c7f6-4813-afa7-7bf4645a5547?page=2
– gbhall – 2015-09-12T16:48:30.1303Windows 10 has some warts to deal with yet. I've seen many issues with Windows 10 in many parts of the operating system. I would reinstall the product or simply downgrade to Windows 8.1. While I love the interface much more than Windows 8.1 there are many instances where drivers were not compatible, bugs not fixed yet and software not integrating right with Windows 10 yet. – Dale – 2015-10-21T05:31:35.193
@Dale I don't know why but this is happening but every time I reinstall Windows 10 on this certain old laptop I see this issue. – Insane – 2015-10-21T05:35:57.733
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Try booting up your laptop in safe mode. @gbhall may have a point. If your laptop has low memory it may not be giving you enough resources for those menus to be generated. Safe mode might give you a bit more resources. Here's how to boot in safe mode for Windows 10.
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2569556/safe-mode-windows.html
Sometimes the W10 upgrade has issues. Repeating it with a downloaded full installation media may solve the issue. See this answer.
– harrymc – 2015-10-21T07:08:20.4131I have this issue on i7-4770 and 8Gb RAM laptop, so, this is not about amount of resources, in my case. Had to downgrade to 8.1. – Mihail – 2015-10-22T06:35:47.517
Some other people are having the same issue on another forum. I didn't want to copy all of the suggestions down since its a long thread so I thought I would just simply pass on the URL for you to look through.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-start/right-click-menu-context-menu-contains-blank-lines/b5191eae-c7f6-4813-afa7-7bf4645a5547?auth=1
Maybe related: displayed but unresponsive menu items in Windows 10 power user menu Win+X and context menu issues, caused by specific third party software.
– Arjan – 2015-10-24T13:09:19.163Poster and the bounty-giver : Get a move on, guys! Start answering comments. – harrymc – 2015-10-24T17:44:35.373
I have an answer but cannot post it because of low reputation. I have 101 rep but 100 is for user assoc bonus. I have 650+ rep in SO. I really have an answer. – Farhan Anam – 2015-10-25T08:32:04.150
@FarhanAnam: Any registered user can answer - see Privileges.
– harrymc – 2015-10-25T08:39:52.870@harrymc This question is protected by Community ♦. So i must have > 10 rep to answer this. I have 101 but 100 of that is user assoc bonus which doesn't count. – Farhan Anam – 2015-10-25T08:42:30.007
@FarhanAnam: Maybe you could post a summary as a comment, then flag it to the attention of a moderator. He might have the ability to convert it to an answer by you, or he surely could undo the protection if convinced by your comment. Otherwise, just start answering other posts. – harrymc – 2015-10-25T13:46:29.710
@FarhanAnam: In any case, bounty or not, if you know the answer then you should let the poster know. – harrymc – 2015-10-26T06:36:06.683
"The first time this happened was right after an update from Windows 8.1" - have you done a clean install of Windows 10? – DavidPostill – 2015-10-26T17:29:26.910
As a counterpoint to the "upgrade" and "weak machine" arguments: I have this on a clean install of Win 10, on a machine with 24GB of RAM, tested across 3 video cards, on TH2 (1511/Nov Update). Tends to happen after a few days of uptime, especially with a lot of explorer windows open, but closing them doesn't bring back the menu items. – Ryan Pavlik – 2016-07-18T16:07:48.967