- Windows 10 April update has spoiled part of the Start menu
- Right -click the jump lists that were present with certain applications no longer work
- It was a very practical shortcut and a key element of the workflow of certain users, who are now quite frustrated by their omission
The latest Windows 10 update is delivered with an unfortunate side effect in that it causes part of the starting menu to stop working.
The latest Windows reports that after installing Windows 10 April update, published earlier this month, jump lists for certain start menu applications now seem to be broken.
Normally, when you right button on a tile (large icon) in the Start menu – on the right side of the panel, next to the full list of applications installed on the PC which is on the left – the menu that appears provides a standard option of options, as well as what is informally known as a jump list linked to various files (note that this appears only with certain applications).
This is a list of recently open (or pinned, commonly used) files to which you can get quick access (or jump directly, hence the name). Thus, for example, with the Photos application, you will see links to recently open images (or web pages recently consulted in a web browser).
However, this section of the jump list no longer appears for applications that should have this additional furniture attached to the right -click menu.
Windows the last one observes that this is a problem with all their Windows 10 PCs, and there are a number of reports from those who have been struck by this bug on Microsoft ANSTIME.com HELP Forum and Reddit also.
Analysis: What’s going on here?
Not everyone is affected here by all means. My Windows 10 PC is good, and I applied the apparently embarrassing update of April 2025. Or this upgrade seems to be the problematic piece of the puzzle, at least according to the amateur detective.
There are a lot of potential fixes that float here and there, but unfortunately, none of them seems to work. The only remedy seems to delete the update, which is hardly ideal because it is only a temporary solution that does not leave you the latest security corrections. However, restoration of the PC before the application of the update seems to make the trick to bring the functionality of the jump list, suggesting that this update is indeed the deep cause.
Windows last raises the perspective that this could be an intentional deletion of Microsoft, but I do not think. If this is the case, Microsoft would better clarify this, because there are a number of bored Windows 10 users because of this problem.
I think that a more likely suggestion is that Microsoft may have made changes compared to Windows 11, which in a way caused unexpected collateral damage in Windows 10.
I hope that we will hear Microsoft early enough on what is going on, but in the meantime, the workflows of some Windows 10 users are distinctly spoiled by the removal of these practical shortcuts.
Of course, Windows 10 no longer has much date on its shelf life at this stage – only six months, although you can pay to extend the support for another year if you really want to avoid going to Windows 11 (or even if you cannot upgrade).
