Whenever you face windows 10 start menu related problems such as “Windows 10 Start menu not working or not responding, Start menu not responding clicks” etc we strongly recommend to run the Official Windows 10 Start menu troubleshooter which specially designed to check and fix the problems prevents start menu working properly. But sometimes users report The start menu troubleshooter results “Tile Database is corrupt” Not fixed.

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All with no luck. I also tried to migrate a tile database from a user that wasn't having this issue. Well it turns out Microsoft and Win 10 do not store that file anymore in AppData. The search feature will freeze when entering searches and the start menu will disappear very quickly. Not really sure what else to try from here thanks. Windows 10 Tile Layer Database corrupted in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade When creating a new user, the problems with the start menu and notifications bar go away.

As users report this issue on Microsoft forum, Reddit:
I have performed a clean install of windows 10 Version 1803 ( using ISO from MS ) Upon setting things up I cannot keep anything pinned to Start. Cannot open any application from Start menu search, Sometimes windows 10 Start menu not responding mouse clicks. As reading form internet I have run startmenu.diagcab ( Start menu troubleshooter, Download from Microsoft website ) But it results the tile database is corrupt and it’s not fixed.

Fix Start Menu Tile database is corrupt issue

There are a various reason that causes windows 10 start menu stop working, Here some solutions you may apply to fix ” Windows 10 Start menu Tile database corrupt issue”.

First of all open Command prompt as administrator And type Dism Command ” DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth” Wait until 100% complete the scanning process. This will scan the Windows image for any corruption and repair the system image. After complete 100% scanning process Run the SFC command ( sfc /scannow ) let system file checker to check and restore missing system files. After that Restart windows and check Start menu working, If not run the Start menu troubleshooter, check still Tile Database is a corrupt error is there?

Thanks, addictivetips.com for sharing this solution Which worked for me:

Simply Create a new users account and login to newly created user account, then navigate to C:UsersnewUserAccountAppDataLocalTileDataLayer. Here copy the Database folder and paste it on D drive.

Now return to your user account (the one with the corrupt tile database). And Navigate to the following location. C:UsersUserNameAppDataLocalTileDataLayer. Here rename the current Database folder as “Database.bak” and copy/Paste the Database folder you previously copied to D drive ( from newly created user account ) Simply Restart windows PC and on next login check start menu working properly.

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Did these solutions help to fix “Tile Database Is Corrupt Error On Windows 10 ” let us know on comments below? Also, Read “Start Menu Search Not Working” After upgrade windows 10 Version 1803 !!!