Sometimes, for no reason, the Start menu tiles in Windows 10 turn dark and shows a semi-transparent background. This behavior becomes visible when you hover your mouse cursor over a thumbnail. It can also happen randomly. You can try the following troubleshooting steps to fix the issue in Windows 10.
Start menu tiles darken in Windows 10
Initially, many users thought this was just a bug that will be fixed when reported. However, the problem persists. Here is what you can do!
- Restart the Start menu process.
- Detach and pin Tile.
- Update the graphics drivers.
- Run the DISM tool.
- Reset the affected Windows application.
Mosaic icons may also appear blurry or pixelated, or even completely dark.
1. Restart the Start menu process
Now there is a separate process available for the Start menu – StartMenuExperienceHost.exe. If the above solution does not give the desired results, you can try restarting the process from the Start menu to see if that fixes the problem.
2. Detach and pin the tile
The simplest solution that seems to work in most cases is unpinning and repining the tile. Click on the thumbnail that appears dark or blurry, right-click on it and select “Detach from the beginning“Option.
Then enter the name of the thumbnail in the search bar and when the thumbnail appears, right click on it and select “Pin to start“.
This should fix the problem. If he does not go to the next solution.
3. Update graphics drivers
Right click on your desktop and select “Intel graphics settings“.
Then click on the 3D icon to enter ‘Global Parameters“.
In the right pane, under “Optimal mode of applicationHeader “, click”Deactivate“To deactivate the optimal mode of the application.
Next, run the Intel Driver Update utility and check if new graphics drivers are available. Update them, if necessary.
If your system uses AMD, you can use AMD driver auto-detection.
4. Run the DISM tool
If there are any corruption issues related to the Windows application, the DISM tool can help you fix them.
5. Reset the affected Windows application.
You can reset the Windows Store app through settings.
Everything is there for that!