[Fixed] “All of My Programs Are Gone Pressed on Windows” Issue

Why all of my programs are gone pressed on Windows?

When all programs disappear from the PC, you may be confused by the causes. Here, you can know the possible reasons:

➹ There're some errors in the system files.
➹ The system is impacted by the virus.
➹ The keyboard drivers are outdated.
➹ The game mode or tablet mode is enabled.

In order to fix all programs disappeared on Windows 10 problem, next, we will share 8 methods to let the hidden programs appear.

How can you fix "all of my programs are gone pressed  Windows" issue?

In this section, you can get some practical ways to deal with "all my apps disappeared on Windows 10" issue.

★ Solution 1. Run the App Troubleshoot

If you don’t know the specific reason for this issue, you can run the App Troubleshoot to check for the problems.

Step 1. Press "Windows+ R", input "control" and then hit "Enter" to open the Control Penal.

Step 2. In the Control Panel, change the view mode to "Large icons".

Step 3. In the new window, click "Tropubleshooting".

 Step 4. Click "View all" in the left task bar.

Step 5. Then choose the "Windows Store Apps" option, and follow instruction to run the App troubleshooting.

 ★ Solution 2. Check and repair the system files

When you meet the "all my programs are gone on Windows 10" issue, you can check the system files, for the damaged systems files also can cause the errors.

Step 1. Press "Windows" and type "cmd", then click "Run as administrator".

Step 2. In the new window, type "sfc /scannow" and press "Enter".

Step 3. Input the command "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth" and press "Enter" to repair the corrupted system files.

★ Solution 3. Perform Startup Repair

Once all programs disappeared, you can operate Startup Repair task.

Step 1. Press "Windows+I" to open the Windows Settings, then click "Update& security".

Step 2. In the new window, click "Recovery" and then click "Restart now".

Step 3. In the new window, click "Troubleshoot" and then select "Advanced options".

Step 4. Click "Startup Repair" to perform the startup repair.

★ Solution 4. Restore the system

Restoring the is a practical solution to get the disappeared programs, because it can return the Windows OS to the previous condition.

Step 1. Turn off the PC for 3 times, you'll get into the Windows Recovery Environment. Click "Troubleshoot", "Advanced" and "System Restore".

Step 2. You'll be asked to choose one system restore point, click "Next". A notice will poop out, click "Yes".

 ★ Solution 5. Update the keyboard drivers 

When the keyboard is outdated or corrupted, the Windows key cannot work normally, so updating the keyboard drivers is necessary.

Step 1. Click "Start" and type "Device Manager", then press "Enter".

Step 2. Under the "keyboard" option, right-click on the current keyboard, then click "Update driver".

Step 3. In the new window, choose "Search automatically for updated driver software", then wait patiently.

 ★ Solution 6. Disable the tablet mode on Windows

Please check whether the tablet mode is turned on, if it is, you can follow these steps to disable this mode.

Step 1. Click "Windows" and select "Settings", then click "System".

Step 2. Click "Tablet" and select "Never use tablet mode".

Step 3. Under the "Change additional table settings" option, turn off "Tablet mode" and "Hide app icons on the taskbar".

 ★ Solution 7. Disable the game mode

There’s a Game mode on the Windows PC, if you enable it, you can better enjoy the games on the PC. But sometimes, this mode may cause the Windows key to malfunction. So you can turn off this mode, here are the detailed methods.

Step 1. Press "Win + I" to open Windows Settings, select "Gaming" option.

Step 2. Click "Game Mode" on the left, then turn off the Game Mode.

PS.: In some keyboards, there's a specific Game mode button, you can press it to directly turn off the game mode.

 ★ Solution 8. Recover the disappeared programs in the Start Menu

When the “all my apps disappeared on Windows 10” problem happens, you still can run them from the Start Search box. Since the programs are hidden, you can try the following steps to recover them.

Step 1. Type "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu" in the search bar and hit "Enter". Right-click the blank area and select "Properties".

Step 2. Click "General" tab, then untick the "Hidden" option and click "OK".

Step 3. The "Access Denied" will pop out, input the account and password, then click "Continue".

Further reading: How to recover the deleted files from the PC

In the mentioned part, you learn the operations to solve the "all of my programs are gone pressed on Windows" issue. Sometimes, when you lose significant data and didn't back up them before, you may be stuck in finding a useful way to recover them.

Here, you can try AOMEI FastRecovery, it's a brilliant PC managing software used in Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP. Whether the lost files are deleted by formatting, virus attacking or other ways, it can easily retrieve them with some clicks.

The limitation of this tool is small, since it can recover different types of data (such as word, excel, pictures, videos and others) from HDD, SSD, SD card, USB, etc on Windows PC systems and all Windows Server systems.

Step 1. Install and launch AOMEI FastRecovery. Choose the exact partition or disk where your data lost and click Scan.

Step 2. Then, the recovery tool start to scan and search. lt will execute the “Quickly Scan" first for finding your deleted data fast, and then execute the “Deep Scan" for searching other lost data.

Step 3. Once the scan is completed, all deleted files, recycle bins and other missing files will be displayed. Please select the file you would like to recover and then click "Recover".

Step 4. Then, select a folder path to save your recovered files.

Step 5. Wait patiently for this process of recovering ends.

Verdict

How can you deal with "all of my programs are gone pressed Windows"? In this post, we shared 8 solutions to locate the lost programs from your PC. In addition, you can try to recover the deleted items will the provided AOMEI Partition Assistant.

By the way, this functional tool has the ability to allocate free space, clone the whole disk, move applications to another drive, convert between MBR and GPT, etc., for it's also a powerful disk manager.