If you ever find yourself in Azureus with a missing "Force Start" menu, let me be your guide back to the fertile green fields of forced start downloading. :-)

I think the problem is if Azureus does not shut down cleanly then it may prompt you for configuration settings when you restart. If you ignore this wizard dialog you will default to beginner mode which has no "Force Start" option.

"Tools->Configuration Wizard" will set you on the Advanced and Narrow...