This article shows steps to reset or repair the Start Menu button when using Windows 11 to resolve open, stop working, or hang Start button is one of the most clicked areas in Windows 11. It is a pathway to get to other areas and open other apps in Windows.
The Start menu is where you’ll also find your Pinned apps, All apps, and Recommended apps (frequently accessed apps and settings in Windows 11).
The Start menu is a modern or Universal Windows Platform (UWP) menu app. UWP apps can be used across all compatible Microsoft Windows devices, including PCs, tablets, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens, and more.
When the Start menu stops working, there are not many things you can do in Windows. However, in cases where the Start menu stops working or does not respond, the fix is pretty straightforward, and the steps below will show you how to do that.
Windows 11 has many new features and sleek designs, but UWP apps and settings are not new. They were first introduced with Windows 8.
To get started with resetting the Start menu in Windows 11, follow the steps below:
Again, one can reset or repair individual UWP menu apps and settings in Windows. For example, if the Start Menu isn’t working or opening correctly, you can reset or re-register the Start menu button.
First, open PowerShell as administrator. You can do that by using the keyboard shortcut and pressing the Windows key + R to launch the run command windows.
Then type the commands below to open PowerShell as administrator.
powershell Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs
When the PowerShell terminal screen opens, run the commands below to reset the Start menu for your profile only.
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
Or run the commands below to reset the Start menu for all users on the PC.
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
If you run the command above as administrator in PowerShell a get an error, please kill the Windows Shell Experience Host process in Task Manager, then rerun the commands above.
After that, the start menu should work again as expected. Click different sections and see if your issues are resolved.
That should do it!
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