Fixing Start Menu problems in Windows 10
Introduction:
If a user experiences the following scenarios when clicking or tapping the Start menu:
#Start menus is slow
#Start menu is not responding
#Start menu hangs
#Start menu crashes immediately
Resolution:
To overcome all these above issues Microsoft has introduced StartMenuExperienceHost.exe, a separate process,
StartMenuExperienceHost.exe:
- Press CTRL+ SHIFT+ESC keys to launch Task Manager.
- Go to Details and scroll down to StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
- It is located under C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy
- Right click to select End task
- It'll restart Start Menu process.