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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.

 

See Also:

What is ShellExperienceHost.exe?