Force refresh of Explorer?

May 18, 2022 12:02 PM from

I have been using Start11 for a couple months now. It has been working great and really have zero complaints. The only thing that does bug me is that when I install or uninstall a new program, the programs list does not reflect that until I restart Explorer, or reboot. I am a software dev, so I am installing/uninstalling all the time. Anyway to to have Start11 force a refresh of the programs menu automatically? Right now I open the settings menu for Start11 and go to the Taskbar section and click Restart explorer.

I searched through the forums and online and didn't find any solutions. So sorry if this has been asked before.

Windows 11
Start11 version: 1.22
Start Menu style is Windows 10. Most everything is default except the shortcuts list and visual.

start menu products

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Reply #1 May 18, 2022 8:13 PM from

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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. For me, and I am not dev who might come later with a simpler method. I create a batch file for restart explorer.exe and make a hotkey to it on my keyboard. So restart explorer is just a keypress away.

Thanks
Basj,
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