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Whenever I press the shortcut key for the original Windows 11 start menu I get the critical error messages and can't figure out how to restore the original start menu, I even tried uninstalling Start11. Any help would be appreciated thanks.
Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please try purge part of this steps as mention here : [Link]. Reboot after the purge. Retest and report back here.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.
Sorry to hear you are having problems. Unfortunately if your problem opening the Windows start menu continues without Start11 installed it is probably not something we can resolve for you as it sounds like Windows has corrupted a file somewhere.
This is a problem Windows has been known to have after updates for some people and is not caused by Start11 as it does not alter the OS menu itself. It is merely coincidence you had Start11 installed.
If you have another user account it may be worth trying that to see if it lets you use the menu.
If you are comfortable running commands in Command Prompt, try the following.
Open Command Prompt as an Administrator and enter the following commands one at a time in the order listed. If your OS is corrupted, there's a chance this will fix it.
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