This tutorial will show you how to reset and re-register the Start menu for your account (current user) or all users in Windows 11.
The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended. The Start menu contains shortcuts of all your apps, settings, and files. These do not get reset or cleared with you reset and re-register the Start menu.
If the Start menu is not opening or working properly, then resetting or re-registering the Start menu may help fix it.
If you get the Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it modifies are currently in use error message below when running the command in option 1 or 2, you will need to kill the Windows Shell Experience Host process in Task Manager, and run the command again afterwards.
Stop-Process -Name "StartMenuExperienceHost" -Force
Contents
- Option One: Reset Start Menu for Current User
- Option Two: Re-register Start Menu for Current User
- Option Three: Re-register Start Menu for All Users
EXAMPLE: Start menu
1 Open Windows Terminal, and select Windows PowerShell.
2 Copy and paste the command below into PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost | Reset-AppxPackage3 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal if you like.
1 Open Windows Terminal, and select Windows PowerShell.
2 Copy and paste the command below into PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}3 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal if you like.
You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.
1 Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select Windows PowerShell.
2 Copy and paste the command below into PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}3 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal (Admin) if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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