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  1. Posts : 52
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       #21

    News: I may have worded my problem incorrectly as @dalchina has mentioned but I think I have a clearer picture of it now because I found a thread on the Microsoft site that was sort of similar to my problem and had 64 replies to it. Its an older build (from 2015) so I don't know if the solutions listed there are still applicable. I just copied and pasted the package's name that stopped working into Google and I found the thread. I would have hoped upgrading the version would have solved it but that doesn't seem to be the case with me.

    I ran perfmon /rel and found out that a certain process stopped working right when I log on to my account after I restart it. Its also called Windows.ShellExperienceHost which has me to believe its connected to the Cortana and Start Menu.

    Here are the technical details:


    So if anyone can use this information to help me that would be great because I don't know much about it and how I can apply it (if I even can) to my case.

    Link: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/i...1-f3c299f85081
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  2. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #22

    Realtek drivers need updating.
    If you have ASUS AI Suite on there, you might try removing it completely as well.
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  3. Posts : 52
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       #23

    simrick said:
    Realtek drivers need updating.
    If you have ASUS AI Suite on there, you might try removing it completely as well.
    Tried updating the Realtek Audio drivers but Windows says its already updated.



    As for ASUS AI Suite, I never downloaded the program so I don't think I have it on my system.
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  4. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #24

    That link you provided: One person mentioned that it was a display driver issue; another a BIOS update needed; another person linked to this:
    1. Right-click at Start and run Command Prompt as Admin

    2. Type command:

    ren %windir%\System32\AppLocker\Plugin*.* *.bak

    3. Restart Windows
    4. Be happy
    Another post is
    FIXED!!! TO EVERYONE HERE. RIGHT CLICK AN EMPTY SPACE ON YOUR DESKTOP AND CREATE A NEW FOLDER NAME IT SHELL AND THEN OPEN IT THEN CLICK ON FILE IN UPPER LEFT CORNER AND THEN CLICK ON OPEN WINDOWS POWER SHELL "MAKE SURE TO OPEN AS ADMIN" COPY THIS TEXT AND PASTE IT INTO POWERSHELL WINDOW. SOMETIMES YOU NEE TO DO THIS TWISE, WORKED FOR ME" THIS IS THE TEXT TO COPY AND PASTE INTO POWER SHELL Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
    That's tough to read, so
    Right-click an empty space on desktop
    Create a new folder named SHELL
    Open the folder, click on File in upper-left and click on Open Windows Powershell (be sure to open as Admin)
    Copy and paste this text into the Powershell Window:
    Code:
    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage  -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register  "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
    This is the re-register all apps tutorial that I linked to earlier.

    Perhaps you could save the text file from Ccleaner of installed applications and upload that here?

    Also, did you answer if this happens in a clean boot? I don't recall seeing that. Maybe I missed it - it's very late here.
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  5. Posts : 16,325
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       #25

    Alphaheat said:
    Tried updating the Realtek Audio drivers but Windows says its already updated.



    As for ASUS AI Suite, I never downloaded the program so I don't think I have it on my system.
    Please make sure you check them all. There are more than one.
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  6. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #26

    Here's a thread on the ATKEX_cmd.exe error which may help:
    ATKEX_cmd.exe has stopped working - Microsoft Community
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  7. Posts : 52
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    Thread Starter
       #27

    simrick said:
    Please make sure you check them all. There are more than one.
    Double checked both Realtek Audio drivers for updates and Windows still says that both are already up to date.



    Ran the code: ren %windir%\System32\AppLocker\Plugin*.* *.bak into CMD with Admin privileges but the system can not find the file. I looked through the thread and a few people have similar problems b/c the folder that contains whatever the code is effecting is empty (AppLocker I believe is the folder name)

    Code:
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>ren %windir%\System32\AppLocker\Plugin*.* *.bak
    The system cannot find the file specified.
    
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>



    I've been suggested to run this code Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"} through Powershell before and it didn't seem to help but I decided to try it again. I ran it twice as well.

    Windows Start Menu is as empty as ever and the Cortana Search seems to have been altered a bit. I can no longer find programs like Steam or Photoshop. Select applications like Illustrator have a label underneath it that says Run Commandand if it has that, I can open it. I reported this observation already about a few posts up.

    Cortana Search no longer brings up Control Panel. Now its just one single result: Nvidia Control Panel which can be run.




    Here are the CCleaner results as requested: http://pastebin.com/QU7u5Jh0

    I have not touched any ASUS programs yet so that will be my next plan of action. I just have to find out if I actually have any ASUS programs and how to uninstall if I do.

    I've seen the thread on ANTEK but the problem is, no notification appears when ANTEK fails. The only way I knew about it was from the perfmon /rel search.

    As for a clean boot, I haven't done it yet. I'll be trying that next as well.


    Small Update:
    Ran
    Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
    through Power Shell a third time and restarted my computer. Right after restarting, my start menu is looking a lot healthier.

    I can't click on anything but its showing up so that's a win in my book.

    Next up we have a perfectly working Cortana that's able to search for stuff. Great news but I guarantee something will go wrong again. I'm giving this a few hours.


    Ran perfmon /rel to see if any stopped working and I am happy to say that nothing stopped working. So it looks like if nothing stops working, then my Cortana Search (excluding Windows Menu b/c that's still semi broken) will work! This is a really good thing to note.


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  8. Posts : 52
    Win 10 Pro (1607)
    Thread Starter
       #28

    As predicted, the Cortana Search and Start Menu have reverted back to their old ways!

    I quickly checked perfmon /rel and these were the suspects:







    Once again, Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost stopped working. So in all three cases that my Cortana Search and Start Menu failed to work, Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost just happened to stop working. I think these are definitely linked and that it may be the culprit.

    From that, I did a Google Search and I think I hit the gold.

    A thread on the Microsoft forums that was created on May 15, 2016 (so its somewhat recent) with 646 people having the same problem!

    I gave it a quick look through and most of the suggestions I have already tried.

    Here's the link for reference: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...a-145170fe029c
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  9. Posts : 16,325
    W10Prox64
       #29

    Hmmm...lots of irritated people in that thread!
    Not seeing ASUS AI Suite on your system, so don't worry about that.

    EDIT: Please make sure Fast Startup is turned OFF.

    Please put the system in a clean boot state.
    At an admin command prompt:
    Code:
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
    Then:
    Code:
    sfc /scannow
    Please upload command window screenshots of the results of both.

    Then enter:
    Code:
    findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"%userprofile%\Desktop\sfcdetails.txt"
    Find the file sfcdetails.txt on your desktop and upload it here using the CODE (#) button in Advanced Reply.
    Last edited by simrick; 17 Sep 2016 at 12:54.
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