Start Menu timeout

next time I can afford to sit idly by the computer for ten minutes

- I went and did something else while waiting for 12 minutes for you.

I know that few people care about Live Tiles anymore (or ever did), but if someone knows or figures out how this timeout is implemented and how to disable it

That's a change from your original question.

You'd need a small script running which you'd have to cancel

which would do something like
'If start menu not running, start it" I suppose.

You should find out what's doing it. Good luck.

The risk with that is that unless you disabled it or had it not running at specific times or maybe disabled by you using the PC you'd have the SM popping up when you didn't want it- ie. would have to be bit 'clever'.

As no one else seems to have the issue you report, seems likely to be sthg specific to your configuration.

I think you'll have to sit by your computer watching so you can
- note down the time the Start menu disappeared, then
- Run Task scheduler and, on its initial screen, look through entries in the Task status section to see if anything ran at the time the change happened.


Denis

My post #9 offers a good way to do that.

I agree with dalchina.
Given that you'll have to sit by the computer watching for the change to take place, that NirSoft Task Scheduler Viewer utility can show the tasks in chronological order so that would be quicker than looking through the Task scheduler, Task status records.


Denis

Thanks.
To check:
Verify that this task runs every 10 mins.

Simply look at what e.g. Task scheduler reports for that task every 10 minutes and see if it has been run...

From TaskSchedulerView that task is shown:
==================================================
Task Name : ReconcileFeatures
Status : Ready
Hidden : No
Last Task Result : 0
Last Run : 25/04/2024 07:05:56
Next Run :
Allow Demand Start: Yes
Triggers :
Run On Boot : No
Run On Logon : No
Run On Event : No
Run Daily : No
Run Weekly : No
Run Monthly : No
Run Only If Network Available: No
Wake To Run : No
Multi-Instances Policy: Ignore New
Missed Runs : 0
Task Folder : \Microsoft\Windows\Flighting\FeatureConfig
Action Types : COM Handler
Executable File :
Executable Arguments:
Start Directory :
COM Handler Filename: C:\Windows\System32\fcon.dll
COM Handler Description: Feature Configuration Reconciliation Task Handler
COM Handler Class : {59EECBFE-C2F5-4419-9B99-13FE05FF2675}
Running User Account: SYSTEM
Highest Privileges Run: No
Author : Microsoft Corporation
Description : Task periodically reconciling feature configurations
Source : Microsoft Corporation
Task Owner : NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Priority : 7
Running Instances : 0
Task File Created Time: 22/10/2022 17:17:44
Task File Modified Time: 13/02/2024 19:55:47
Task Filename : C:\WINDOWS\system32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Flighting\FeatureConfig\ReconcileFeatures
==================================================

Whilst it can be run manually, doing so (clicking) would close the Start Menu, so to test that that is doing that would require something clever.

In the above it appears to have been run when I logged on this morning. There is no obvious 'Next Run' scheduled.
If this task is responsible for the Start Menu closing, the question then is what caused it to run.. Clearly it doesn't run every 10 mins on mine. Does it on yours?

And thank you for your clarification.

Then note that it does not run repeatedly on mine.

There will be some cause specific to your PC.

I suggest you simply don't bother about the SM disappearing. Good luck.