Can't open start menu

[ghost]

So i did a fresh install of windows 11 and decided to use this program to upgrade my privacy and security. I selected the tweaks i wanted and started the script. Everything was fine until the script was about halfway done and i noticed that i no longer could launch the start menu.

I searched the web and tried to in powershell write "Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}" to re-register the start menu but it still wouldn't open. I searched thru all the scripts but none of them mentioned disabling the start menu.

Have i missed something? Which script disables the start menu?

[undergroundwires]

Hi please attach the generated privacy.sexy file, on desktop version you can find it at %APPDATA%\privacy.sexy\runs.

[marcello-pietrobon]

I remember when using Blackbird (they are not updating it since November 22 if I do not err) I have a similar problem and I wrote a note for myself.

StartMenuExperienceHost: disabling it will make the start menu disappear, but the search box still there. With Blackbird this change was irreversible.

ShellExperienceHost: disabling it will disable the Time/Clock panel on the System Tray. With Blackbird this change was reversible.

[ghost]

privacy-script.zip

Made it a zip because github wouldn't let me post it otherwise

I reinstalled the system a couple of times and everything works fine after running the script until it doesn't anymore. After a while the explorer restarts and then i can't open start, the latest time i couldn't use search either and i couldn't open windows security (don't know if i could the other times).

[undergroundwires]

I cannot reproduce this. Both the start menu and search bar works fine after running the script in Windows 11 23H2, even after restarting explorer or the computer.

Thank you for the information about the apps. ShellExperienceHost is already excluded from privacy.sexy and thank you for the information about StartMenuExperienceHost, it will never be added.