{"id":54526,"date":"2021-09-08T07:28:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itblog.ldlnet.net\/?p=54526"},"modified":"2021-09-08T07:28:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:28:21","slug":"microsoft-breaks-start-menu-on-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itblog.ldlnet.net\/index.php\/2021\/09\/08\/microsoft-breaks-start-menu-on-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Breaks Start Menu on Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been testing Windows 11 since it came out a month ago, and it has been good so far. Of course blaring issue I had is iCloud causing the Start Menu and Taskbar to go blank. Luckily, I was able to update it and get everything working again.<br>Right around the 1st of September, I started having the same problem, but this time, it was REALLY broken and I couldn&#8217;t access any Windows internal Control Panel functions, the Taskbar, nor the Start menu. I had just received an update from Windows Update the night before and woke up to the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, I was able to open MSConfig and run a System Restore to before it was updated to get things back to normal. After that, I started looking for the why this happened and found the following link from XDA Developers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/microsoft-breaks-windows-11-by-injecting-ads\/\">Microsoft reportedly bro<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/microsoft-breaks-windows-11-by-injecting-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ke Windows 11 by injecting ads (xda-developers.com) <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, the article states that Microsoft injected a registry key that broke explorer.exe, the Taskbar, and the Start Menu. They provide the following solution to remove the registry key and fix Windows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>First of all, Microsoft did publish a fix. If your PC is in an unusable state and you\u2019re reading this in an effort to get out of it, this is what you need to do:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-pale-ocean-gradient-background has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Use <strong>CTRL-ALT-DEL<\/strong> and choose to open Task Manager.<\/li><li><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Choose <strong>\u201cMore details\u201d <\/strong>at the bottom of Task Manager to expand Task Manager.<\/li><li><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Go to <strong>\u201cFile\u201d <\/strong>and choose <strong>\u201cRun new task\u201d<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Type <strong>\u201ccmd\u201d <\/strong>in the<strong> \u201cOpen\u201d <\/strong>field.<\/li><li><strong>Step 5:<\/strong>\u00a0Paste the following (everything in bold):<br><strong><kbd>reg delete HKCU\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\IrisService \/f &amp;&amp; shutdown -r -t 0<\/kbd><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Step 6<\/strong>: Hit enter, and then your PC should reboot. After rebooting, everything should be back to normal.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I did not get to confirm this since I had completed a System Restore, <strong><em>but, <\/em><\/strong>I removed the registry key anyway. I would read the article and follow XDA Developers as they are a great group for information on a variety of products including Windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>REFERENCES:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xda-developers.com\/microsoft-breaks-windows-11-by-injecting-ads\/\">Microsoft reportedly broke Windows 11 by injecting ads (xda-developers.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">PLEASE CHECK MY OTHER POSTS! THANKS FOR YOUR PATRONAGE<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been testing Windows 11 since it came out a month ago, and it has been good so far. 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