I have re-enabled Start11 since disabling it on November 26 and have installed Start11 v1.01 Beta.
I find that after waking the computer from sleep that it can sometimes be a troublesome time.
I'll see how it runs this time. 👍

It would help narrow down the issue as two different code paths are used.

In early development we had to make changes to search to make it less parallel because we found some third party explorer extensions were sometimes prone to causing crashes due to a threading issue.  It may be linked to that still as the new search is still considerably quicker than the S10 style.

It sounds like the problem is only occurring having done a search, either whilst searching, or when closing a search (be that by clicking on something from Search, or cancelling it by closing the menu)?

I too have issues with explorer crashing when trying to search.  If I turn off "Use Start11 search ... ", search works fine with no explorer crashes.

Update: found the 1.01 beta and it seems to have resolved the issue - still testing though.

2nd Update (12/22): Just uninstalled Start11, continued to crash.   Holding off any other purchases; such as Fences, until this is resolved.

I have also noticed this issue, with Start11. It hadn't happened since updating to version 1.01 (on Wednesday), but about 30 mins ago I searched for a program, explorer.exe crashed. Once it reloaded I search and open the program I wanted. Next I wanted another program. Search - crash. Three searches, two crashes. Span of at least two minutes or less.

When will this be fixed once and for all?

Do you mean enabling "Use old Start10 style search"? If so, it has always been enabled.

Turning the first option off, "Use Start11 search in the Start11 start menu" would mean I have no clue how to go about doing a start menu search.

The problem continues, and I have yet to receive a reply to my previous post.

I did not pay money for software that crashes explorer.exe. When will this be fixed?

Ate those going to provide anything event logs do not? Because those imply Start11 is the reason for the Explorer crash, though disabling Start11 search seems to alleviate it. It is too bad because it’s aesthetically nicer which is the whole point. 

It doesn't really provide anything we didn't already know, it is crashing when searching. Ironically enough, I was searching and opening event viewer when this one came up. The moment I selected it, Explorer crashed.

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SYMBOL_NAME:  windows_storage!CDrivesFolder::v_InternalQueryInterface+58

MODULE_NAME: windows_storage

IMAGE_NAME:  windows.storage.dll

STACK_COMMAND:  ~153s ; .ecxr ; kb

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  INVALID_POINTER_READ_c0000005_windows.storage.dll!CDrivesFolder::v_InternalQueryInterface

OS_VERSION:  10.0.22000.1

BUILDLAB_STR:  co_release

OSPLATFORM_TYPE:  x64

OSNAME:  Windows 10

IMAGE_VERSION:  10.0.22000.348

FAILURE_ID_HASH:  {d3158897-61f6-d39f-0e59-641dc5759090}

Event Viewer:

Faulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 10.0.22000.120, time stamp: 0xe846e749
Faulting module name: windows.storage.dll, version: 10.0.22000.348, time stamp: 0xf44b9048
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000193208
Faulting process id: 0x2a54
Faulting application start time: 0x01d801ba4bb5f3e5
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\windows.storage.dll
Report Id: 63ba0a93-4da3-4f0c-8220-40ea7530503d
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID: 

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There might be more than one bug here, since I am getting this one and another that clearly points the finger at Start11 (see in beginning of thread).
Maybe that is why its hard to track down.

With regards to this issue (crashing during / soon after a search) we have made changes to Start11 search in the upcoming v1.11 build (current is 1.1) which moves S11 search (but not S10 style for technical reasons) out of explorer.

Hopefully this resolves some of these reports.

I'd like to know when 1.11 is expected as well. This search issue has been very frustrating for sure. I've had difficulty in locating the betas, but I understand they are available to licensed users. I'd certainly be willing to install the beta in place of my 1.1 on my machines to test.

I just installed the beta version.   I'll let you know how it goes once some time has passed.

Seems to be much more stable now with the Beta

Pleased to hear it and ty for the update.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager