Start11 "re-start Start11"

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Looks like sometimes applications that are installed don't show up in Start11's menu (although they do appear in the native Win 11 start menu).  When I re-booted the PC, those apps (Standard Win-64 app and installer) did appear. Is there any way to force Start11 to refresh it's list of apps or restart Start11 to see them?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues.

TRy a fresh uninstall REBOOT then reinstall REBOOT,

see if that helps and report back here please .

 


AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Yeah...not able to do that right now.  Spent over an hour getting the Start11 menu just the way I like it (Win 10 style) so I am not going to be doing that right now.  If anyone else experience's this issue maybe they can try the uninstall/reinstall route.

Thank you.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top


Looks like sometimes applications that are installed don't show up in Start11's menu (although they do appear in the native Win 11 start menu).  When I re-booted the PC, those apps (Standard Win-64 app and installer) did appear. Is there any way to force Start11 to refresh it's list of apps or restart Start11 to see them?
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I have been restarting Windows Explorer which is much faster than a reboot and it will refresh the Start 11 menu.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Do you just kill the task from task manager and then re-run it?  If no, is there a simpler way?  

Saw this from a search:

Batch file:

taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe

start explorer.exe

exit

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting theeveryman, reply 4

Do you just kill the task from task manager and then re-run it?  If no, is there a simpler way?  

Saw this from a search:

Batch file:

taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe

start explorer.exe

exit
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when you select Windows Explorer in the Task Mananger, the button changes from End Task to Restart.


You can also create a desktop shortcut to accomplish this. Just create  a new shortcut and paste the following as the target, click Next and give it a name. 

cmd.exe /c taskkill.exe /f /im explorer.exe && start explorer.exe

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top


Looks like sometimes applications that are installed don't show up in Start11's menu (although they do appear in the native Win 11 start menu).  When I re-booted the PC, those apps (Standard Win-64 app and installer) did appear. Is there any way to force Start11 to refresh it's list of apps or restart Start11 to see them?
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Beta ver. 1.1 solves these problems. Check it out. https://forums.stardock.com/509296/start11-11-beta-release-thread