Start 11 v2 does not restart after Explorer restarts

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Hey folks, having this issue for a while now but it happened again today on 2 PCs simultaneously and that finally got me jazzed up enough to post about it. ^_^' 

Basically, title. I use Windhawk, and when plugins update for it, it restarts Explorer. Unfortunately Start11 stops appearing completely after that. All of it's executables and services are still running, yet the menu itself won't appear anymore. I get the default Windows 11 start menu.

I've tried shutting down the executables and restarting all of the services then running them again, but the menu still refuses to appear. I even tried uninstalling then reinstalling it. The only thing that works is restarting the PC.

I have Start11 installed on 5 PCs, and it does this on every single one of them.

Is there a way for me to get Start11 to fully restart itself without having to reboot?

Any insights or suggestions are greatly appreciated! ^_^

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Not sure if this will work, but try opening the Start11 config app and toggle any setting back and forth. Let me know if this works.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Just tried this but unfortunately, it didn't work. I even tried toggling options I had turned off.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Sorry, but it was worth a try. Hopefully Basj will be able to help you. 

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues. I don't use Windhawk. Perhaps something changed that causing the issue when you update the Windhawk plugin. First, Please try, uninstall Start11, reboot immediately (important), download latest version available in your account product download page: https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products. Install it, reboot immediately again. Retest it and report back.

Thank you,

Basj,

Stardock Community  Assistant.