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August 23rd, 2020 04:00

(1) Unable to Restart StartMenuExperienceHost.exe process (Start menu) in Task Manager Processes tab because it does not exist.

(2) Unable to Restart StartMenuExperienceHost.exe process (Start menu) in Task Manager Details tab because it does not exist.

(3) The StartMenuExperienceHost.exe process doesn't automatically restart, and manual attempt to run the C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe file does not restart it.

(4) Unable to Restart StartMenuExperienceHost.exe process (Start menu) in Command Prompt

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(5) Unable to Restart StartMenuExperienceHost.exe process (Start menu) in PowerShell

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August 23rd, 2020 10:00

Creation of new registry key DWORD EnableXAMLStartMenu at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced did not reinstate open Start Menu (Windows). 

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August 23rd, 2020 13:00

Came across discussion about TileDataLayer which seemed to offer the Start Menu solution. However, TileDataLayer is not used in our OS is Windows 10 Professional (x64) Version 2004 (build 19041.450).

Found the Windows 10 start menu troubleshooter Here and ran startmenu.diagcab with the premise that it has been updated for Windows 10 build 19041.450. 

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Issues found. Required applications are not installed correctly. Automatic fix not possible. "Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost" and "Microsoft.Windows.Cortana"
applications need to be installed correctly. Installing the applications might fix the Start menu problems. 

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