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OpenShell Menu Settings doesn't open #1998

Open basicallyar opened 2 months ago

basicallyar commented 2 months ago

Describe the bug

It doesn't open, I click it, and nothing, I exited Retrobar and still nothing. I tried changing compatibility settings and still nothin

Area of issue

Start menu

To reproduce

  1. Try to open OpenShell Menu Settings
  2. Reality strikes

Expected behavior

OpenShell Menu Settings to open

Open-Shell version

4.4.191

Windows version

Windows 11 23H2

Additional context

It's a parallels VM on an Apple Silicon Mac so it can get f*cked because of being on an ARM boi

Androxilogin commented 2 months ago

I just had this problem pop up, myself. It does end up opening it is just delayed for a long time before it pops up. I was thinking it may be Microsoft trying to force their freakin' "SearchApp.exe" I have set to be killed and renamed so it doesn't reopen after every boot but manually trying to start that didn't fix the problem so I'm not sure what's going on either. (Windows 10)

EDIT:

It was in fact SearchApp.exe causing the issue. sfc /scannow 'fixes' it by reinstalling SearchApp and having it suck up resources at all times just as Microsoft intended. I guess it's forced now to function seamlessly.

basicallyar commented 2 weeks ago

Can I delete the SearchApp executable file from the autostart?

Androxilogin commented 2 weeks ago

Can I delete the SearchApp executable file from the autostart?

I just want to reiterate here.

I have recently started a new system from scratch on another computer and Open Shell didn't have any issues after getting all of the latest updates from Microsoft. On the PC I was using previously, it had been debloated with a script which broke the store and some other functionality so SearchApp.exe was forced to function correctly. This other desktop, this doesn't seem to be the case.

In the past, I have had to use Unlocker to properly kill and delete SearchApp due to it having administrative properties. After that, I wrote a small script that will rename it if it ever gets installed again to SearchApp.(randomNumber) and kill it automatically on a set schedule through task scheduler. Here that script is if you're interested in doing the same. There are some repeats in the text to ensure that it has completed the task before it is automatically opened again. Simply download and rename to the .bat file extension.