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Open Shell does not start automatically when Windows starts. #2359

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Open Shell doesn't launch automatically when Windows 11 version 25H2 starts.

We installed Open Shell version 4.4.196 and configured the interface. We configured the Open-Shell settings to display the classic Start menu with a left mouse click, and to display the standard Windows 11 Start menu when holding down the Shift+Left Mouse Key. Everything works fine. In the Windows registry, under Registry\All Users\Run, the string value "C:\Program Files\Open-Shell\StartMenu.exe" -autorun" is configured to launch Open-Shell when Windows boots.
We rebooted Windows, and the Start button still displays the standard Windows menu, not the classic Open-Shell menu.

Okay. We also added a special shortcut to the C:\Users\<user profile>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup folder, specifying "C:\Program Files\Open-Shell\StartMenu.exe" as the OpenShell launcher. We rebooted Windows again. And again, the classic Open-Shell menu is missing from the Start button.

Okay. We added "C:\Program Files\Open-Shell\StartMenu.exe" to the startup file "autoexec.bat," but unfortunately, nothing happened. The Start menu remains the same. "Standard Menu Windows 11."

If we choose to launch Open-Shell manually, everything is fine: it starts and runs without problems. We tried running OpenShell with administrator privileges, but that didn't help; the same error persisted.

P.S.
This error was not observed in previous versions of Windows 10 or 11.

Area of issue

Start menu

To reproduce

  1. Install Open-Shell on Windows 11 25H2.
  2. Restart Windows.
  3. Click the Start button.
  4. The Open-Shell menu does not appear; the standard Windows menu appears.

Expected behavior

The classic OpenShell menu should open.

Open-Shell version

4.4.196

Windows version

Windows 11 25H2

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