start menu crash

Microsoft has confirmed a provisioning‑time regression that can leave core Windows 11 shell features — Start menu, Taskbar, File Explorer and other XAML‑dependent surfaces — failing or crashing after cumulative updates applied during image provisioning or on first user sign‑in, and has published...

Microsoft’s engineering teams have acknowledged a troubling chain of failures: a July servicing change in Windows 11 has introduced a provisioning-time regression that can leave Start, Taskbar, Explorer, and Settings broken, while cascading outages and emergency vendor fixes have amplified...

Microsoft’s admission that a servicing regression broke core Windows 11 shell functionality in certain provisioning scenarios crystallizes a slow‑burn crisis for the operating system: a July 2025 cumulative update (represented in Microsoft’s advisory by KB5062553) introduced a timing‑dependent...