GauravK wrote:
You could do basic troubleshooting yourself like determining if the problem you have with Explorer.exe and Classic Shell is caused by the Start Menu or Explorer add-ons.
Try installing without the Start menu and only the Explorer add-ons. Does Explorer.exe load then? Then install the Start Menu component but before reboot, uncheck the option "Start automatically for this user" from Classic Start Menu settings -> General Behavior tab, reboot again.
I'll be honest, I wasn't going to do any more trouble shooting because Ivo already had me do some of his own...
But I went ahead and tried reinstalling in different ways after today being a monthly Patch Tuesday from Microsoft.
Didn't try as you described, but, it doesn't seem to make any difference what setup options I choose.
Narrowed the installation down all the way to just Start menu itself and the updater and Explorer will still have restart problems.
Wouldn't make a difference what I eliminated.
Thank you anyway for wanting to help me, I appreciate it!
Curious what Ivo finds out, if anything... maybe it was something Microsoft changed again like the last time.