Microsoft has released new Windows 11 build 22563.1 to insiders in the dev channel with new features, improvements, and a handful of bug fixes. The build has brought a new taskbar for Surface and other devices that use as tablets. Seems the feature has broken the desktop devices where when you press Win+X or right-click on the Start button, the explorer crashes. here is how you can fix it right now.
Win+X menu in Windows 11
Win+X menu is often used by Power users. The menu includes shortcuts to open Device Manager, Task Manager, File Explorer, and other Windows Tools.
Micorsoft has redesigned the menu and updated it to support it in Windows 11.
Win+X menu supports access keys. Here is what this means: for instance when you open the menu and press D, it opens Device Manager. Similarly, when you press W while the Win+X menu was open the Network options window appears.
Microsoft’s introduction of a “tablet-optimized taskbar” probably caused issues with the taskbar for non-tablet users where right-clicking on the start/Windows button or pressing Win+X is crashing the Explorer. This could be a side effect of a new feature that Microsoft has acknowledged as a known issue and could fix in future builds.
Make Win+X menu on Taskbar to work in Windows 11 without crashing
- Download Vivetool from Github
- Extract files to Windows/system 32 folder
- Open command as administrator
- Run the following command:
vivetool addconfig 26008830 2
This should fix the issue. Now open Task Manager, find Explorer, right-click on it, and select ” Restart”
Now the Win+X menu opens without crashing Explorer.
Running the above command puts the fixed taskbar back in Place on Windows 11 and most issues with Taskbar should now be resolved.
Note: Vive tool is a third-party app, use it at your own risk
Do note currently the issue can be observed only in build 22563.
The dev channel is quite buggy and you should expect instability and crashes when Microsoft tests new features.
Do you use the Win+X menu? Are you running Windows 11 Dev channel build? Are you affected by this issue? Let us know in the comments below.
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spot on – couldn’t work out if this was software I had installed or an update
this worked perfectly
This is driving me nuts, I regret becoming a Windows Insider!
I can’t even roll back, asks me to reinstall a fresh copy but spent months setting up my computer.
Why can’t Microsoft just release an update to fix?
thanks, it works perfectly
thank you! thought the most recent windows update would fix it but sadly not. glad this worked
Do you use the Win+X menu? Yep
Are you running Windows 11 Dev channel build? Yes
Are you affected by this issue? Indeed
Does this solution fix your problem? Thankfully, yes.
Thanks for sharing this!
Seems to be happening with the last couple of builds. Current being 22567.
Once I run the command and reboot, it fixes the issue but now the system tray icons are spaced out and cannot arrange them. Also. the hidden tray icons “^” is showing but there are none hidden.
Work yes and no, any update disable this fix …..
To disable the fix, run “vivetool delconfig 26008830 2” (without quotes).
I love when people say to run sfc /scannow
Has that EVER worked for anyone? I get that this is beta software, but damn, 3 sets of updates in the last 3 weeks and its not fixed? I guess the monekyf*ck emoji is more important to MS than actual working core applications.