Start Menu

How to uninstall Start Menu from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to remove Start Menu for Windows. It is written by Pokki. Check out here for more details on Pokki. Usually the Start Menu application is installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Pokki\Engine folder, depending on the user's option during install. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppService.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Start Menu. HostAppService.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 7.48 MB (7846216 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Start Menu. They take about 20.33 MB (21319640 bytes) on disk.

• HostAppService.exe (7.48 MB)
• HostAppServiceUpdater.exe (9.88 MB)
• StartMenuIndexer.exe (2.91 MB)
• wow_helper.exe (65.50 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 0.269.5.460 of Start Menu. You can find below a few links to other Start Menu versions:

• 0.269.8.844
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If you are manually uninstalling Start Menu we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Start Menu 8\StartMenu8.exe
• C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Start Menu 8\Start Menu 8.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\Start Menu 8.lnk

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Pokki_Start_Menu

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{AF8FA9C9-9907-463e-BDC3-4CC1200D6310}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{424C97A2-EF94-47D1-ABD1-C6ABF28BE1F6}\1.0\0\win64\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{424C97A2-EF94-47D1-ABD1-C6ABF28BE1F6}\1.0\HELPDIR\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\StartMenuService\ImagePath

How to erase Start Menu from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Start Menu is a program released by the software company Pokki. Some people choose to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be hard because deleting this manually takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY manner to uninstall Start Menu is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Start Menu or simply click the Search feature and type in "Start Menu". If it exists on your system the Start Menu program will be found automatically. After you click Start Menu in the list of applications, the following data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Start Menu, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Start Menu.


8. After removing Start Menu, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Start Menu which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Start Menu with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Start Menu by Pokki from your PC, we are not saying that Start Menu by Pokki is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Start Menu supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.