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A guide to uninstall Start Menu from your computer

This web page is about Start Menu for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by Pokki. More data about Pokki can be read here. Click on to get more facts about Start Menu on Pokki's website. The application is frequently installed in the C:\Users\maiswarya\AppData\Local\Pokki\Engine folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling Start Menu is C:\Users\maiswarya\AppData\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppService.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 1.81 MB (1897800 bytes) on disk and is called StartMenuIndexer.exe.

The executable files below are part of Start Menu. They take an average of 14.59 MB (15297496 bytes) on disk.

  • HostAppService.exe (7.34 MB)
  • HostAppServiceUpdater.exe (5.37 MB)
  • StartMenuIndexer.exe (1.81 MB)
  • wow_helper.exe (65.50 KB)


The current page applies to Start Menu version 0.269.3.160 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Start Menu:

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Some files, folders and registry data can not be deleted when you are trying to remove Start Menu from your PC.

Directories found on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Start Menu:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessibility\desktop.ini
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessibility\Magnify.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessibility\Narrator.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessibility\On-Screen Keyboard.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Desktop.ini
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Notepad.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\desktop.ini
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Documents.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Maintenance\Desktop.ini
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Pictures.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\Command Prompt.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\computer.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\Control Panel.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\desktop.ini
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\Help.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\Run.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\Windows.Defender.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Update Search.lnk

Frequently the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Pokki_Start_Menu


How to delete Start Menu from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Start Menu is an application marketed by the software company Pokki. Some users want to erase this program. This is efortful because uninstalling this by hand requires some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE solution to erase 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your system.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Start Menu or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Start Menu". The Start Menu application will be found automatically. After you select Start Menu in the list , the following information about the program is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Start Menu, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Start Menu:





  • The software company is: http://www.pokki.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Users\maiswarya\AppData\Local\Pokki\Engine\HostAppService.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Start Menu.
Uninstall Start Menu


8. After removing Start Menu, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Start Menu which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Start Menu using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • 10.0
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Disclaimer

The text above 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 page 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 our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-12-05 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-12-05 07:02:05.580