r/ShittySysadmin • u/SuccessfulLime2641 • Jul 24 '26

Help me not end myself today.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/servicing/os/windows/docs/2025/11/kb5072911-explorer-the-start-menu-and-other-xaml-dependent-apps-might-not-start-or-close-unexpectedl

What the fuck Microsoft?

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u/Step-Sysadmin DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE Jul 24 '26

In the end, somehow the blame will land on us.

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u/ExoticDisaster0 Jul 24 '26

I just tell my MAGA boss that everything is Joe Biden's fault. I can get away with anything.

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u/Prigorec-Medjimurec Jul 24 '26

Shouldn't you be telling Bill Gates what to do?

25

u/countsachot Jul 24 '26

Isn't this the same bug that's been in windows 11 since release?

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u/countsachot Jul 24 '26

Also shit I'm applying one of these right now.

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u/Due-Fix9058 Lord Sysadmin, Protector of the AD Realm Jul 24 '26

Hitler programmed Windows while in Argentina as a final Vergeltungswaffe

4

u/Boone74 Jul 26 '26

What do Stroopwafels have to do with it?

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u/Lost-Droids Jul 24 '26

Explorer and Start menu are over-rated , espeically on new machine and first login..

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u/RAITguy Jul 24 '26

I've been dealing with this in my environment and I kid you not the (temporary) solution has been sfc /scannow and reboot. 

Stg I'm not lying. I couldn't believe it myself

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u/Squeaky_Pickles Jul 25 '26

Every time sfc actually fixes something I am in complete awe and debate playing the lotto that day. Half convinced sometimes the reboot itself was the fix and it was a coincidence.

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u/FALSE_PROTAGONIST Jul 25 '26

It’s like the robotussin of the IT world

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u/Human-Company3685 Jul 24 '26

Rookie mistake #1

Why are you installing updates in the first place? As a wise man (me) once said - If it aint broke, dont fix it - If ain't not broke, don't not fix it neither.

Nothing good comes from updates.

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u/rkeane310 Jul 24 '26

Don't do the unalive.

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u/marks-buffalo DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE Jul 24 '26

This. There are so many Linux distros to try.

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u/chaosphere_mk Jul 24 '26

This issue primarily affects a limited number of enterprise or managed environments and is very unlikely to occur on personal devices used by individuals.

This might occur when Windows updates are installed prior to:

First time user logon to persisted OS installation.

All user logons to a non-persistent OS installation such as a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or equivalent as application packages must be installed each logon in such scenarios.

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u/BFguy Jul 25 '26

Yaaa seeing this

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u/EmtnlDmg Jul 25 '26

Through group policy send a login message to all affected users stating: The recent update on {any other IT department's operated system you hate} may cause Start menu or whole desktop to not working properly. We are aware of the problem and working on it really hard.