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what is windows shell experience and why do i get a window telling me to ask for permission to use it

Anonymous
2018-06-12T02:56:41+00:00

When I log in, a window opens on my desktop with "Microsoft family features" in the heading, telling me to ask for permission to use "Windows Shell Experience". My account is the adult account in my family and there should not be any Microsoft family restrictions on my account. Why am I getting this window?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-10-05T20:42:57+00:00

    ...

    As I posted above, MS admitted this bug, promised to fix it in RS5, due end of October 

    Well, what can I say? Here I am, with the RS 5 downloaded and installed, and ... the issue still persists, it hasn't been fixed!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-10-07T09:18:28+00:00

    Quelle effing surprise.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-10-07T12:39:42+00:00

    Hello again,

    so I had this issue some time ago, and also got a fix talking to microsoft assistance which finally did not work.

    However, I got an email right after my birthday, sent from Microsoft Family service where they notified me (as a parent) that my child (also me) just turned 19, so that he (actually, me) can now control his own settings in parental control which might override the settings I (as a parent) made. So, all in all

    1. Microsoft thinks I am my own child
    2. Microsoft thinks that we have the same birthday, and
    3. Microsoft keeps a record that I am now 19 (so, my birth year is 1999) -> seems like "another y2000" bug to me.

    Anyhow, I did not see this annoying pop-up window ever again since that. So, hopefully, until dec.31 this year you all guys will turn 19, and this issue simply will get solved by time. :D

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-10-10T22:55:11+00:00

    Dear Microsoft, you need an adult to help you fix Windows Shell Experience.

    I get this pop-up after reboot every time Windows updates something.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-10-13T20:46:28+00:00

    This seems to have resolved the issue for me. No more stupid pop-up!!!

    Solution 3: Re-registering the Start-Menu

    We can also try re-registering the start menu from an application package present in your Windows Operating System. This will re-register all the default application on your computer.

    1. Press Windows + S to launch the search bar. Type “PowerShell” in the dialogue box, right-click on the application which comes forth and select “Run as administrator”.
    2. Once in PowerShell, execute the following command by copy/pasting it and pressing Enter.

    Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

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