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I am using windows 10; a few days ago I started noticing my whole taskbar with my desktop icons plus desktop wallpaper to disappear (everything goes black) for about 5 seconds. then everything starting up again.

i was watching at my event log and around this time I can see the application "sihost.exe" causing an error.

should I remove sihost.exe? or is there another way to fix this problem? "sihost.exe" seems to be a original windows service - so I don't know.

update: I have also noticed that the startmenu stops working after the taskbar "restarted" itself.

update 2: Just noticed that the startmenu works again when I shutdown the restarted explorer.exe and start it again "manually".

thanks for any help!

northkildonan
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No, the SiHost.exe is an important Windows process which provides (with ShellExperienceHost.exe) the new shell (Startmenu, action center, volume changer). Deleting it would break the Windows Shell completely.

Capture a crash dump, zip and share the dmp file. I'll ask my Microsoft contacts for help.

magicandre1981
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