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How to uninstall Start Menu from your PC

Start Menu is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. It is developed by Pokki. More data about Pokki can be read here. The application is often placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Pokki\Engine directory. Keep in mind that this path can vary depending on the user's choice. You can remove Start Menu by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Pokki\Engine\HostAppService.exe" /UNINSTALLMENU. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file occupies 2.91 MB (3052360 bytes) on disk and is called StartMenuIndexer.exe.

Start Menu is comprised of the following executables which occupy 20.64 MB (21647832 bytes) on disk:

  • HostAppService.exe (7.48 MB)
  • HostAppServiceUpdater.exe (10.19 MB)
  • StartMenuIndexer.exe (2.91 MB)
  • wow_helper.exe (65.50 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 0.269.7.505 of Start Menu. You can find below info on other versions of Start Menu:

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

Files remaining:
  • 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\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

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:
  • 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


A way to remove Start Menu from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Start Menu is an application released by the software company Pokki. Frequently, users want to erase this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this by hand takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY manner to erase Start Menu is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Start Menu or simply click the Search feature and type in "Start Menu". If it is installed on your PC the Start Menu app will be found very quickly. When you click Start Menu in the list , some data about the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating 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.
  • Technical information about the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Start Menu.
Uninstall Start Menu


8. After removing Start Menu, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Start Menu that 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 Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Start Menu by Pokki from your PC, nor are we saying that Start Menu by Pokki is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Start Menu in case 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.

2015-02-25 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-02-25 03:07:11.750