version 2.0.1.231 problem - must click 3 times on Start button to access menu

[rbsbscrp]

Kudos on a fantastic product. Startmenu8 makes Windows8 actually usable on the desktop. I've recently upgraded to version 2 and now find that when I click on the Start Button I see the "wait-a-bit" rotating circle mouse pointer for a second or two. This most often happens 2 or 3 times before one of those clicks accesses the menu. Note: this happens everytime - long after the initial slowdown on first access. This is an unfortunate new behavior. Hopefully you can fix this soon.

 

Also, and I am unsure if this is a Startmenu8 issue, when I type "msconfig" into the "search programs and files" textbox, the search comes up empty. What? It can't find msconfig.exe in c:\windows\system32 folder? (So I put a shortcut on the desktop and run it from there. Msconfig.exe runs perfectly fine). This was occurring in my long held login account, so I created a new account to work from and I get the same behavior.

 

I am running Win8.0 x64 on an i7 desktop. I have all my windows updates up to date. Thx, in advance.

[fosterdrew]

It can't find msconfig.exe in c:\windows\system32 folder?

 

It should be located at System32 folder. You might want to backtrack on when msconfig worked for you and if you modified something that made it removed at system32. And try to reinstall StartMenu8 too and see if it makes a difference.

[rbsbscrp]

 

It should be located at System32 folder. You might want to backtrack on

 

You misunderstand. I know it should be located there. It *is* located there. Still, StartMenu8 search cannot find it. That is the issue that I am reporting.

[rbsbscrp]

I got to thinking... searched for "cannot find msconfig.exe" in google only to find several entries. I think I've gotten bitten by a virus. I followed the instructions on one page to re-add the registry key/value in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\MSCONFIG.EXE" but doing so fixes nothing.

 

So I re-installed Startmenu8 and much to my horror I now noticed that it default-installs the Spigot adware (I got startmenu8 from download.com). I didn't notice this before. It took me some time to rid my machine of this stuff but I don't think that adware is the cause of mscong.exe and regedit.exe not being found any longer. Further, not only can Startmenu8 not find them, but Windows Explorer Search cannot find them either - so this is probably not a Startmenu8 issue.