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elderavelas:
MC Shell Integration has broken some links of WinX menu (Win+X or right clicking start menu).
Disabling MC Shell Integration fixed it. After checking whether the issue was fixed, I enabled shell integration again, but the issue did not return.
MC 26.0.107 on Windows 10 20H2.

Regards.

RedJ:
Possible fix for those experiencing this problem:

• Open up Command Prompt as an Administrator
(you will need Administrator privileges for the second step so, if that's broken from the start menu or power user menu, the easiest way will be to launch directly from the Command Prompt executable. Click Win+R to bring up the Run dialog and type:

--- Code: ---"C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe"
--- End code ---
and then CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

• Enter

--- Code: ---regsvr32.exe /u "%ProgramFiles%\J River\Media Center 27\JRShellExt.dll"
--- End code ---
or replace %ProgramFiles% with the correct install path for Media Center.
You should get a dialog acknowledging successful unregistering of the shell extension. If not, something went wrong with path or permissions.

• Next, enter

--- Code: ---regsvr32.exe "%ProgramFiles%\J River\Media Center 27\JRShellExt.dll"
--- End code ---

You should again see a dialog pop up that confirms the shell extension is successfully registered.

To get Win+X Power User commands or the Admin Command Prompt/PowerShell functional again from the Start Menu, it may be necessary to restart Windows Explorer. This can be done right from the same open Command Prompt:

--- Code: ---taskkill /F /IM explorer.exe & start explorer
--- End code ---

This procedure worked for me and I have created a simple batch script to quickly and easily run fix this on other PCs that have this problem or in the future should it recur.

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