Microsoft has simply made a reasonably exceptional admission, basically conceding that it doesn’t have an answer for some Home windows 11 issues.

As Neowin stories, some individuals utilizing Home windows 11 and Home windows 10 have discovered a bug which prevents the Begin menu, Home windows search bar and a few Common Home windows Platform (UWP) apps from beginning or working appropriately.

It seems that the bugs coincide with broken registry keys and knowledge associated to Microsoft Workplace apps, and apps which can be built-in with Workplace software program, in addition to Home windows and Outlook.

The bugs don’t have an effect on everybody, however those that are encountering them first observed one thing wasn’t proper again in January of this yr. In case you had been hoping that in that point Microsoft had discovered easy methods to repair the issue, then I’ve some unhealthy information for you.

Giving up?

On Microsoft’s ‘Well being’ webpage relating to the problem, Microsoft notes that the “Home windows search, and Common Home windows Platform (UWP) apps may not work as anticipated or might need points opening,” and in a current replace it has supplied a workaround for the issue.

Not solely is the shortage of a definitive repair disappointing, however the workaround isn’t nice, with Microsoft stating that to “mitigate this concern, you may uninstall apps which combine with Home windows, Microsoft Workplace, Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Calendar.”

Primarily, it looks like Microsoft is admitting that it’s as baffled as us by the issue, and that the one approach to keep away from the problem is to start out uninstalling apps. That’s fairly poor, particularly as Microsoft doesn’t record the apps which can be inflicting the problem, simply that they combine with “Home windows, Microsoft Workplace, Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Calendar,” which doesn’t slender it down in any respect.

It’s additionally not an awesome answer for individuals who rely upon any of the apps inflicting the problem, as uninstalling them will not be a viable possibility.

Microsoft claims that it’s engaged on a decision, and I hope it is in a position to roll one out that fixes the problem with out making customers uninstall sure apps. It is regarding, although, that there appear to be areas the place Home windows 11 (and Home windows 10, which can be affected by this downside) is so damaged that Microsoft merely can’t repair it.

Working techniques like Home windows 11 are sophisticated items of software program that must work with myriad combos of {hardware} and software program, however this nonetheless doesn’t make it any much less embarrassing for Microsoft. It additionally doesn’t give me an enormous quantity of confidence about Home windows 12, which the corporate is rumored to be engaged on – I’d moderately Microsoft targeting fixing the present variations of Home windows first.