The file shsxs.dll is a process that relates to the operation to bring back the old Start menu in Windows Vista and 7 that has been replaced with the new Start screen in Windows 8. The new Start screen shows live tiles of the installed programs in Windows 8 that looks like the home screen of the Windows Phone 7. Users who prefer the old Start menu rather than the new Start screen with live tiles can enable the change by renaming the file shsxs.dll. The process that involves the renaming of file shsxs.dll disables the new Start screen and brings back the old Start menu. This is done by first pressing the "Win+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box, then type %windir% and press Enter. This operation opens the "Windows" folder, which contains the process file shsxs.dll. Rename this file, for example with filename shsxs.dll.bak. Restarting the system will bring back the old Start menu.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. shsxs.dll. is used by Windows Operating System, If you shut down shsxs.dll, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop shsxs.dll, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Windows Operating System, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed shsxs.dll

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Windows Operating System, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if shsxs.dll. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that shsxs.dll, belongs to, in this case Windows Operating System