Windows 10: Windows shell experience host stops working problem in Windows 10 October 2018 update

I upgraded to Windows 10 1809 from 1803 on 17th December 2018 but on the next day the ShellExperienceHost.exe process stopped responding once and stopped working two times on that day. Stopped working again 4 days later once and stopped working again every two days after. The latest report of the process that has stopped working is described below as described by the Reliability monitor. I have not installed any third party antivirus.


Source

Windows Shell Experience Host


Summary

Stopped working


Date

‎28/‎12/‎2018 11:58 PM


Status

Report sent


Description

Faulting Application Path: C:\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe


Problem signature

Problem Event Name: MoAppCrash

Package Full Name: Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost_10.0.17763.1_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy

Application Name: praid:App

Application Version: 10.0.17763.1

Application Timestamp: 5b9c8bd8

Fault Module Name: shcore.dll

Fault Module Version: 10.0.17763.1

Fault Module Timestamp: 9a0e77eb

Exception Code: c0000602

Exception Offset: 000000000004b529

OS Version: 10.0.17763.2.0.0.256.48

Locale ID: 2057

Additional Information 1: 2b7a

Additional Information 2: 2b7aacf6ecdf67b07ceec9a81529e8ca

Additional Information 3: 9998

Additional Information 4: 9998930e71acfecb2cc7d9e64f9dccb4


Extra information about the problem

Bucket ID: 9da612e98c9617d0577b370eb2fa7269 (169200662127958****)

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Windows Shell Experience Host

Hi,

In answer to your query, Windows Shell Experience Host is a part of Microsoft Windows Operating System that you may have seen in your Task Manager. Sometimes, Windows Shell Experience Host consumes high memory or resources.

If you discover that Windows Shell Experience Host is consuming high memory or resources, we recommend installing the latest update of Windows 10. To do this, you can refer to the support article below:

• Update Windows 10.

We'll be here if you need more help.

 

windows shell experience host stopped working

Hello,

Shell Experience Host is related with Start Menu, see if suggestions mentioned here helps you:

https://www.kapilarya.com/fix-micro...ons-need-to-be-installed-correctly-windows-10

Hope this helps, Good luck

 

Windows Shell Experience Host using 35 to 55% of CPU usage on Windows 10

Hi Don,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I understand your concern about CPU utilization by Windows Shell Experience Host, we will help you with this issue.

I suggest you to try few of the below troubleshooting steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: Try to end the process from Task Manager and check.

• 
  Press Ctrl+Alt+Del together to open
  Task Manager.
  
• 
  Go to Processes tab, right-click on the Windows Shell Experience Host process and click
  End Process.
  

Step 2: Boot the computer in to Safe mode with networking and if the CPU usage is same.

Refer: Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10


Step 3: I suggest you to install all the pending updates after upgrade to Windows 10.

• Connect to the internet.
• Press Windows key and type
  updates.
• Click on Check for updates.
• Under Windows Updates, click on
  Check for updates.
• Try to install the updates being shown.

Also, visit the computer manufacturer’s website and install the drivers being found and check if it helps.

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.