start menu experience host stopped working

This was set long ago, so it didn't help either. I also ran across the following for devices.hotplug. Googling that string led me to this post - The solution did nothing as those settings in local GPO were not set. That lead me to this - Folder redirection: error 0x80004005 getting current path for 'AppData' folder ('User Folder Redirection.xml') I opened the flexengine.log for my test user and searched for 'error'. I ran OSOT for the second time on the master, this time unchecking the 'clean default user profile' box. Search for %appdata% and you'll see a post by Barry. I have the exact issue as this poster, missing items, not just missing appdata. This helped get the start menu 'roaming,' for lack of a better term. I've read and followed the links below, all with no success. So when the start menu works, %appdata% works and points to the re-directed folder. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.'

Log off/on and of course the start menu doesn't work, but neither does the re-directed appdata. The first time it worked, after consulting with a co-worker, we noticed that going to %appdata% worked and went to the re-directed appdata on our DEM server. Log off/on and now the start menu no longer works. Log into the second pool (having never logged in before) and the start menu works and my pinned program is there. The first time it worked I pinned a program as a test. Log into the first pool and the start menu works once, but after log off/on it stops working. I have a test user (goo-user) with entitlements to two pools. This behavior is with every entitled user. Log off and back on and it no longer works. Delete the VM and log in (this would be the first time again since the VM re-creates itself), the Start Menu works. Log off and then back on and now the Start Menu does not work. The very first time a user logs into their VM (instant clones) the Start Menu works great. Honestly I don't know if this is a DEM issue, a OSOT issue, or a local GPO issue.

We are redirecting things like desktop, favs, and roaming appdata.

Start menu experience host stopped working