Hi,
Even if the module is unpublished, the menu will use it, if it is assigned.
The assignation is the publication of the module for the specific menu.
For what I understand, in fact, you want to display product which are directly in a specific category.
So it's a module configuration problem for your product listing. You have to display products with the option "Sub elements filter" set to "Direct sub elements" and not "all sub elements".
Regards,
Jerome - Obsidev.com
HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team.
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