Love the new start menu's that start11 brings, but I want to be able to move my task bar to a non primary monitor. I'm currently using startallback to move the task bar, but unfortunately these two programs do not play well together at all.
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Thank you AzDude!
There is such an option:
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I guess I should have been more specific. I'm looking more to drag my Primary taskbar to one of my secondary monitors and not have a task bar across all of my screens. Thanks!
You can change which monitor is primary if you wish in Windows which would seem to achieve what you want.
Moving your primary taskbar to a non primary monitor is extremely edge case which is probably why Microsoft have removed this from Windows 11.
I cannot say if we will or will not be offering this in a future Start11 build as it is fairly low down the priority list.
That said I believe future Win11 builds are improving the secondary taskbar to make the primary and secondary taskbars more feature equivalent (adding in the clock and I would expect to see more) which makes sense as there is no reason why they should not have been identical on Win11.
I know you can do that. And Win 11 is "supposed" to be smart and remember where your windows were but its not. My other two monitors are setup vertically and a good amount of games and programs dont like starting out that way. Also makes it hard to find the settings to change the program to another monitor. I'll continue using StartAllBack to have the taskbar where I want it, which is the most annoying problem, and just deal with not having a great start menu.Thanks
Why would you think this is an edge case? A simple Google search reveals it most certainly is not.
This is a common workflow for gamers.
Being able to move the taskbar to a secondary monitor is the only reason I downloaded Start11 to try. I will not be buying it without it.
Some Reddit posts suggested Start11 as a solution, but unless there is a button I am missing it is not possible. I am able to unlock the taskbar, but it does not appear to be able to drag and drop to a different monitor.
The reason I and many others wish to move the taskbar to the secondary monitor is because of behavior exactly like what @nickw4rd mentioned - we play games. Games tend to start on your primary monitor by default. Most games do not allow you to change this, and many games act very weird if you start them on one monitor and then try to move them to another. When I am playing a game I want to be able not only to have my taskbar, but more importantly my system tray on a secondary monitor.
I realize this thread is really old. Perhaps there is an updated plan now that includes this feature for Start11?I would of course also be happy to be corrected if it does in fact already exist and I am just missing it in the UI.
Hi jamesgk2,
When I started this thread I had been using startallback to actually move the bar and Start11 for a nicer start menu. One of them updated at the time causing them to not play well together. I've recently, maybe a few months ago, given startallback and Start11 another try and they seem to be cooperating at least for now. Hope this helps!
This seems like a bit of an older thread though I wanted to add that I would imagine that demand for this feature will continue to rise, if not already relatively higher than average, as OLED monitors become more affordable over time. I like keeping the taskbar only an a second LCD based panel to reduce any possibility of static pixels remaining on my primary OLED monitor when I am not using it.
I am aware that there is an auto-hide feature as well, though I've personally never liked that option and haven't found setting configurations for that feature that still don't annoy me. Pretty much the only time I've found value in the taskbar being on all monitors is for work settings. For my personal machine, with an OLED primary monitor, it is in my interest to reduce possibilities of burn-in from extremely static images, such as a taskbar, that could linger. When I did briefly try Win11 even when the taskbar would auto-hide it seemed like there was still a pixel width line of the taskbar color at the very bottom of my primary monitor as well.
Hopefully, this becomes a native feature of Win11 or Start11 can implement it.
agree this would be a nice feature. I just want to be able to auto hide my main monitor and show my secondary without making the secondary my main monitor
+1
I'm also interested in this feature but my use case isn't gaming but software development.
I need every available vertical pixel to see as much source code and overviews as possible.You can see a drift into this direction as a lot of apps have merged the title and the menu bar to have more pixels available. And my windows taskbar wastes 86px all the time so it is better placed on the 2nd monitor.
I would also like to +1 this. It's extremely frustrating that they are forcing the taskbar to be on the primary monitor. There's some really lazy/bad programming on microsoft's part. I only just started the Start11 trial, and while it's definitely a nice improvement, this is the main feature I've been looking for. Got close with another app, but it was a little buggy.
Is this still not a thing in windows 11? its reason I refuse to move to windows 11. I do not want my taskbar on my primary screen. as gamer most game do not support in game switching even to this date. some games got work around with windowed then use borderless gaming to hook that but some game even do not support that and older games do not.
I had hoped in 2024 microsoft would changed this by now but apperently not. seems ill be running windows 10 far beyond support date if they do not fix this.
First time and last time I tried windows 11 and third party programs made windows 11 extremely slow and buggy and not gonna try that again for such simply thing should be here by default.
I own start 11 ( not new version 2.0 version ) why even call it same and recharge people for that?!?! but it was not feature then. is it now? half way trough 2024?
thats good to know wont be buying this then without this option
Wish I hadn't bothered purchasing 5 licenses for start11, just found out that you can't use an extended display for your task bar yesterday after setting up a machine with 3 monitors. Waste of money, probably should have looked at something else.
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ThanksBasj,Stardock Community Assistant
You can use an extended display for your taskbar with 3 monitors.
The only thing you cannot have is centred mode for > 2 displays.
Why else would there be a trial period?
I am very grateful that Start11 exists and that I can put the taskbar on the secondary screen.
Why else would there be a trial period?I am very grateful that Start11 exists and that I can put the taskbar on the secondary screen.
Their frustration is understandable but seemingly misplaced - attaching it to the group trying to work around what limitations MS has created.
Sean DrohanStardock Product Lifecycle Manager
I created this account to respond here because I finally picked up a second monitor in 2024. It's twice as big as my original, but I still plan on using my original. Windows 10 allowed us to move the taskbar to any monitor and set it there regardless of what your Windows settings for primary monitor were, where as Windows 11 does not.
I think we are marginalized as consumers here because most people either have just 1 monitor or 3 they want to use as a giant picture. Neither are good options. Not all games even have the option to set which display, which is mind boggling. Us folks who enjoy secondary monitors for other things while using full screen applications on the primary screen.
Stardock's "Start11" came up in my search for a solution and I installed to try the 30day trial. But to my dismay, you cannot set the taskbar to a specific monitor. VERY sad to realize this.
The next best option is StartAllBack, but it's a RU publisher and being involved in Cybersec I'd much rather prefer not to use apps from RU. But gotta take what I can take since Stardock doesn't seem to care about this feature.
This thread began in 2021 and Stardock appears to have ignored this feature request. Let it be known I uninstalled Start11 because of this missing feature.
Best of luck,
You can use an extended display for your taskbar with 3 monitors.The only thing you cannot have is centred mode for > 2 displays.
Any updates on this functionality? Is StartAllback the only option other than rejiggering my primary monitor which is obvious, but obviously I don't want to do that or I wouldn't be asking.
Sorry, but, nothing new to report on this one.
Thank you,
Basj,Stardock Community Assistant
I need this as well. I really wish you guys would implement it. It's a gaming thing. I'm only on Windows 11 because of newer hardware and was very disappointed to see you couldn't do this. :-/
How many monitors do you have?
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