With the Start11 1.43 release, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.
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Thank you for your interest and any time you put into making Start11 a better product.
I'm seeing the same taskbar overlap issue that acuervofm reported. I ended up having to switch back to "taskbar on the bottom".
While I'm thinking about it.... one thing that would be enormously helpful in a future version of Start11 is the ability to set the location of the taskbar on a per-screen basis.
Is there any way when using Windows 10 Style to have the start menu remember position? If I scroll down to S and open an app, the next time I open the start menu I have to scroll all the way down again.
Usage questions should be their own thread, please.
Sean DrohanStardock Product Lifecycle Manager
Problem: Clock in taskbar not updating. The time it was frozen at is same or just before time i put PC to Sleep, not shutdown.
Building out a new Win11 machine (HP TP01-2234 desktop) and installing Start11 (just as I've done on another TP01, as well as I've installed Start10 on 20 other Win10 machines).
Something's wrong with the "notification area" of my "double-high" taskbar. Instead of all the "system and other icons" being right-justified and utilizing both of the two rows of the double-high taskbar, the icons are all laid out in a single row, centered vertically in the double-high taskbar.
Also, on a double-high taskbar there is supposed to appear the DAY on a middle line at the far right, with the time-of-day at the top line, day on the middle line, and date on bottom line. And of course this is "centered" in the double-high taskbar space just to the left of the day/date information, with two evenly split rows of icons on rows 1 and 2.
Win11 Home, 22H2 OS Build 22621.1555
Start11 v1.43 ("Let Start11 enhance the taskbar" -> ON, "show seconds on the taskbar clock" -> ON)
Kind of looks like Start11 thinks the taskbar is only single-high, for the purpose of formatting the notification area.
NOTE: I briefly had "ExplorerPatcher" installed (because I thought I needed that to facilitate having the time-of-day show seconds. Then I noticed Start11 actually has this option too, so I've now uninstalled ExplorerPatcher. But during the time when both products were present there definitely seemed to be a conflict of Start11 wanting to control the taskbar and being interfered with (for similar functions?) by ExplorerPatcher. I'm wondering if there was some kind of corruption done somewhere that is confusing and negatively impacting Start11's formatting of the notification area, residual from what ExplorerPatcher might have done.
==> Is there a way I can do a COMPLETE FULL CLEAN PURGE/UNINSTALL of Start11, and "start over"?? I would want to restore everything to how it looked originally, and then reinstall Start11 again... assuming the symptoms I am describing are not actually true problems with v1.43 itself.
All,
Posting to let you know that we have released Start11 1.44 beta today.
As always, thanks for the feedback and support.
Bug:
Enabling 10-bit Pixel Format in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition breaks Start11 transparency effects.
Description:
I use two HDR monitors (HDR and 10bit color space activated in Windows Settings). However, in order to not break older apps, this also requires me to activate 10-bit Pixel Format in AMD Software>Settings>Graphics>Advanced (v. 23.4.1).
The AMD setting breaks Start11's transparency effects:
As you can see above, the transparency effect is way too bright, while selected text and icon backgrounds are completely opaque. Interestingly enough, the problem with too bright transparency disappears when I switch to the dark theme - the selected text and icon backgrounds however remain opaque.
(I have disabled the TranslucentFlyouts app, just to make sure it doesn't interfere with Start11's effects).
Edition Windows 11 ProVersion 22H2Installed on 4/1/2023OS build 22621.1555Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22640.1000.0
Device name *****Processor AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core Processor 4.50 GHzInstalled RAM 32.0 GB (31.1 GB usable)Device ID *****Product ID *****System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processorPen and touch Pen supportBaseBoard Product ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFIBIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 1408, 4/10/2023GPU1: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XTGPU2: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
Please contact AMD regarding their driver issue as it sounds like that workaround option you enable for 'old apps' isn't working correctly.
The issue with the centering of taskbar icons and windows start icon on three monitors occurs a bit less...
Don't know if you guys have changed something, but 1 times out of 10, all three monitors center correctly
The other times though it still lets one monitor out of the loop
Start11 1.44 was released today:
https://forums.stardock.com/518586/start11-144-release-feedback-thread
Thanks to all of you that provided feedback.
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