With the Start11 1.45 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.
Stardock Release: 06/06/2023Steam Release: 06/07/2023 (Planned)
WinKey handling on the very latest Win11 builds improved so if the user is using Explorer patcher or using the right WinKey it will now support those. Note: Elevated apps in the foreground are currently not supported. Further investigation is required to support these.
A further tweak to how the touch taskbar is detected on Win11
Additional fixes that we believe address some of the reported compatibility issues with the KB5026446 Windows 11 release.
Has a tweak for the taskbar shifting issue when on Win11 with touch-capable hardware. It should, at the very least, fix the issue with having an external monitor and turning it off and going back to internal when DPIs didn't match
This fixes 6309 (Right-click of sound on TB opens up on 2nd monitor).
Fixes taskbar issue when switching primary monitor by unplugging monitors.
Known issues
While we appreciate all feedback, please remember that we offer no official support for beta \ preview \ developer channel versions of Windows. If you report issues while in any of those early release channels, you should not expect them to be addressed unless it still exists in a retail version of Windows.
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In the latest Win 11 Dev build (Build 23000+) where you can finally enable "never combine taskbar buttons", right clicking on taskbar buttons does not work - when you right click on taskbar buttons, nothing happens. I have to disable "Let Start11 enhance the taskbar" for right click to work again. I know you don't support dev or beta builds but I just wanted to report this bug.
Another thing. In the beta bug report thread I said I didn't like Start11 because it doesn't resize taskbar buttons automatically. I was mistaken as Neil has said. I just installed Win 10 on a VM to refresh my mind on what I didn't like about Start11 when I first used it. I finally remembered what it was: taskbar buttons are narrower compared with Windows 10.
In Windows 10, taskbar buttons are 152 px in width.
Small taskbar buttons in Start11 are 136px in width in comparison.
I am unsure if this issue existed before, but I am using the Shortcuts list in Start11 to create a Quick Launch "Display as menu" item (I still don't understand why Quick Launch had to be removed from Windows!). I can relearn where to go for my Quick Launch menu BUT when I click it (just to view the menu structure - I don't actually choose anything) my Taskbar and any Explorers that are open are restarted. This isn't workable as I lose whatever folder I had open in Explorer.
Why is explorer restarting each time? This doesn't seem like what you would want to have happen.
I would love to stop using the other method for getting Quick Launch back (ExplorerPatcher) since it is limiting a few other things that I use, but right now I can't have my explorer disappear each time I touch my Quick Launch area. I really, really hope you can fix this and it wasn't done this way on purpose.
Are you using Dragon naturally speaking or similar?
With latest version of Start11 (1.45) all icons and time on taskbar became little bit upper than usual (I have taskbar on the top of screen because using ObjectDock). Before update to latest version everything was ok.
Windows 11 Pro 22H2 22621.1702
I do not use Dragon or anything like that. -- sorry, I was trying to reply to your question, but it puts it down at the bottom of the list.
To explain more, I added my Quick Launch area and Display as Menu as shown below:
This added a little folder icon directly above the Power icon in the Start menu. When I click on that folder icon and view that menu (I can choose something or just do nothing at all), when I click away or the item I chose is launched my Taskbar disappears along with any Explorer windows I had open. After explorer.exe restarts, then the Taskbar returns, but I have to launch an Explorer again.
If you set the taskbar height to normal does it continue?
You mean in this menu? Sorry I use Russian language and it set on 'middle' (средний).
Windows 11 22621.1702For whatever reason, I've lost the ability to trigger the Start11 menu using any of the Start Menu/super keyboard keys. Whenever one of the keys is pressed, the default Microsoft menu appears. This is regardless of what settings I have set in Start11.
You need to update to Start 11 1.45.
If you have that then uninstall, REBOOT and reinstall.
Downgraded to 1.44, everything looks good:
Can you post some specifics about your setup?
Is this a tablet, or a machine with touch?
Can you post some specifics about your setup?Is this a tablet, or a machine with touch?
Acer Predator Triton 500 SE laptop.
Windows 11 Mail & Calander Icons loose their image when set to small tile, seems to be ok in all other sizes.
"Additional fixes that we believe address some of the reported compatibility issues with the KB5026446 Windows 11 release."This issue seems to have largely been resolved, albeit not fully -- as it is still possible to trigger it. When certain applications are in the foreground, the Windows 11 Start menu appears upon pressing WinKey.
For instance, when I run Paragon Backup & Recovery 17 Community Edition -- and the program is in the foreground -- pressing WinKey results in said behavior. Minimizing the program makes the Start11 Start menu appear correctly upon pressing WinKey once again.
You need to update to Start 11 1.45.If you have that then uninstall, REBOOT and reinstall.
Tried all that. Still the same behavior.
Please try purge and reinstall steps as mention here : [Link]. Just make sure to redownload the latest version from your account page. Reboot after the purge. Reinstall and reboot again after the installation. Retest and report back here.
Thank you,Basj,Stardock Community Assistant.
By the way, pressing CTRL+ESC still brings up the Windows 11 Start menu. Is this by design?
Changes in the OS alter how those shortcuts are handled and we implemented a workaround for Win key only.
Are you running Explorer Patcher or similar software?
Paul ScrogginsAssociate Technical Support Analyst
This bug has not been fixed yet:
Start11 Search Menu Blank Occasionally requiring reboot
https://forums.stardock.com/515271/page/1/
I am running WPD with defaults enabled, as well as some stuff tweaked via Ultimate Windows Tweaker 5. But nothing that patches the Explorer process (both in-memory at runtime or the executable itself). Everything modified are Group Policy Objects or registry tweaks already available from Microsoft in stock Windows 11.
Really trying to avoid a purge. I use the Windows 10-like menu and have everything organized into super visual subgroups so I can find almost any program I have installed at a quick glance in my specific order (yay adhd hahaha). Purging the whole program and rebuilding that menu config from scratch by dragging/dropping every single icon again is going to give me a headache that lasts a whole afternoon.
Have you perhaps messed with UAC?
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