With the Start11 v2.0 release, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.
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Please include the following for anything found:
Exact Windows version \ build (winver.exe)
Detailed steps to recreate the issue seen
Screenshots and videos are very helpful. Videos can be uploaded to a cloud drive service (GoogleDrive, DropBox, OneDrive, YouTube), with a shared link included in your post. Images can be copied and pasted directly into a post.
If there are specific apps that the app does not work (well) with, please note what apps and their exact versions. If any app is not common, a link to a trial version would be appreciated.
Thank you for your interest and any time you put into making Start11 2.0 a better product.
Sean DrohanStardock Support Manager
Release UI version 2.0 (Start11Config.exe version 2.0.0.6)
Resolves crash issue with launching apps from submenus on pinned taskbar items
Resolved issue with adding a folder as a group / tab causing a 30 second hang
Resolved issue with very slow Start11 configuration window when using ExplorerPatcher
Resolved issue with wrong icon showing when you have a pending update in the shutdown menu
Resolved potential crash issue after launching an application from the start menu
Resolved the non WinX menu animating down when right clicked on the start button instead of up
Tweaked DisplayFusion detection for their secondary monitor taskbars
Stopped FancyZones dragging window being detected as a fullscreen application for taskbar state
Stopped Microsoft XBox gaming overlay being detected as a fullscreen application for taskbar state
Added registry keys to replace the displayed username or mask the user picture. These are S11_MaskUserIcon set to 1 (REG_SZ value) and S11_OverrideUserName set to whatever you want the new name to be. These are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8
Resolved issue with pinned folders not working if they were filtered folders instead showing access denied11) Changed icon on Start11_64.exe
Fixed installer issue where PinMenu.exe shortcut was created in All Programs \ Stardock (confusing that it was the main exe).
Resolved standard Win11 start button being clipped when using some rounded taskbar horizontal offsets - Needs enhanced taskbar enabled
Added in support for some lang strings it was not loading up on the menu
Speeded-up animations for right-click menus
Clicking between the shutdown and sign-out menu should now work
Initial import of Win11 pinned menu items now handles pinned websites correctly rather than making lots of MS Edge shortcuts
Resolved issue with rounded taskbar causing painting problems with left/right taskbars on Windows 10. Rounded mode only supports horizontal taskbar
Resolved issue changing between non-max to maxed state not changing rounded taskbar state unless another setting was also changed
Resolved Windows App style image in config appearing darker than other thumbnails
Removed beta text from UI
Tweaked center taskbar on Win10 logic
Resolved white bar on the start button page
Added translucency to right-click menus when on Windows 11 when not using a skin that skins them
Resolved menus which should animate upwards animating down instead when too big for the screen
Resolved sign out menu overlapping sign-out button when using Win11 style menu with a taskbar at the top of the screen
Resolved/reduced custom start button clipping when using rounded taskbar horizontal offsets
Start11Config.exe 2.0.0.5
Resolved issue with blur state on maximized windows not overriding to off correctly
Enhanced options for rounded taskbar and moved to their own section to avoid UI clutter
Resolved issue on Win11 when clicking parts of the config UI to bring it to the top not working
Fix painting of restart explorer button thats painting white corners on Win11 incorrectly
Resolved issue with not being able to resize the taskbar when using Win10 style buttons on Win11
Adjusted settings reload logic to prevent overlapped reloads
Added prompts for explorer restarts for features which need it
Some UI tidy up
Resolved issue with Enhanced mode autohide on Windows 11 not always resetting maximized window area
Resolved issue with Win10 style menus incorrectly picking the Windows 11 style text positioning for items in tabbed groups
Resolved issue with all apps list not always refreshing when apps were installed or uninstalled
Reduced frequency of reloading main menu contents when changes are made to things which are not on the menus
Resolved issue with changes to fences causing a refresh of the Start11 menu when there are no fences on the pages
Resolved issue with recent documents not showing
Resolved issue with some folders not showing contents as a pinned group
Resolved a memory and resource leak caused by right click menus
Resolved issue with rapid opening of the right click taskbar menu causing actions to happen more than once if selected
Resolved reset button for rounded corners settings not resetting correctly
Resolved vertically centre taskbar buttons causing a shift when using rounded taskbar buttons
Resolved issue with custom colour button in UI being enabled after toggling use Mica effect checkbox incorrectly sometimes
Resolved issue caused by new rounded corners mode which caused a looping issue when a fullscreen non maximized window was open
Removed double prompt for deletion from a popup folder menu
Config now correctly paints left-hand icons when in dark mode
Resolved issue with alpha on maximized mode taskbar not saving correctly
Resolved issue with Win10 style button progress bars not painting correctly
Added option to make taskbar button backgrounds more solid, ideal for when using very transparent taskbar
Tweaked rounded corners on client area content of configuration window
Added options to control the rounded taskbar radius and offsets from screen borders
Resolved issue with disabling autohide in Start11 config not turning it off
Resolved issue with Start11 autohide mode not working with rounded taskbar correctly
Added animations to the rounded taskbar
Resolved being unable to use the delete option from taskbar popup menus
Filtered folders no longer take full path into consideration when filtering
Resolved issue with dark icons being inverted incorrectly when on a dark background
Resolved issue with rounded TB going away when not using Enhanced taskbar in S11
Resolved issue with toggling Win10/Win11 style taskbar buttons needing an explorer restart. Note: The progress bars on this are still painting as a line rather than a full background, this should be fixed next build.
Resolved issue with launching task manager from the taskbar menu locking up the taskbar initially
Added new Windows 10 style taskbar buttons
Added mode to always combine pinned items but unpin everything else until there is no space
Added extra large taskbar mode
Added font face and size override control to taskbar
Added options to hide the start button on the primary and secondary monitors when on Win11 with enhanced Taskbar enabled
Added options to control if a pinned item should show on all monitors, just the primary, just the secondary or automatic based on OS setting
Added Start11 autohide mode. Requires Win11 22H2 or later
Added new options to control blur, color, rounded corners, and transparency of the taskbar when maximized window vs normal state
Shadow text tweaked to improve visuals
Resolved the issue of not being able to view the hidden items list for All apps on the Win10 and Win App style menus
Resolved issue with Win11 not saving the correct virtual desktop page for opening a page when on a specified virtual desktop
Resolved issue with open menu on this page for current desktop menu item not always showing on all menus (bar Win7/Modern which do not have pages)
Tweaked painting of page picker icons as current page one would sometimes paint incorrectly
Resolved issue with folder icons not painting an icon when in align left mode
Resolved issue with being unable to resize Win Pro menu from right hand side when using narrow mode
Resolved issue with hiding recent apps not sticking after restart for Win Launcher/Pro/Apps menu styles
Resolved issue with a right click on the top taskbar causing the menu to appear partially offscreen
Resolved issue with new search box for apps in some styles not scaling font correctly in mixed dpi setups
Resolved issue with inverted text colour on a tabbed group also applying to + and filter icons in the group header
Resolved issue with missing color palette choice when clicking on appearance menu link rather than opening via mouseover
Adjusted text shadows so DPI is taken into account
Added UI option to override Start11 detection of the touch mode taskbar in Win11 22H2 and later should the taskbar contents be misaligned
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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Thanks
The auto hide feature seem to use a % of the screen height for detection instead of pixel , its a problem since on my 4k monitor (43 inch at 100% scaling ) the task bar show up when the mouse is high so the feature is completely useless since I cant access the bottom part or the app .
this is where the task bar show on my 4k monitor and
where it detect on my 1920x1200 monitor ( scaling 125% )
version of start 11
Thanks for the FancyZones tweak, and great job on the context menus!
Are you using the rounded taskbar mode?
Also you seen to be using an older version of Start11 so I would recommend an update too to the release version.
I'm gonna retry the update procedure tonight. It happens with rounded border yeah. Didn't test it on the not rounded one. Hope the release version is based on pixel and not screen height
I just downloaded Start11 v2.0 to try the new rounded taskbar feature. I have Windows 11 Pro 23H2 and I use auto-hide taskbar, but was disappointed to find rounding doesn't work whatsoever in that mode 😞 Will this be corrected?
Start11 v2.0 Menu is always transparent on my Windows 10 (10.0.19045.3636):
If I set transparency too 100% or 11 % it doesn't change at all:
If I enable Mica Startmenu is solid:
If I disable Mica then the startmenu is for one time in the correct transparency settings:
On the further attempts to open the startmenu it stays like in the first picture. Only switching between Mica on / off shows for one time the correct startmenu.
I had reinstalled Start11 v2 already and used the full removal batch script. Then I rebooted before the reinstall but the behavior doesn't change. Furthermore I use Curtains for Windows theming.
Same thing with new version . on second monitor the detection is on top of the bar instead of bottom of the screen
While I have witnessed the following issues on my primary Windows PC (Version 10.0.22635.2700 - Yes Beta), I have also witnessed these very same issues on my work machine which is running 22631.2506 (Non-beta): (None of these issues are using the rounded taskbar.)
- Opening the start menu causes the taskbar to flash; however only when there aren't any additional windows on the screen. (I tried with different menu styles, however it was consistent.)
- Sometimes when closing the start menu (usually after opening/closing in rapid succession), the start menu collapses in front of the taskbar.
- When using the snipping tool, after taking a screenshot, the snipping tool hides, however if you re-run it, it re-opens and the picture that you snipped is in the window. (I thought this was a Windows bug and ignored it for the last year, however after uninstalling Start 11, I found the snipping functionality works fine, so it must be something with S11.)All these issues with reproduced in 2.0.0.5.
(I have not installed today's release build yet.)
Setup:W11 Pro 23H21920x1080 (100% scaling) Primary monitor (right)3840x2160 (100% scaling) Secondary monitor (left)
Enable enhanced taskbar + Start 11 autohide mode (disable windows auto-hide taskbar) - NOT using rounded taskbar
Causes the entire desktop to be unusable except the top left quadrant of the 3840x2160 screen. All icons get shifted there, cannot select/drag anything outside of this quadrant. Becomes basically unusable.
Are you running a nVidia card? 546.01 driver set has a problem with transparency and its been throwing up all kinds of crap. IF you do have an nVidia card using the mentioned driver try installing 546.08 Hotfix and see if that makes a different.
Absolutely love it. Venturing a suggestion...add the ability to color groups with gradients.
You can create a png image and use that as the background. If you turn off the autotinting the colours will remain as they were in the file.
Wow! I meant a gradient in a tab or a group, not the whole start menu...sorry I didn't specify. If it helps, I was referring to the images here https://forums.wincustomize.com/523617/page/2/#3909237 and making them similar to the wall by adni18. On a separate note, the app is evolving beautifully.
You can set an image on a tab or a group, It is called background texture under the group appearance menu.
On a full screen start page, the task bar doesn't remove the rounded edges
A good point as it does fill the screen so it should. Will get that fixed for a future update.
Thanks, Neil.
I really love the rounded corners for the Taskbar.But I'm wondering: Could we maybe also get an option to display the Taskbar as a Dock, similar to how RoundedTB does it?https://github.com/RoundedTB/RoundedTB
Hallo,nachdem ich mir Lizenzen für Start 11 v.2 gekauft habe, würde mich interessieren, bis wann die deutsche Übersetzung komplett ist. Nach der Installation habe ich festgestellt, daß da noch einiges nur in Englisch ist.Danke für eine AntwortGruß,Horst
Google Translation :Hello,after I bought licenses for Start 11 V.2, I would be interested to see until when the German translation is complete.After the installation, I found that there is still a lot in English.Thanks for an answer.Greetings,Horst
If you do a screenshot (print-key), no full screen windows, the margin of the rounded task bar decreases. If you don't do the screenshot, but press ESC or close instead, the taskbar goes to no rounded corners. After moving the mouse a little bit, it goes back to rounded corners.
Hello
I bought some months ago Start 11 version 1.4 and now after the update my license is not recognized.Can I ask why ?
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