Start11 Power Button Options Blank and Clicking Power Button Crashes Start11

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If I click on the Start11 Power Button running on Windows 11 with the Windows 10 Start Menu interface chosen, Start11 shows no power options (Sleep, Shutdown, Restart, etc.).  Start11 appears to crash (I get a hung hourglass and the Taskbar disappears and is then redrawn).  This has been going on for quite awhile (the Start11 Power Button originally functioned well under Win11 21H2).  I am running the 22H2 Release Preview of Windows 11.  Maybe the problem is that Stardock software development is not keeping up with recent Windows 11 "enhancements."  If I mouse-right click on the Start button, then, apparently, I get the default Windows 11 Power button options for Shutdown or Signout... and I don't get the Start11 interface crash that comes with trying to use a Start11 menu option.  Would be nice to have software sold to solve Windows 11 interface "problems" that actually works and doesn't introduce more problems than it solves....

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Do you have dragon dictation software?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Yes, I have Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional Individual 15 installed.  So, I just checked and exiting Dragon restores the Start11 Power Button options.  Restarting Dragon makes the Start11 Power Button options disappear again, Start11 crash, and the Taskbar get relaunched.

So, possibly running Dragon may explain some of the other Start11 anomalies I've experienced from time to time.  As I encounter any, I'll try reproducing them with and without Dragon running.

Is there a thread already on this forum somewhere that discusses how Dragon and Start11 play together?

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