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Reply to Silent Updating for Start11 in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="sdrohan" reply="6" id="3952687"] You can script the DL and do a silent install of it at any point. There is just no method to do that in-app. The one issue you wont be able to get around is the app needing a reboot after each one. [/quote] You can script a DL? I didn't see that in the Stardock docs anywhere. The only time an automatic downloader is mentioned is if someone pays for the whole Object Desktop package and gets its up

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Reply to Silent Updating for Start11 in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="sdrohan" reply="4" id="3952655"] No, and that would look to Anti-virus software very suspicious Also, neither of those (Steam or OD) would do it 'automatically and silently'. [/quote] Uhhhhh I disagree on all of that. If silent updates tripped an AV, then most of the consumer software made in the last 15 years would be affected. If chat apps, web browsers, and games can update si

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Reply to Silent Updating for Start11 in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="sdrohan" reply="2" id="3952491"] There are 'silent installs' that can be done and how can be reviewed here https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1352531974/Silent+Installation+&+Activation Sean Drohan Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager [/quote] That definitely points me in the right direction, but that only works once the new EXE

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Reply to Does start 11 work like an explorer patcher? in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

From what I understand (someone from Stardock please feel free to totally correct me on this), Start11 is actually a "clone" of the Windows Start Menu and Taskbar. Instead of patching Microsoft's code like ExplorerPatcher does, Start11 sort of pushes MS's code to the side and runs Stardock's code. That was a huge draw for me to buy Start11, as modern cybersecurity needs (state sponsored cyberwarfare) means we really shouldn't be patching MS's code like that if we can help it.

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Silent Updating for Start11 in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

Hey all, I was wondering if there was a way to silently update Start11 in the background (sort of how web browsers update these days). I'm likely upgrading an older family member's computer in the next month to Windows 11, and they are the least likely to click an update button. So having a pop up notice appear for every update means that Start11 would likely never get any updates installed on their computer. Hence the need for a silent updater of some kind (either official or some

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Reply to Start11 1.45 Release Issue Report Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="TPScroggins" reply="22" id="3893063"] Are you running Explorer Patcher or similar software? Paul Scroggins Associate Technical Support Analyst [/quote] I am running WPD with defaults enabled, as well as some stuff tweaked via Ultimate Windows Tweaker

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Reply to Start11 1.45 Release Issue Report Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="Neil Banfield" reply="12" id="3892921"] Quoting sb_41, reply 11 Windows 11 22621.1702 For 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

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Reply to Start11 1.45 Release Issue Report Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

Windows 11 22621.1702 For 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.

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Reply to The state of skinning: WinCustomize 2K10 Edition in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

This all has to do with the economic recession. More than ever, people are looking to save money. $20 for an app that only skins stuff (no matter how much code is in it) is seemed as a wasteful way of spending money to the average person. Plus, the skins I see today just don't have the same "glow" I saw as those when I first got into skinning in 2007. Back then, many ideas were just being created. Vista was just released, which gave skinning a boost since everyone was trying to mimic Vista on XP

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Reply to Windows 7 RTM Download Available for Some in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote] I am not privileged enough to get Win7 from TechNet/MSDN, nor am I one of the handful who were invited into the closed beta. I'm still waiting on OEM copies from e-tailers... which I hope will be soon and prior to retail street date. [/quote] Don't worry... You're not alone. :( Someone please make it very obvious when the OEM discs hit Newegg!

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