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Reply to Windows 12 to kill off Start menu (again) in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

AI is cool and all, but I do believe that Satya Nadella may need to tone down his excitement over it a bit. There are still a lot of old school needs such as a functional task bar and start menu mechanics that are needed rather then just moving towards AI ones. Copilot may be very useful to some people in some professions but for the average Joe it is more of a novelty feature and in no way will be used as much as a traditional start menu. It may not matter however, Microsoft

Reply to Start11 Release Preview 2.05 Beta Feedback Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

pelaird I have figured it out. There is a change in the taskbar underline in the following settings start menu > configure menu > customize visual appearance > change start menu colours when you configure either [use automatic color] or select item accent colour the color of the underline changes with it otherwise it is grey when using Windows color scheme which is a possible bug. *also note the word "color" is spelled two different ways on thi

Reply to Start11 Release Preview 2.05 Beta Feedback Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="sdrohan" reply="73" id="3908817"] The Start11 beta has been updated to 2.05 (Start11Config.exe 2.0.0.5) [/quote] The UI looks great on this release. Thanks to Neil and his team for the [advanced rounded taskbar settings]. The taskbar feels very customizable now which is a good thing.

Reply to Start11 Release Preview 2.05 Beta Feedback Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

I have been searching around my settings for a while and can not find any controls whatsoever for [Taskbar Icon Underline] My Menu is for [Taskbar Menu Text] not [Taskbar Icon Underline]. Is this a difference between Windows 10 and 11 or am I missing the location of this menu option? Additionally, without access to that menu my taskbar color for the underline is that same

Reply to Start11 V2 in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

Hello Morgs, This was an interesting problem so I looked some things up for you. First off, the "21" in 21h2 signifies the your version of Windows 11 is from 2021. It does seem that Microsoft may have put holds on a few devices due to certain driver or compatibility errors. It is hard to say why exactly your pc won't update to the 2022 update or the 2023 update. I have seen people get around this issue by using Windows 11 current version iso (<a href="https://www.microsoft.com

Reply to Stardock Announces Start11 v2 in Start News Stardock Forums

[quote who="JanOscar" reply="92" id="3908632"] That's right. In Norway you have to pay even more - $8 for Start 11. Cheaper than filling your stomach at McDonalds (a BigMac menu is $11.43 where I live), so I really can't see the big deal here. Another example: My favorite coffee shop charge me $5 for a cup of coffee. [/quote] I definitely can relate a lot more if we go into a discussion about McDonald's food prices being too high or if we talk about Neflix price hikes. I am

Reply to Stardock Announces Start11 v2 in Start News Stardock Forums

[quote who="KataStrofY" reply="86" id="3908582"] with taxes added, its still almost 7 bucks for me [/quote] Ouch, 75 percent sales tax?

Reply to Start11 Release Preview 2.05 Beta Feedback Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="Neil Banfield" reply="38" id="3908576"] What do you mean by reverting to the taskbar settings of "When there is a maximized window"? [/quote] When I click on the widget menu the taskbar then switches from [when there are no maximized windows] to [when there is a maximized window] which in itself is fine. But when the widget menu closes the taskbar stays at [when there is a maximized window] until another button on the taskbar is pressed. The setting I am

Reply to Start11 Release Preview 2.05 Beta Feedback Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

Start11 v2 2.0.0.4 has resolved stability for me. Taskbar / explorer no longer seem to be crashing or stuttering. The widget menu is now stable. There does seem to be an issue with it always reverting to the taskbar settings of "when there is a maximized window" now. But I will take over the

Reply to Another Start11 v.2 bug in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

I am confident I have figured out the widgets issue. Sometimes widgets opens "no maximized windows" and sometimes widgets opens in "when there is a maximized window" I believe it is getting confused and doesn't know which one to open up into

Reply to Another Start11 v.2 bug in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="Neil Banfield" reply="19" id="3908479"] Also was this happening with beta 1.02 or did it only show up with beta 2 from Friday? [/quote] This is something new to Fridays release. I got some pretty good testing in. I believe that what is happening is that the widget menu becomes less stable as a side affect from another issue. The only thing I have pinned down for sure is that the volume control in full screen does always cause issues. I believe the widget

Reply to Another Start11 v.2 bug in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="Neil Banfield" reply="17" id="3908476"] Instantly from a reboot or after a period? [/quote] Rebooting seems to have fixed the problem for now so it isn't instant on reboot. I will keep an eye on when this happens again and report back

Reply to Another Start11 v.2 bug in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

Add opening widgets to the list of things that break the taskbar on 2.03

Reply to Start11 Release Preview 2.05 Beta Feedback Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="Neil Banfield" reply="16" id="3908431"] The issue with what you want there is when switching from rounded to non rounded the items will shift position or have a non equal amount above and below items. [/quote] I believe I may have left out an important detail here When using the inverted Y axis AND also when apps or file explorer is set to either maximized screen OR a snap layout there is also an inversion between the bottom of the maximized app and taskb

Reply to Another Start11 v.2 bug in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="Narusegawa Naru" reply="8" id="3908384"] The best I can figure is that while in a fullscreen video (vlc in my case) the taskbar becomes unresponsive. I was playing a video and I tried to adjust the volume using the volume roller on my keyboard [/quote] I reproduced this. It is really hating my volume control on full screen apps for whatever reason.

Reply to Problems after upgrade to Windows 11 & Bugs in Start 11 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Start 11 and explorerpatcher can work together as a combo. You will have to leave the option "let start 11 enhance the taskbar" turned off in the settings. This is located under "Taskbar" in the start 11 settings menu. After that you can in fact use explorer patcher as your taskbar enhancement and start 11 for your start menu. This has been a winning combo for a lot of people

Reply to Start11 Release Preview 2.05 Beta Feedback Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

There is a lot to dig into on this update as it is a pretty big one. I think the first thing to talk about is going to be Windows 12's.. Oops I mean start 11's rounded corner taskbar. The Y offset adjustment is pretty cool as it turns the taskbar into a floating one. However, I am not sure I like the Y offset to be in equal amounts with both below the taskbar and above it. I feel the small offset is about as much as I will ever want when it comes to above the taskbar. Anything more then that

Reply to GPU usage is at 100 % constantly in Galactic Civilizations Series Stardock Forums

I had a 1050 card a few years back. It started out great but unfortunately started to show its age and struggled with games that didn't even seem to be graphically intense. I, myself, chose to upgrade because I got tired of that struggle.

Reply to SkinStudio Pro - Where can I find it? How do I obtain it? And why is it as elusive as a unicorn – so difficult to locate and download? in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

It can be found under Windowblinds FAQ Here is a link https://forums.stardock.com/486023/windowblinds-support-faq#SkinStudio

Reply to Start11 Release Preview 2.02 Feedback Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="Ian Ceicys" reply="81" id="3908182"] The start menu / taskbar update speed with Start 11 V2 really slowed down so much I could watch the pixels repaint. [/quote] Seems like maybe there is an unknown variable here. Do you guys with the issues know the exact graphics card you are using? edit - I think this may be a Nvidia thing with gtx cards at this point.

Reply to Start11 Release Preview 2.02 Feedback Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="Ian Ceicys" reply="77" id="3908169"] I really want to use Start 11 2.0 V2 but I can't lose the stability or have major decreases in the performance of my machines. [/quote] The only system resource I am seeing an uptick in while using start 11 is system ram. Additionally, it looks like the 23H2 update may also be using more system ram then 22H2 did. Do you see any high utilization of system resources under task manager?

Reply to Start11 Release Preview 2.02 Feedback Thread in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

546.01 also working on my end. There must be another variable at play update - It looks like there has been stuttering / freezing issues reported with gtx cards. The rtx cards seem mostly ok except a few of the 20's. It is an NVidia thing.

Reply to Start11 v.2 not ready for prime time in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

Hello Judith, Start 11 version 2 is not yet in prime time. It is basically in a release preview state which can mirror where 23H2 is at currently. One segment away from beta but not yet in prime time as a little more testing is still needed before the last release. I do believe the issue you are listing will be looked into. The thing to consider is that Start 11 version 2 is currently very much in active development and Stardock will be putting a lot of focus now on adding and

Reply to Start11 v.2 not ready for prime time in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="rayeverding" reply="12" id="3908130"] Reinstall V1.47 over V2 - restart - Windows 11 theme background returns?? [/quote] fair enough. Looks like you found a bug Update - I can not repo this on my end as this Microsoft store theme is actually working for me on Windows 11 23H2 and Start 11 version 2.002

Reply to Start11 v.2 not ready for prime time in Start Menu Products Stardock Forums

[quote who="JanOscar" reply="10" id="3908124"] I assume you're on Windows 11, so this has nothing to do with Start 11. The theme is for Windows 10, and that's why Windows 11 removes it - not Start 11. I see the system requirements says Windows 10 14951.0 or higher, but that was back in 2017 when it was released and long before the launch of Windows 11 and thus has not been updated. It does not state anywhere that it's a Windows 11 theme. [/quote] Just to expand on that. It