Start button spacer win 8.1

Hello,

I have just jumped into the world of skinning with this suite of apps.  I thank Wizard for already helping me out a bit.

I have tweaked the regular win 8 theme a bit and have it almost perfect; except, I currently do not use the start button.  So, I use start is gone to hide it.  If I use the regular win 8 taskbar without running window blinds, start is gone works fine.  However, when WB is running, it leaves a space where the start button would be.  It does this even if I use the oem taskbar in settings.  In my custom theme, I removed the start button, and it seems to show up okay in the preview window, but when I apply the skin, the space is there.

If I run start is gone again, it removes the space for a few seconds, and then the space is back.

Any thoughts?

I asked stardock tech, but they seemed confused by my request. 

Here is a screenshot to show the issue.