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Start11 1.2 Beta 4 Feedback Thread

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Start11 1.2 Beta 4 Feedback Thread

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With the Start11 1.2 Beta 4 release today, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.  

Obtaining the beta:

Object Desktop members can get the beta from within Object Desktop Manager with 'show beta downloads' enabled:

Individual purchases (as well as Object Desktop Members) can also be obtained from your account page:

https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products

As we want as much feedback as possible for this release, we are making Start11 1.2 beta available to all.  The following direct link to the installer can be used for both licensed users and for any potential client wanting to (30 day) trial Start11 1.2 beta.

1.16: https://cdn.stardock.us/downloads/public/software/start/Start11_1.16-j140-Setup.exe
1.17: https://cdn.stardock.us/downloads/public/software/start/Start11_1.17-j151-Setup.exe
1.18: https://cdn.stardock.us/downloads/public/software/start/Start11_1.18-j154-Setup.exe

Reporting an issue:

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 services (GoogleDrive, DropBox, OneDrive, YouTube) and link included in your post.  Images can be directly added.
  • 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  a better product.

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Reply #51 from Stardock Forums Top

For people with truncated popups when using a taskbar at the top we believe this was fixed for english installs months ago and more recently for non english installs (1.17 I think).

If you continue to have a problem then there must be another factor involved.  For example have you used a tool which claims to restore the Windows 10 taskbar on Windows 11 as that may make Start11 believe it is on Windows 10 and thus not workaround that issue with Windows 11.

Reply #52 from Stardock Forums Top

Unfortunately I have decided that I just don't have time to dedicate to this right now and have dropped back to 1.11.  Hopefully the 1.18 release will come soon.

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Reply #53 from Stardock Forums Top

Things to fix in current 1.18 version on windows 11:

- The first icon to the right of the start button on the second monitor clipped or have a weired line on it

-  sometimes the taskbar is always on top and cover the open windows behind it 

Reply #54 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Nidhalof, reply 53

Things to fix in current 1.18 version on windows 11:

- The first icon to the right of the start button on the second monitor clipped or have a weired line on it

-  sometimes the taskbar is always on top and cover the open windows behind it 

The taskbar should be always on top unless a fullscreen (filling the entire screen) application is running 

Can you post a screenshot of the second issue as I don't think anyone has reported that.

Reply #55 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting OwenBurnett, reply 46

Interesting tool, cool to see more and more mroe tools bringing ungouping back to windows 11.

Was testing the beta today, any way to disable this animation of buttons in the task bar plopping in?

I don't like animations in general would be great to be able to disable them all!

 

And an other question, can i use this tool to align the taskbar on each monitor on a different edge? Am only testing in VM so no multi monitor there lol

 

 

PS: is it possible to get a windows xp style cascading menu for the all programs?

The animations are linked to the OS setting for client area animations.

The primary monitor taskbar can be set separately from the secondary taskbars but the secondary taskbars must all share the same top / bottom setting as each other.

Reply #56 from Stardock Forums Top

I wanted to let you know that the issue with the Explorer crashing and restarting when Windows starts and then loosing all the autostart programs is not the only issue.

Yesterday I was playing fortnite and wanted to change the resolution and for every time I switch from full screen to windowed, the explorer crashed and the start11 menu switched off and on ( I can see the icons from the taskbar moving from center to left, then left to center)

I am suspecting that something introduced in build18 is also affecting everything that deals with resolution changes and it is crashing the explorer. 

Can you please take a look into this issue?.  I've never had this problem before, with any of the betas.

Reply #57 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting alexvojacek, reply 56

I wanted to let you know that the issue with the Explorer crashing and restarting when Windows starts and then loosing all the autostart programs is not the only issue.

Yesterday I was playing fortnite and wanted to change the resolution and for every time I switch from full screen to windowed, the explorer crashed and the start11 menu switched off and on ( I can see the icons from the taskbar moving from center to left, then left to center)

I am suspecting that something introduced in build18 is also affecting everything that deals with resolution changes and it is crashing the explorer. 

Can you please take a look into this issue?.  I've never had this problem before, with any of the betas.

This has been fixed internally.

You are correct it is linked to display changes (res or dpi) which causes the code to do something it shouldn't be doing on Windows 10, only on Windows 11.

Reply #58 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you!.  I've switched back to version 17 and everything is working great again but I have the latency bug on the taskman closing which was fixed on 18.

Can we have an ETA on version 19 ?

Reply #59 from Stardock Forums Top

With the release of Start11 1.2 RC 1, we are closing this thread.

Thanks to all that took the time to test and provide feedback.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager