I have a few questions and suggestions regarding Start11 v2.
First and foremost, I'd like to express my appreciation for the software and the team. The team has done an incredible job with this version 2 and they should be proud of what they have created. Usually, we only come to the forums with problems and not with praise. I've been very critical of the software but the positives of the software far outweigh the negatives and I believe it's important to highlight this.
1. Filtered folders - I have a folder containing several .exe files. I have selected this folder through the menu and have tried various Inclusion Regex Rules, such as \.exe, .exe, *.exe, exe, **, and *, but none of them seems to work. When I click on the rectangle I do see, nothing happens other than it turning from blue to black. If you look closely, you can see an "Access denied" message. I've attached a screenshot below to show it.
2. What does "Show folders as submenus" mean? I don't find any difference one way or the other.
3. All apps -I'm facing an issue with the "All apps" folder on my taskbar. Initially, it works fine and I can navigate through it without any problems. However, after some time it stops working and I only see a quick glimpse of the "loading" symbol when I click on the folder before it disappears and nothing happens. I can switch to another style and back to Modern with icons, which is the one I prefer and it will begin working again but just for a short time, same as before.
4. The start menu freezes and crashes a lot like the one above mentioned. Just the normal navigation of moving the mouse from one folder to another is what usually causes it for me. The start menu will freeze and the task bar too and eventually crash and it looks like Windows Explorer gets reloaded.
5. The way the navigation of files and folders works - The way it's set up now, it seems like you have to go all the way to the end of the folder path before you can click on anything. It would be much better if you could click on a folder or file right away, no matter where you are in the folder tree. I haven't actually tried clicking on files early though, since I'm more interested in getting into folders directly. It would be very nice as well if we could choose another file manager than File Explorer.
6. Curious as to why some folders with menus we can pin to the start menu don't navigate all the way through the directory path while some do. Here is a screenshot to illustrate.
You can see in the screenshot above that the Downloads folder has underneath it the folders in the black area that have small arrows to the right of them indicating they can expand for further navigation.
This screenshot displays the Documents folder. The folders shown, including the one highlighted in blue, have additional files and folders within them, but they don't have the small arrow indicating that they can be expanded for further navigation. Is this a bug?
I look forward to hearing your feedback.
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