Like the rounded task bar.  Doesn't stay rounded when something is full screen, but looks like someone already mentioned that, so hopefully that's fixable.  Also really liked someone's suggestion of allowing it to look dock-like.  I have a request for the start button part, which is to add the ability for pinned items to have a run as a different user option.  With the standard start menu, you can add that with a little registry magic or policy changes (it's not there by default), but if you do that, the start 11 start menu doesn't obey that setting.  Makes it harder to run things under an admin account.  Reference for what I mean by the registry/policy can be found here... https://winaero.com/how-to-run-apps-as-different-user-in-windows-11/

You can customize the rounded portion for maximised and non max windows.

Quoting JLFItzpatrick, reply 50

First of all, it's awesome to have the Taskbar pins / Pin folder menu option! That's exactly what I've been missing since migrating to Win11.

I upgraded to v2 last night after reading this feature was part of the release and started trying this feature out today and it works great!

Only thing I'm noticing is there is no 'Right-Click' menu for the created folder icons in the Taskbar. Would be great to change the icon or add a name to keep track of what the various folder menus are.

Thanks!

 

Here's what I did for this. I created new folders in my USER folder and named them accordingly. Then I changed the icons of the folders to distinguish them. I used my COLOR FOLDERS for icon differentiation.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/icons/4759/

Then I put shortcuts for the files and folders I wanted to access into these folders. I then renamed the shortcuts and changed icons for my needs. After pinning these folders to my taskbar as "Folder menus," I can access everything I wanted and differentiate everything.

pelaird

Running Start11 2.0, Windows 22H2.

I can't click on any option on the power button. Sometimes it works, but seems to be random, or related to some action that changes the focus. If you look at the image below, my mouse cursor was over "Switch user", but the highlighted item is the one below the power button menu. The style is the "Windows Pro", didn't notice the problem with other styles maybe because with the Pro I have a menu item below the power button menu.

Quoting pelaird, reply 53

Quoting JLFItzpatrick,

reply 50

First of all, it's awesome to have the Taskbar pins / Pin folder menu option! That's exactly what I've been missing since migrating to Win11.

I upgraded to v2 last night after reading this feature was part of the release and started trying this feature out today and it works great!

Only thing I'm noticing is there is no 'Right-Click' menu for the created folder icons in the Taskbar. Would be great to change the icon or add a name to keep track of what the various folder menus are.

Thanks!

 

Here's what I did for this. I created new folders in my USER folder and named them accordingly. Then I changed the icons of the folders to distinguish them. I used my COLOR FOLDERS for icon differentiation.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/icons/4759/

Then I put shortcuts for the files and folders I wanted to access into these folders. I then renamed the shortcuts and changed icons for my needs. After pinning these folders to my taskbar as "Folder menus," I can access everything I wanted and differentiate everything.

pelaird

Thanks for the tip. I had considered changing the folder icon then pin the menu folder again but without the ability to Right-Click and remove the pinned folder, how can I replace it?

Quoting JLFItzpatrick, reply 55

Quoting pelaird,

reply 53

Quoting JLFItzpatrick,

reply 50

First of all, it's awesome to have the Taskbar pins / Pin folder menu option! That's exactly what I've been missing since migrating to Win11.

I upgraded to v2 last night after reading this feature was part of the release and started trying this feature out today and it works great!

Only thing I'm noticing is there is no 'Right-Click' menu for the created folder icons in the Taskbar. Would be great to change the icon or add a name to keep track of what the various folder menus are.

Thanks!

 

Here's what I did for this. I created new folders in my USER folder and named them accordingly. Then I changed the icons of the folders to distinguish them. I used my COLOR FOLDERS for icon differentiation.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/icons/4759/

Then I put shortcuts for the files and folders I wanted to access into these folders. I then renamed the shortcuts and changed icons for my needs. After pinning these folders to my taskbar as "Folder menus," I can access everything I wanted and differentiate everything.

pelaird

 

Thanks for the tip. I had considered changing the folder icon then pin the menu folder again but without the ability to Right-Click and remove the pinned folder, how can I replace it?

This option listed in the Taskbar Pins setup menu does not seem to be working in my version.

Yo, guys!

Is there a way to control how many items "Recent Items" will show, cause I have just upgraded from 1.47 to 2.0 and this list fills ALL of my screen now (see screen - http://joxi.ru/v29n1W6Hjnw8zA ), while before it showed 10 recent files or so. Is it a bug, or is there some option I didn't find of how to control it?

Quoting JLFItzpatrick, reply 56

Quoting JLFItzpatrick,

reply 55

Quoting pelaird,

reply 53

Quoting JLFItzpatrick,

reply 50

First of all, it's awesome to have the Taskbar pins / Pin folder menu option! That's exactly what I've been missing since migrating to Win11.

I upgraded to v2 last night after reading this feature was part of the release and started trying this feature out today and it works great!

Only thing I'm noticing is there is no 'Right-Click' menu for the created folder icons in the Taskbar. Would be great to change the icon or add a name to keep track of what the various folder menus are.

Thanks!

 

Here's what I did for this. I created new folders in my USER folder and named them accordingly. Then I changed the icons of the folders to distinguish them. I used my COLOR FOLDERS for icon differentiation.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/icons/4759/

Then I put shortcuts for the files and folders I wanted to access into these folders. I then renamed the shortcuts and changed icons for my needs. After pinning these folders to my taskbar as "Folder menus," I can access everything I wanted and differentiate everything.

pelaird

 

Thanks for the tip. I had considered changing the folder icon then pin the menu folder again but without the ability to Right-Click and remove the pinned folder, how can I replace it?

 

This option listed in the Taskbar Pins setup menu does not seem to be working in my version.

Not working as in you cannot find it or?

That is standard windows functionality for pinned items to the taskbar.  Start11 is not involved with it 

Quoting JLFItzpatrick, reply 55

Quoting pelaird,

reply 53

Quoting JLFItzpatrick,

reply 50

First of all, it's awesome to have the Taskbar pins / Pin folder menu option! That's exactly what I've been missing since migrating to Win11.

I upgraded to v2 last night after reading this feature was part of the release and started trying this feature out today and it works great!

Only thing I'm noticing is there is no 'Right-Click' menu for the created folder icons in the Taskbar. Would be great to change the icon or add a name to keep track of what the various folder menus are.

Thanks!

 

Here's what I did for this. I created new folders in my USER folder and named them accordingly. Then I changed the icons of the folders to distinguish them. I used my COLOR FOLDERS for icon differentiation.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/icons/4759/

Then I put shortcuts for the files and folders I wanted to access into these folders. I then renamed the shortcuts and changed icons for my needs. After pinning these folders to my taskbar as "Folder menus," I can access everything I wanted and differentiate everything.

pelaird

 

Thanks for the tip. I had considered changing the folder icon then pin the menu folder again but without the ability to Right-Click and remove the pinned folder, how can I replace it?

You have to right click the pinned menu folder and then right click on the folder in the context menu and then click Properties to change the folder icon. (see below)

Hey there.

I'd like to request for more options in the `Use a custom menu background`.

Currently, I'm trying to add custom images, but the processing happening is not very controllable. And... doesn't even do what they suggest at times.

One example is this image:

I've toggled `Stretch to show entire texture`, but it shows this:

That's an image I edited to be 870*720 to try and fit the size of the start menu, but as you can see it's cropped a good chunk out despite the image being really close to the menu size.

So besides the settings not doing as you'd expect, I'd also like to ask for more options to avoid having to edit images. Some options like xyz offsets, maintain aspect ratio and fit width/height, would be amazing to see!

Pinned apps like Windows Terminal, doesn't work when you pin using Start11. I have to disable Start11 to pin, or I get a Windows Explorer icon, and Windows Explorer opens when I click Windows Terminal.

Seems to be related to "Let Start11 enhance the taskbar". When I enable this option, I lost Windows Terminal shortcut.

An issue with some of the designs that have no search prompt is that if you are on a touch device, you can't invoke the touch keyboard by clicking on search. 

Quoting Neil, reply 59

Quoting JLFItzpatrick,

reply 56

Quoting JLFItzpatrick,

reply 55

Quoting pelaird,

reply 53

Quoting JLFItzpatrick,

reply 50

First of all, it's awesome to have the Taskbar pins / Pin folder menu option! That's exactly what I've been missing since migrating to Win11.

I upgraded to v2 last night after reading this feature was part of the release and started trying this feature out today and it works great!

Only thing I'm noticing is there is no 'Right-Click' menu for the created folder icons in the Taskbar. Would be great to change the icon or add a name to keep track of what the various folder menus are.

Thanks!

 

Here's what I did for this. I created new folders in my USER folder and named them accordingly. Then I changed the icons of the folders to distinguish them. I used my COLOR FOLDERS for icon differentiation.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/icons/4759/

Then I put shortcuts for the files and folders I wanted to access into these folders. I then renamed the shortcuts and changed icons for my needs. After pinning these folders to my taskbar as "Folder menus," I can access everything I wanted and differentiate everything.

pelaird

 

Thanks for the tip. I had considered changing the folder icon then pin the menu folder again but without the ability to Right-Click and remove the pinned folder, how can I replace it?

 

This option listed in the Taskbar Pins setup menu does not seem to be working in my version.

Not working as in you cannot find it or?

That is standard windows functionality for pinned items to the taskbar.  Start11 is not involved with it 

The right click functionality is not working with these newly created pinned menu folders. It still works with all other Taskbar items. I can move them around in the Taskbar, and they work brilliantly, but right clicking them does not bring up any menu on these items.

Pelairds screen shot is exactly what I am seeing as well

You have to right click the pinned menu folder and then right click on the folder in the context menu and then click Properties to change the folder icon. (see below)

Note: A second right click is required to pull up that menu. From there you can click [properties] then [shortcut] and select the option [change icon]

Reported the problem already in the 2.02 Feedback Thread:

Universal Application List View is Empty

• was Access Denied with 2.0.0.0
• is Empty with 2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.2 and now 2.0 Release (2.0.0.6)
• 

Any ideas?

Uninstall/Reboot/Reinstall/Reboot is already done, problem still exists.

Thank you

  Wolfgang

Hi all !

I have a quick question : how come my tabs names use that font ? Can I change it ?

Cheers !

Quoting wort4711, reply 66

Reported the problem already in the 2.02 Feedback Thread:

Universal Application List View is Empty

 

• was Access Denied with 2.0.0.0

 

• is Empty with 2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.2 and now 2.0 Release (2.0.0.6)

 

• 

 

Any ideas?

Uninstall/Reboot/Reinstall/Reboot is already done, problem still exists.

Thank you

  Wolfgang

I checked the Modern Style and all of the Substyles on my system (Windows 11 Pro - 22635.2700) and the Universal Apps menu populates correctly on all of them.

Something unique on your system is probably causing this issue.

latest update has a blank restart panel

....I hadn't seen that. Cheers  !

On the Windows 10 Style menu, the target for the power button context menu does not include the area beyond the right side of the Power symbol. If you move the cursor quickly over the area beyond the right side of the Power symbol, the context menu does not appear. Anywhere on the button to the right of Power symbol opens the context menu.

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AlPnZU3br_UOiItEWuluMcc1DwtZbg?e=vBlFbf

Windows 11 Pro - 22635.2700; Start11v2 - 2.0.0.6

pelaird

I'm having the same issue as TheDukest. 

With autohide enabled, my primary monitor works fine. On my second and third monitors the taskbar shows itself above the bottom of the screen, about the distance of the taskbar's height, making that area of my desktop useless. 

I'm using the newest version of v2, installed last night. Windows 11 23h2 22631.2506. 

It does it with or without rounded corners and it doesn't matter if any of the taskbars are on the top or bottom. For the record, I have primary monitor with taskbar on top with the others on bottom. Rounded corners. 

Quoting stub1935, reply 70

latest update has a blank restart panel

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please try this workaround : https://forums.stardock.com/523875/get;3909365

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Is there any way to get the "quick launch" area back? or something similar? if i have many windows of explorer open for instance, all my other docked apps get pushed to the side, and i would prefer that all my docked programs stay in same spot, and open windows be separate.