How to temporarily, but completely, disable Start11 v2 without uninstalling it

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I wish to disable Start11 v2 without uninstalling it.  Importantly, the reason I wish to do this is so that I can unequivocally rule out Start11 being responsible for some weird behaviors / side effects (not related to the start menu or taskbar, observed in other programs). It's not clear to me how to do this: temporarily disable Start11 without uninstalling it.

Here are some attempts (click on images to enlarge):

  • When I open Start11, the first screen/page ("Start Menu") has an on/off switch that can be switched to "off" to turn off the customized start menu:

Start11 Start Menu

That indeed turns off the customized start menu, but Start11 is still running, as evidenced by the fact that my customized taskbar is still displayed.

 

  • When I go to the "Taskbar" screen/page in Start11, there is no analogous on/off switch to turn off all taskbar customizations with one switch:

Taskbar

  • Similarly, as far as I can tell, none of the other screens/pages in Start11 have a "master" switch to shut down Start11 entirely.

 

  • If I run msconfig and take a look at the Services tab, I see an entry "Stardock Start11 - Stardock Software, Inc - Running":

msconfig - Services tab

What would happen if I unchecked that entry?

 

  • Finally, if I open Task Manager, under the Processes side tab, I see several running processes related to "Stardock", "Start", or "Start11":

Task Manager - Processes

But when I attempt to End task on these processes, they keep running (!).

 

  • Surprisingly, under the Startup apps side tab in Task Manager, I don't see Start11 or anything related to Stardock listed.

 

Given all this, how can I temporarily, but completely, disable Start11?

 

I'm running Start11 v2.07 on Windows 11 Enterprise, 23H2, 22631.3527.  Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

There should be a app in the Startdock folder on your All apps list called "Start10tweak." Open it and Disable Start10 Service.

You can also find this app in the following location.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start11\Start10tweak.exe"

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

pelaird, wow! Thank you for that. I never would have come up with that on my own, so thank you very, very much for your help.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

You're welcome. Glad to help.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I'm having file delay / lag problems and would like to completely disable Start11 temporarily to see if it's the cause, but Start10tweak.exe is not working for me.



Any suggestions?

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Stiggg, reply 4

I'm having file delay / lag problems and would like to completely disable Start11 temporarily to see if it's the cause, but Start10tweak.exe is not working for me.





Any suggestions?

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Do you have Stardock's Windowblinds 11 running in your system and Windows 10 or 11 latest updates very recently? If you have, please update Windowblinds 11 to version 11.04. Should be available in your product page.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 5


Quoting Stiggg,
reply 4

I'm having file delay / lag problems and would like to completely disable Start11 temporarily to see if it's the cause, but Start10tweak.exe is not working for me.





Any suggestions?



Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Do you have Stardock's Windowblinds 11 running in your system and Windows 10 or 11 latest updates very recently? If you have, please update Windowblinds 11 to version 11.04. Should be available in your product page.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.


Hi, Basj.

No, I don't have Windows Blinds.
I have Windows 11, and all the updates are installed.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Stiggg, reply 6

Hi, Basj.

No, I don't have Windows Blinds.
I have Windows 11, and all the updates are installed.

What happened when you tried disable Start11 when you try using Start10Tweak.exe?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant