Start11 Doesn't Work On Non-Primary Monitors

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I just installed Start11 and it looks great. The problem though is that it only works on my primary monitor.

 

When I click the start button on either secondary or tertiary monitor, I get the regular ugly Windows 11 start menu.

 

Here's a screenshot from my tertiary monitor:

And one from my Primary monitor:

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need to know more on your system and issue.

  1. Windows 11 full version and OS Build number. Please use Winver.exe
  2. Start11 full version number.
  3. Do you have any other 3rd party application that change how your Start menu/taskbar work, such as: StartAllBack, Explorerpatcher, DisplayFusion etc installed?

Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 1

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need to know more on your system and issue.

    1. Windows 11 full version and OS Build number. Please use Winver.exe
    1. Start11 full version number.
    1. Do you have any other 3rd party application that change how your Start menu/taskbar work, such as: StartAllBack, Explorerpatcher, DisplayFusion etc installed?


Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

  1. Windows 11 23H2 Build 22631.4037
  2. Start11 v2.08
  3. Yes I'm also using startallback as I like the way they handle the taskbar better.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Just as a test, if you uninstall StartAllBack, and test it, does the issue still appear?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 3

Just as a test, if you uninstall StartAllBack, and test it, does the issue still appear?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

 

I didn't have to uninstall. If I disable StartAllBack, i.e. tick this setting on and log out then log back in:

Then Start11 works on all monitors. With StartAllBack re-enabled, Start11 resumes to working only on the primary monitor while StartAllBack works on all monitors.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Great, glad that narrow it down to StartAllBack is conflicting with Start11. What you can do is try, uninstall Start11, reboot immediately after uninstall finished, re-download latest Start11 v2.10 Beta. Install it, reboot immediately again after installation finished. Retest and see if the issue resolve.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 5

Great, glad that narrow it down to StartAllBack is conflicting with Start11. What you can do is try, uninstall Start11, reboot immediately after uninstall finished, re-download latest Start11 v2.10 Beta. Install it, reboot immediately again after installation finished. Retest and see if the issue resolve.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

 

Still only working on the primary monitor unfortunately.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Just to confirm something, do you have Start11 Taskbar Enhance turn on or off? If it was on/enable, try disable it and see if that help.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 7

Just to confirm something, do you have Start11 Taskbar Enhance turn on or off? If it was on/enable, try disable it and see if that help.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

On both 2.08 and 2.10 it detects that StartAllBack is handling this and auto disables it.

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

Do you have the latest StartAllBack version (3.8.4) installed? 

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting pelaird, reply 10

Do you have the latest StartAllBack version (3.8.4) installed? 

 

Yes. For context, I upgraded my Windows from 10 to 11 (begrudgingly might I add) yesterday so all of the Windows 11 stuff I installed would be whatever the latest versions were when I downloaded them yesterday.

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

Any update on this?

Currently on Start11 2.11 and StartAllBack 2.8.9, still same issue.

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Sorry, nothing new to report on this one.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant