Wrong Icons on the task bar

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Hi,

when using Start11, the icons on the task bar sometimes get mixed up. I am not sure what exactly triggers it, e.g. if it happens after returning from hiberation or exiting a full screen game. 

Concretely, the wrong icon will be shown for each shortcut / window, i.e. you click on Firefox but get Thunderbird, which is next to it. Usually, one icon is duplicated and then all others are shifted right accordingly.

Killing and restarting the Windows Explorer process fixes the issue (until it reoccurs).

I am running the latest version of Start11 (2.6).

This happens regardless of the option 'Allow Start11 to extend the task bar, i.e. even when it is off.  I have now enabled this option and turned off grouping of icons (I normally have grouping on as I prefer it) - I have not encountered the issue since. But as I prefer grouped icons, I would prefer to see this fixed.

I suspect the problem is related to the difference between the grouped and ungrouped sequence, i.e. grouping is supposed to be on, but some code acts as if it is off and duplicates an icon, but without duplicating the underlying control.

Thanks!

- Florian

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I believe this is known issue on v2.6. Please update to 2.7 (Beta). It should be available in your account product page: https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products. 

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Great, and yes, please keep us update.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I am having the same issue with Start11 v2.6. I will also try installing the v2.7 beta to see if it fixes this issue.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting AzJazz1, reply 4

I am having the same issue with Start11 v2.6. I will also try installing the v2.7 beta to see if it fixes this issue.

There was a new Beta released today 2.7.0.2 which I believe has some fixes for this issue.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

I am on version 2.7.0.3, and the problem just occurred again.

What I have is this (grouping is enabled, so there should be one icon per application):

[Thunderbird, 1 window] [Firefox, 6 windows] [Chrome, 0 windows (pinned to taskbar)] [...]

What I (sometimes) see is this:

[Thunderbird] [Firefox] [Chrome] [Chrome] [Chrome] [Chrome] [Chrome] [Chrome] [...]

The total number of icons is not increased, the additional Chrome icons replace/overlay the actual icons.

So it is the Chrome icon that is multiplied, even though it is Firefox that has multiple windows while Chrome is not even running. Maybe that helps with pinpointing it.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting v3rb0s3, reply 6

I am on version 2.7.0.3, and the problem just occurred again.

What I have is this (grouping is enabled, so there should be one icon per application):

[Thunderbird, 1 window] [Firefox, 6 windows] [Chrome, 0 windows (pinned to taskbar)] [...]

What I (sometimes) see is this:

[Thunderbird] [Firefox] [Chrome] [Chrome] [Chrome] [Chrome] [Chrome] [Chrome] [...]

The total number of icons is not increased, the additional Chrome icons replace/overlay the actual icons.

So it is the Chrome icon that is multiplied, even though it is Firefox that has multiple windows while Chrome is not even running. Maybe that helps with pinpointing it.

Perhaps, it is better if you could post a video or screenshot showing your issue, so we can understand it better.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant