OS BUILD 26220.9836 Start11 v2 Release (2.81

TASKBAR IS OVER WRITTEN AND LOCKED

https://youtu.be/nSoAt92mEkw
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Windows Version Number: Windows 11 Pro 25H2 26220.9836
App Version: 2.81

I have included a video on youtube of the issue the new build that was installed yesterday 10/30/2026   https://youtu.be/nSoAt92mEkw

if you know any work arounds please let me know

 

Cheers,

Ivan

Stardock Software Type: Bug Report
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Your video seems to have been deleted?

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

No worries, ive been in the beta group for a more than a few years and this is the first time I have had any issues with any stardock apps, thank you! Just wanted to let folks know and see if there were any reg entries i could use. luckily, it does not affect using the start menu via the keyboard only the taskbar appears to be affected. 

 

Cheers

Ivan

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Is your taskbar set to centred mode?

We are aware of a change in the latest canary builds which caused shifting but this is centred only.

We have that sorted already for an update.

omerassraf : officially we don't support betas of Windows for what I hope are obvious reasons.  If Microsoft don't support it then neither can we.

Disabling enhanced taskbar is a viable short term workaround or possibly just setting things to left align.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Update on this.

You can avoid this by avoiding two settings.

1) Alignment should be set to left or left start button and centre aligned taskbar buttons.  No not use Centred

2) Do not enable a custom start button.

Also be aware vertical taskbars are not happy on this build either.

If you have one of those enabled you may need to use the restart explorer setting after disabling it to make everything happy.

I am pleased to say we have these issues resolved internally so the next beta update we put out should resolve these issues for you.