This month, we shipped our largest update so far for Start11 . While adding new functionality to the taskbar and re-enabling ungrouping for Windows 11 was an important step toward making Windows 11 more personal and productive, it also cements our stance that Start11 makes Windows 11 ready for corporate users. Let me explain. While we were busy shipping Start11 1.2, Microsoft <a href="https://www.youtube.co
A couple of weeks back, we shipped the first public beta of Start11 v1.2 , which enables a new feature for “ungrouping” the icons on your taskbar. While this feature looks familiar from previous versions of Windows, it’s actually an all-new taskbar that we built in-house in order to enable the functionality. The challenge of building a taskbar from sc
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One of the most popular requests we received when we released Start11 was the ability to ungroup apps on the taskbar. This feature, while present in Windows dating back several decades, was removed from Windows 11. Bringing this feature to Windows 11 was one of the larger engineering uplifts we have undertaken here at Stardock. While it is possible to enable ungrouping on the taskbar with a registry tweak and a bit of memor
[quote who="Odd Borg" reply="4" id="3842400"] Is there a roadmap posted anywhere of what kinds of features you plan to be adding? There are a couple features I'd LOVE to see brought back to the 11 Taskbar... 1. the address bar that could be turned on/off: 2. the popup/dropdown folder-contents menu/toolbars: [/quote] Nothing public yet on a roadmap but thanks for these suggestions, we have quite a few
When Microsoft released Windows 11 late last year, it was clear that the OS was still a work in progress. There were quite a few missing features, like being able to move the taskbar to the top of the screen, folders in the Start menu, and a lot more. As the months have progressed, the company has been releasing updates within their Insider program to bring "new" features in order to backfill these gaps. While doing so, the company is also introducing new functionality - but at the sa
[quote who="lazyboyy" reply="47" id="3842100"] After trying sometimes and never combine. My taskbar doesn't reflect the settings. Am I missing something? I did click restart explorer. [/quote] Are you running Windows 11, if so what version?
[quote who="PhoenixRising1" reply="4" id="3841405"] While running on Windows 11 build 22000.556. Right clicking start button results in an off centered menu that is also misaligned with the mouse pointer [/quote] I am able to repro this issue and have it flagged it internally for tracking.
Fences is a powerful application that can help you keep your desktop organized and also make it easier to access your frequently used content. While the application does have a first-run experience to help you get started, I'd like to share five ways that you can get the most out of Fences 4 . Access Your Downloads on Your Desktop Folder Portals are a powerful feature that are simple to use. Por
Keeping your Windows desktop organized is a key part of staying productive at work. After all, if you spend hours looking for a document - or worse, you can't find it at all - that’s lost time that you can never recover. Fences is the premier application for enhancing your productivity and keeping your desktop organized. Utilized by companies large and small, Fences has transformed how desktops can evolve from being a place
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There are a lot of neat little features in Fences...this one gets overlooked but I love it.
Thanks for reporting the issue, we have replicated the bug and are triaging the issue with our vendor.
One of the challenges of managing a Windows deployment is navigating the ever-complex way that Microsoft services the operating system. This month, the company announced additional ways to service Windows 11 with Web Experience packs, Online Service Experience Packs, and - everyone’s favorite - Feature Experience packs. I wish that I was making up all the pack
The PC desktop is the workspace for billions of Windows users around the globe. This virtual landscape is home to your apps, files, and folders and is the starting place for many people when they sit down at their computers each morning. With the unique options and enhanced functionality in Fences 4, we've made desktop access that much easier. Fences is known for its ability to organize the apps on your desktops into shaded
Stardock has been building software for decades and while some platforms have come and gone (like OS/2), Windows has remained a steadfast component of the modern-computing era for billions of users. During the past decade or two, products like StartX and Fences have been helping those users make their devices more personal and more productive. With the release of Start11 and Fe
Several years ago, it was claimed that we were in the post-PC era - but this week, Microsoft announced a new renaissance for the PC. The company says that there are now 1.4 billion active devices running Windows 10 and Windows 11, and Microsoft seems optimistic that this figure will continue to climb. In a blog post following the company’s earnings call, Microsoft highlighted how the moment
It can but the web version of Teams is not as performant as the local install (esp for video/audio) - in my scenario, I keep the primary version of Teams with the local apps and other tenants that I need less frequently with a web version.
Microsoft’s Teams application is one of - if not the most - widely used chat applications by corporations both big and small. With hundreds of millions of daily users, Tea
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We are aware of the issue, the latest Windows Insider release introduced a change to the OS that impacted Start11. We have an internal build that fixes many of the features that broke with this update and are preparing to release it as a beta as soon as tomorrow. As a temporary workaround, if you left-align the Start button and change the icon, this will restore some functionality. Alternatively, we do caution that the Dev channel is fast-moving and we do our best to support users in
This week, we released version 1.1 of Start11 , and with it several new features and updates that make the app the best Start experience for users of Windows 10 and 11. But, bringing a feature like this to life requires a bit more thought and attention than you might expect. On the surface, it seems easy: just add folders. But once you start digging th
Earlier this month, we released Fences 4 – a new version of Fences that introduces several features, including Peek. If you haven’t ever tried Fences, it’s worth exploring, as this unique app is the best way to organize your desktop. In Fences 4, it has also become the fastest way to access your content, too. Fences creates shaded areas on your desktop called fences. These shaded areas can be configured in vari
Fences is a program designed to keep your desktop organized, and with Fences 4 we have added new productivity enhancements: Peek and Desktop Display. Getting started is easy and the robust set of features makes it possible to automatically keep all of your files, apps, and folders, neatly organized on your desktop. Getting Started After installation, you will b
When building Start11 , one of our core principles was that it isn't good enough to simply replicate what shipped with Windows 11, but rather we must improve upon it. While the idea of rebuilding the Start menu for Windows 11 may sound a bit odd, keep in mind that Start11 runs on Windows 10, too. One of the primary ways that we improved the Start menu experience for Start11 (when compared to the default Start menu) is the ability
Hey All, Thanks for the feedback about WB11 and let me be the first to say that I hear you. As a quick intro, I started at Stardock back in September to lead the software team but have been a long-time user of WB/Groupy/StartX/Fences and even Object Dock many years ago. With the announcement (June) and release of Windows 11 (October), this has created quite a bit of work for us to upgrade many of our core products as fast as we can to support the new OS. Making things
With the release of Windows 11, Microsoft has moved away from full-screen Start menu experiences and effectively made using the OS a bit harder on a touch-first device. Even though Windows 11 does have some touch-first options - like wider touch targets when touch is expected by the OS - it still leaves a lot to be desired. When planning the development milestones for Start11 , one of the objectives we targeted was improving the
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