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Kees said:

But I found a trick to make the pinned apps function almost the same as they do in the old Quick Launch. I did that by using 'nircmd' and adding "nircmd exec hide" in the shortcut before the link to the program.

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Start11 v2 2.21 brings a better Start menu to ARM-powered Windows PCs​

Start11 v2 2.21 brings a better Start menu to ARM-powered Windows PCs

Today, Stardock released a significant update for Start11 v2, its critically acclaimed Start menu alternative for Windows 10 and 11. The highlight of the release is native support for Windows on ARM.

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Start11 v2.11 Changelog (Released 09/09/2024)​

Date​

Version​

• UI: 2.11
• Start11Config.exe: 2.1.1.0

Platforms​

• Stardock and Steam

Changes​

• Resolved high cpu usage issue seen on some machines
• Resolved positioning of the seach box field when not using rounded taskbar settings
• Reduced cpu overhead when taskbar is at the bottom of the screen.

• UI: 2.5
• Start11Config.exe: 2.5.0.0

• Stardock and Steam

• NEW: Adds experimental vertical taskbar support Windows 11 (23H2+ only).
• NEW: Centred taskbar buttons mode in Win11 now works on > 2 monitor setups.
• Fixed issue with dragging taskbar buttons to the left of the taskbar when centered.
• Fix for DisplayFusion issue.
• Tweaks for changing the size of taskbar icons etc.
• Fixed an issue with Microsoft Loop and a resource leak.
• Fix for position of jumplist on mixed vertical and nonvertical setups.
• Fix for config having a nonfunctional indicator on the left causing an odd blank box.
• Fixed 1 en-us localization issue.
• Detection of 23H2 as we were detecting beta channel only.
• Added UI options for icon size, button width, and height to advanced taskbar settings. Only properly apply when not using OS autohide.
• Fixed issue with Win+X menu going away when you mouseover a vertical taskbar.
• Resolved issue with touch long press to get a right click not working on vertical taskbars for items.
• Resolved flicker on custom start button when mouseover on a vertical taskbar.
• Removed excess slider on advanced taskbar settings.
• Fixed issue with Win+X menu appearing in the wrong location when taskbar is on the right depending on the screen scaling factor.
• Resolved issue with on-top secondary taskbars causing a hang issue.
• Fixes for Directory Opus taskbar docked bars.
• Added a registry key to make S11 on Win10 using center mode delay before updating : S11_DelayCentreUpdateWin10 value in ms.
• Registry location for values: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8.
• Removed excess All apps item on Win10 all apps list.
• Tweaked color of the taskbar when using color on the taskbar and also resolved accent color choice being wrong sometimes on the taskbar.
• Fixed Win10 style on vertical taskbars not correctly painting buttons for > 1 window open when in combine mode.
• Fixes issue with top aligned taskbar getting misaligned horizontally.
• Fixes issue with combined mode taskbar buttons not performing correct action on click when having a monitor in negative coordinates and also not working for vertical taskbars on the left.
• Fix for having a monitor with negative coordinates stopping combine mode window switch popup always showing when clicking on the taskbar. Note that newer insider versions of Windows no longer support this and will switch between windows on click rather than show the popup. This may be a bug in insiders and fix itself in the future.
• Fix for juddering jumplist when on top and using a rounded taskbar.
• Fix for win+X menu when using on top and autohide having the submenu misaligned when not reserving one pixel for the taskbar.
• Fixed overflow taskbar system tray icons not showing correctly when not using enhanced taskbar but with a top of screen taskbar.
• Fix for top taskbar thumbs on insider.
• Rounded taskbar settings no longer impact taskbar items on vertical taskbars.
• Fix for thumbs on Windows Insider with autohide left aligned taskbar.
• Fix for blank taskbar after rebooting or log off \ on.
• Further login tweaks for vertical taskbars.
• Fix for >2 monitor taskbar center mode.
• Clock text on the vertical taskbars is made less small when wider.
• Fixes some secondary monitor issues with autohide, vertical and screen workspace.
• Fixes a case of no settings showing in search.
• Removes - File explorer from taskbar buttons.
• Resolved issue with clicking on pinned taskbar items in combined mode causing a new instance of the app to launch sometimes.
• Resolved an issue found when fixing that to do with clicking doing nothing on newer OS builds sometimes if the thumbs window was open.
• Resolved thumbs placement issue with beta channel update.
• Resolved jumplist not showing when taskbar is on top on secondary displays and now with enhanced taskbar off on primary too.
• Removed hyphen from 'Task Manager' in the supported languages.

Edwin said:

Why doesn't MS think of these things!?!?!?

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antspants said:

You would think that if they’re going to allow a 3rd party vendor to create enhancements to the Start Menu & Taskbar, at a software deployment size of under 80MB, they would just add these enhancements as an option.

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Edwin said:

It's quite obvious, with this and countless other applications, that it is possible to customize and stylize the Windows UI, and, many users desire this ability..., yet, MS seems so against it!!!

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• Limited vertical taskbar to half screen width maximum
• Resolved issue with turning on secondary screen taskbar when using a vertical taskbar, especially a right aligned one on the secondary.
• Resolved issues with DisplayFusion when replacing the OS taskbar on the secondary displays on Win11 with enhanced taskbar enabled.
• Linked to the above, resolved issues with multiple monitors when having no taskbar on the display and using apps which alter the work area
• Added a registry key S11_UseNewFolderBrowser which when set to "1" will tell Start11 to use newer style Folder picker windows. This goes in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8 and is type string.
• Resolved the root cause of the non responsive secondary taskbar rather than the workaround that was in use
• Added in registry key "S11_OnlyShowReboot" to only show reboot option rather than any other options (business users)
• Ensured larger start buttons resize correctly when used on a vertical taskbar
• Resolved a positioning issue for certain custom start buttons when used on a vertical taskbar
• Tweaks to how work area sizes are calculated to handle slower applications such as ObjectDock (switching from autohide to non autohide sometimes caused the wrong amount of space to be allocated)
• System tray icons made slightly less spaced on vertical taskbars
• Resolved issue with run as admin for some other apps
• Further work area tweaks for mixed dpi setups
• Fixed black icons in universal apps menu when using Win7 style and apply colour to taskbar/start in the OS
• Disables more submenu and uninstalling option for web links
• Fixes run as admin and open file location links for some pinned items
• Fixes issue with start button positioning when you have no pinned items or running tasks
• Hide start button on vertical taskbars is not supported
• Fix for OS search being in search field mode with a top taskbar not working. It is normal for the search box to disappear when in search in this mode
• NOTE: Hide start button on vertical taskbars is not supported
• Hopefully the issue with Explorer windows popping up on Win11 with ExplorerPatcher and potentially could happen on Win10 too.
• Resolved some issues with work areas with WinStep when using enhanced taskbar and Winstep reserving screen space.
• Resolved issue with running as admin for some pinned shortcuts in Win10/11/etc menus
• Resolved issue with non-functional taskbar buttons on the secondary screen when the focus is set to the taskbar or desktop sometimes
• Fix for workspace calculation when the taskbar is at the top of the screen in some situations
• Removed excess line in Win10 all apps list at the top.
• Tweak for apps which setup workspace areas that start at bootup
• Added two registry keys which go here HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8

antspants said:

Have been prompted to download and install again. It's already installed. Same UI and Stat11Config.exe version numbers.

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Stigg said:

It hasn't happened to me. At least, not yet.
I did an update check, and it says it's up to date.

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