Today we are shipping an update for Start11 v2 that delivers a number of enhancements and bug fixes. The update is rolling out now, and it can also be downloaded from your Stardock account page.

The changelog for this release is lengthy and is worth a review but the highlights include improvements to vertical taskbar experiences and a significant update for thumbnail display resiliency, especially on multi-monitor devices.

New in this release is an option to auto-hide taskbars only when a window is placed over them, the scroll wheel now supports scrolling a vertical taskbar when full, and we added an alias for Remote Desktop to surface when searching RDP. There is also updated support for apps like Spotify and WhatsApp badges to show correctly on multi-monitor devices as well.

The changes in this release are mostly focused on polish as we continue to refine all the edge cases for taskbar of various configurations outside of the primary display. There are also improvements to memory usage to help keep a high level of performance when running the application for extended periods of time.

Translations have also been updated but if you see anything that isn’t quite right, please let us know.

If you have not received the update yet, you can search for it by opening the configuration panel, click About, and there you will see the option to download the update. And if you run into any issues or want to connect with other Start11 users, our forums are filled with questions (and answers) about how to get the most out of this powerful application.