Start 11 green bar on secondary taskbar

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In my setup I use a 3440x1440 monitor as my main and a 2560x1440 one for a secondary.

I have Windows 11 set to show the taskbar on the secondary display.

With Start 11 installed I get an annoying bright green vertical bar at the far left of the secondary taskbar every time I boot up my PC.

The only way I can get rid of it is to go into the Windows taskbar settings and turn off the option to display a bar on every screen then turn it back on again.

I have confirmed this only occurs with Start 11 installed by uninstalling it and doing a reboot.

Here is a photo I took of the bar:
Photo of green bar bug

As you can see it's very bright compared to the taskbar colour from my theme!

It is such a shame this is occurring as Start 11 provides me a functional start menu when the Windows 11 one keeps failing to appear for no apparent reason! Just today after booting my PC and logging in, I checked emails and went to a web page in my browser to check something from one of the emails, not even 15 minutes of PC use and after that the Windows 11 start menu stopped functioning! Usually it takes a lot longer than that for it to fail. Start 11 works every time but I do not like the inconvenience of having to get rid of the green bar every time I log in to my PC.

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

This is a known issue with the Start11 beta build.

The next beta update will resolve this issue

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Any idea how long until the next update so I can re-install it at that time? I just can not use it as it is thanks to my OCD, not Stardock's problem I know, a personal choice I have to make!

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I have the same problem - as the OP mentions, the only workaround is to do this:

1. On login to Windows 11, if you see the green bar on the secondary monitor, right click on the taskbar and select taskbar settings

2. Scroll down and click on "Taskbar behaviours"

3. Untick "Show my taskbar on all displays", wait a second and then re-tick "Show my taskbar on all displays"

You should find that the green bar has gone  .... until you log out and log back into Windows!

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Tanjo3000, reply 2

Any idea how long until the next update so I can re-install it at that time? I just can not use it as it is thanks to my OCD, not Stardock's problem I know, a personal choice I have to make!
End of Tanjo3000's quote

I believe the plan is that the beta 0.55 should go up on the forums as an initial release later this week before officially going up, so keep an eye on the forums and there should be a post about it in the Start Menu Products forum in the next day.

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