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Unexplained "highlight"

November 28, 2021 8:58:54 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

The first time I access the Start11 menu, 3 folders are always highlighted.  "Maintenance" and "Startup" are (Empty) and "Windows Powershell" has items in it.  When I click on them the highlight is removed.  The next time I log in the highlights are back again.  This also happened on Start 11 1.0.  Using Windows 7 Style, default theme, no visual appearance options selected except "use automatic color".  No custom menu background,

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Reply #1 November 28, 2021 9:13:18 AM
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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please try purge and reinstall steps as mentioned here: [link]. Just make sure to redownload the latest version from your account. Reboot after the purged. Reinstall, and Reboot again after the installation. Retest it. Report back here.


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Reply #2 November 28, 2021 10:18:33 AM
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Now I get this on each restart.

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Reply #3 November 28, 2021 10:30:28 AM
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Need to know more on your system.

  1. Windows 10 or 11? Version numbers.
  2. Do you have Windowblinds or Curtains installed? If you do, what style is applied.

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Reply #4 November 28, 2021 11:24:40 AM
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Windows 11 21H2 Build 22000.348

I do not have Windows Blinds or Curtains installed.

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Reply #5 November 28, 2021 12:12:03 PM
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Does it happen on one of the other Styles like Modern Style ?

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Reply #6 November 28, 2021 1:16:08 PM
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It also happens on the Modern Style.

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Reply #7 November 28, 2021 1:20:22 PM
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 Hello,

I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations.

Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates.

We really do appreciate your feedback, thanks.

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Reply #8 November 28, 2021 3:35:52 PM
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While you're at it, any word on my other post Start11 "Display as Menu" not displaying any items

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Reply #9 November 30, 2021 12:11:19 PM
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Quoting bgregory01,
reply 2

Now I get this on each restart.


If I had to guess, I would suspect something in them is 'new'.  They should not show like that after 2 days.

Quoting bgregory01,
reply 8

While you're at it, any word on my other post Start11 "Display as Menu" not displaying any items

It answered it...

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Reply #10 November 30, 2021 12:24:12 PM
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The Startup and Maintenance folders are empty.  The screen shot above was after basj had me do a clean install.  I have since

restored my computer back to the way it was prior to the clean install.  My menu now shows like it did when I posted my problem.

 

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Reply #11 November 30, 2021 12:56:50 PM
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Quoting bgregory01,
reply 10

restored my computer back to the way it was prior to the clean install.  My menu now shows like it did when I posted my problem.

I would be interested to see if it still shows after the time noted.

You can, if you are comfortable editing your registry, add a value to the Start8 key to manually stop it:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8

Highlight = 0

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Reply #12 November 30, 2021 1:28:19 PM
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I added the value "Highlight" =0  and the highlights are now gone.

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Reply #13 November 30, 2021 1:29:20 PM
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Quoting bgregory01,
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I added the value "Highlight" =0  and the highlights are now gone.

Excellent.

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