Unexplained "highlight"

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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 from Stardock Forums Top

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.


Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

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.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Windows 11 21H2 Build 22000.348

I do not have Windows Blinds or Curtains installed.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Does it happen on one of the other Styles like Modern Style ?

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

 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.

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting bgregory01, reply 2

Now I get this on each restart.


End of bgregory01's quote

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
End of bgregory01's quote

It answered it...

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

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.

 

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

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.
End of bgregory01's quote

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

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

I added the value "Highlight" =0  and the highlights are now gone.

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting bgregory01, reply 12

I added the value "Highlight" =0  and the highlights are now gone.
End of bgregory01's quote

Excellent.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager