Taskbar Changes even when Start11 Taskbar enhancements turned off

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First, I admit I may be doing something wrong, but if so, not sure what. I want certain features from the native Windows taskbar, specifically the weather on the Taskbar and access to the Widgets and want the System Tray to work correctly. Having said that, if possible to have those while also gaining the additional right-click options from Start11, I would like that too. I have turned off "Let Start11 enahance the taskbar" in Start11 and have turned on both "Show Win+X menu when right clicking..." and "Replace taskbar right click menu with Windows 10 style one." I don't think I've selected anything from the "Advanced taskbar tweaks" section.

If I right-click on the Taskbar and select Taskbar Settings, Search, Task view, Widgets, and Chat are all turned on in Windows Settings. 

With those settings, I have no weather or widgets icon on my Taskbar. If I press Win+W, the Widgets bar still open on the left. 

In addition to missing the Weather info and Widgets icon on the Taskbar, if I have any icons set to always show in the System Tray area, with Start11 running, they will start to display multiple times overlaying teh Microphone and Keyboard icons. Here are examples, where the firs is correct and what's expected, the next two are examples of it going wrong. I have not observed any pattern to these problems with the System Tray area. They seem to come and go at random. 

Is there a way to just ensure I get the native Windows Taskbar, while still getting to use Start11 for the Start Menu? Isn't that what turning off "Let Start11 enhance the taskbar"?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. But, I can't reproduce your issue. Refer to screenshot below. May I know more information on your system.

  1. Windows 11 full version number. Use Winver.exe to get it.
  2. Start11 version number.
  3. Do you have any other application installed that deal with Start menu and taskbar?

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Windows 11 22H2 Build 22621.675.

Start11 Version 1.31. 

Nothing else other than Start11 installed that affects the Taskbar. I did make a registry change to increase the number of files to appear in JumpLists from 11 to 30. 

I currently am seeing the Weather to the left of the Taskbar (it comes and goes). 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Try this, uninstall Start11, reboot immediately, reinstall latest Start11 version. Restart again. Retest and report back.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Not showing weather info is a known bug in Windows itself.  It comes and goes.  It is nothing to do with Start11.  The widgets icon should be there always though and I am not aware of any other reports of similar with Start11 with that icon actually missing too.