There doesn't appear to be a way to change these icons or the text which is displayed when hovering over the icon. There is an option to rename the shortcut, but that doesn't change anything on the actual Start menu. Your post brings up an interesting point. The text which appears when you hover over these shortcut icons should reflect the name change made in the settings instead of static tool tip text. I would recommend this as a change that should be made by the development team.

This is a great find! Thanks for sharing.

Almost 3 years have past since this initial post, but it appears this request has fallen on a cold stone within the development team.

Yet, it's also a frustration I share.... Yes you can change the shortcut icons on the left side of the start menu, but not the hover text...

I don't want some long sentence here, I just want the name of the program/settings I'm hovering. For example, I just want "Settings" when hovering over the settings icon, not the full explaination of what it does.

The icon above it, I just want "Control Panel" displayed, not "change settings and customize the functionality of the computer".... it's to long to read, and the description could fit both "Control Panel " or "Settings" so it's actually not helpful.

I'm using the latest Start11v2 version as of this writing.

I agree with the OP.  I'm a retired comp/net engineer and programmer. The data providing the "displayed" shortcut names SHOULD be taken from the names which can be edited.  Otherwise, what is the point in being able to edit those names if they are NEVER displayed for the user.  This should be an extremely SIMPLE change.

Can you at least ASK the devs where the "displayed" data is stored?  PLEASE, as a PAYING customer !!!

If they are NOT willing to listen to customer requests they should at least be willing to help the customers help themselves !!!

(NOTE: As a new (well educated customer), I see this post/request is almost 3 years old, so I'm making an educated presumption that changes don't happen often at the customer's request with THIS company !!!)  That is a LAZY attitude !!!

And PLEASE ... don't respond UNTIL you get an actual answer from the devs about this issue.

Thanks

AW

these screenshots go with this post ...

Hi Guys,

That’s a great suggestion! Having the ability to customize icons and hover text for shortcuts would make the Start11 experience much cleaner and more personal. Shorter, user-defined labels and relevant icons would help differentiate similar entries and make navigation much more intuitive.

I have added all your request to Start11 internal feature request list. Appreciate your feedback.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Those strings are the ones Windows used for those shortcuts on Windows 7.

On that OS the text is displayed always so those are the help text in a tooltip.

For the Windows 10 menu there is no text always visible so I can see why it might not be as clear and we can look to tweaking things a bit.

I've just installed the latest update (2.6) and I'm very happy to report that the icons now just mention "Settings" or "Control Panel" when hovering over them, instead of the dreadful elaborate description.

Thanks Stardock Team for listening to our comments !

I'm on Windows 11, with the latest Start11 v2.6

Settings in Start 11 is "Windows 10 Style"   

Other than that, no special settings, just did the upgrade, and noticed the change in behaviour, as you can see from my screenshot (hover is simply control panel', not the elaborate description seen in my previous screenshot some posts higher in this thread....)

Thank you for checking into this issue. 

As requested,

Windows 10 Pro version 22H2  Build 19045.6466

The steps you provided were completed and the problem persists. 

That said, it appears the "-1" issue is isolated to the

Start Menu - Shortcuts list - Standard locations - Documents folder.

As mentioned in this post, it would be helpful to have the hover text display the name of the shortcut and not the description text.

As suggested, the Start11 app was uninstalled, new version downloaded and tested.  Problem resolved AND the hover now shows the function not the verbose description.  Thank you.   

One note:  prior to uninstalling the app, the version listed was 2.6.0.2 and after the new install the version the About shows 2.6.  I find that odd.