Context menu items before jump list items

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I just updated from Windows 10 to Windows 11 (22H2 22621.963) and started using Start11 (v1.36) to get back the Windows 10 style start menu.

I pretty much do everything from jump lists in the right click menu of the start menu tiles. I've run into an annoyance with Start11 because it has extra menu items in the right click menu that I have to go past every time to get to the jump list items. Most of these extra items seems like they would be rarely used only when initially setting up the start menu layout and are just in the way when using jump lists often. One strange thing is if I pin an item in the jump list all the extra menu items disappear but the next time I right click they are back.

Another difference that makes this annoyance worse is the menu always seems to open "down" so the jump list items are always as far away as possible. In Windows 10 the right click menu would open "up" so the jump list items were right next to the cursor.

 

Start11 context menu when right clicking the top left tile:

Start11 context menu

Start11 context menu when right clicking the top left tile after pinning and unpinning a jump list item (no more Color, Icon, etc):

menu after pinning and unpinning

Windows 10 context menu opening "up" so jump list items are right next to cursor:

win10 context

If it is possible to put the extra right click menu items like Color, Icon, Rename, and Move under the More submenu or have a way to disable them or have the menu open in the "up" direction it would make jump lists much easier to use for me. Other than that I'm am very impressed with Start11.

Thank you very much.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

If you pin the apps you use the most to the taskbar, and then right click the app on the taskbar, you will get the context menu you are looking for, with Pinned files and Recent files at the top of the menu.

Also, if the app is open and you right click on the taskbar icon, you will get the same context menu as above.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you for the suggestion. I'd rather not have 20 apps pinned to the taskbar though. I like having them tucked away in the start menu. If the jump lists in the start menu worked like Windows 10 it would be perfect.

Start11 - Customize the Start Menu and Taskbar in Windows 10/11.
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

The Start11 menu offers more options for start menu icons than the Windows 10 Start menu, hence the additional options in the context menu. Tucking these into the more item would be counter productive for most users by adding an extra step to making changes.

I'm not sure if it's specific files you want access to or recent files. If you want Start11 access to specific files, you can pin those files to a new page in the Start11 menu and organize them however you like. Start11 in the the Windows 10 Style allows you to scroll thru the pages using the scroll wheel on your mouse. I use multiple pages for organization purposes and find it very useful.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you again. I'm interested in recent files not specific files so pinning the individual files would not help me.

I appreciate that the extra menu options probably benefit many people and that I'm probably an edge case... If the menu opened up instead of down at least they would be out of the way.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Put your apps closer to the bottom of the Start11 menu (closer to the taskbar), and you should see the context menu open from the bottom up. See if that gets closer to what you are wanting.