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Task bar transparency in windows 11 22621.1344 gone

February 28, 2023 2:36:53 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Hello,

today i updated win11 to 22621.1344 and it has removed the start11 task bar transparency even set to 100%. I've installed the beta - no change, the taskbar looks always solid.

 

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Reply #1 February 28, 2023 7:26:05 PM
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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Looking at Neil post here: https://forums.stardock.com/517199/get;3880116. Might need to wait for that update and see it help with your issue.

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Reply #2 March 1, 2023 12:44:24 AM
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Thank you, i will install the next beta.

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Reply #3 March 2, 2023 12:30:54 PM
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Hi

Beta 1.4.02 is still not brining 100% transparency back..

Addition:

Sorry, i was too fast with my feedback. The reboot seems to be really required, not just explorer restart. After reboot it is transarent.

 

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Reply #4 March 2, 2023 1:12:32 PM
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Yes a reboot would be required to replace Start11 files which may be in use.  Glad to hear it is all working now.

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Reply #5 March 5, 2023 2:17:57 PM
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The SW is extreme buggy, intransprency come often back...

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Reply #6 March 5, 2023 2:25:25 PM
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Quoting darkstorm46870,
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The SW is extreme buggy, intransprency come often back...

I am sorry you are still having problems.

I would recommend uninstalling Start11,rebooting (very important do not skip this) and then reinstalling the very latest Start11 beta 1.4.0.5.

Another user was still experiencing issues and this resolved them.

If it continues it would be very useful to know what triggers it stopping working as our testing is unfortunately not showing any problems with this and we have a lack of other outstanding bug reports on this.

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Reply #7 March 5, 2023 5:35:32 PM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 6


Quoting darkstorm46870,
reply 5

The SW is extreme buggy, intransprency come often back...



I am sorry you are still having problems.

I would recommend uninstalling Start11,rebooting (very important do not skip this) and then reinstalling the very latest Start11 beta 1.4.0.5.

Another user was still experiencing issues and this resolved them.

If it continues it would be very useful to know what triggers it stopping working as our testing is unfortunately not showing any problems with this and we have a lack of other outstanding bug reports on this.

 

Happens as soon as i launch a game 

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Reply #8 March 6, 2023 8:51:37 AM
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Quoting Bloodstorm666,
reply 7


Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 6






Quoting darkstorm46870,

reply 5


The SW is extreme buggy, intransprency come often back...



I am sorry you are still having problems.

I would recommend uninstalling Start11,rebooting (very important do not skip this) and then reinstalling the very latest Start11 beta 1.4.0.5.

Another user was still experiencing issues and this resolved them.

If it continues it would be very useful to know what triggers it stopping working as our testing is unfortunately not showing any problems with this and we have a lack of other outstanding bug reports on this.



 

Happens as soon as i launch a game 

Which version are you running?

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Reply #9 March 6, 2023 8:57:17 AM
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Quoting Bloodstorm666,
reply 7


Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 6






Quoting darkstorm46870,

reply 5


The SW is extreme buggy, intransprency come often back...



I am sorry you are still having problems.

I would recommend uninstalling Start11,rebooting (very important do not skip this) and then reinstalling the very latest Start11 beta 1.4.0.5.

Another user was still experiencing issues and this resolved them.

If it continues it would be very useful to know what triggers it stopping working as our testing is unfortunately not showing any problems with this and we have a lack of other outstanding bug reports on this.



 

Happens as soon as i launch a game 

I think we have reproduced the issue.

Would you be using blur disabled?

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Reply #10 March 6, 2023 9:49:56 AM
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no blur is disabled 

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Reply #11 March 6, 2023 5:23:59 PM
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Hi,

ive installed new beta. As Bloodstorm - gaming is killing the transparency..

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Reply #12 March 6, 2023 5:33:51 PM
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Hi,

ive installed new beta. As Bloodstorm - gaming is killing the transparency..

The build from today?  1.41?

That has a fix for transparency when you have blur disabled.

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Reply #13 March 6, 2023 6:14:28 PM
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I will try right the new beta now to test. Will let you know. I was on the 1.4.0 beta

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Reply #14 March 6, 2023 6:52:00 PM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 12


Quoting darkstorm46870,
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Hi,

ive installed new beta. As Bloodstorm - gaming is killing the transparency..



The build from today?  1.41?

That has a fix for transparency when you have blur disabled.

Still broken. Blur is disabled, transparency is at 1% and when launching a game and doing alt+ tab it goes to solid color. Even after exiting the game. 

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Reply #15 March 6, 2023 7:24:21 PM
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I have disabled blur, it is still switchign to grey instead tranparent after gaming.

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Reply #16 March 6, 2023 8:39:57 PM
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Man..microsoft really messed us up! 

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Reply #17 March 7, 2023 6:49:44 AM
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This is how it looks like for me since i updated to this latest build.

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Reply #18 March 7, 2023 6:59:28 AM
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This is how it looks like for me since i updated to this latest build.


You need to install the 1.41 beta of Start11 as you appear to have installed the optional preview update of Windows 11.

Once installed all should be fine.

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Reply #19 March 7, 2023 3:50:28 PM
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Hello,

the new beta 1.4.1.1 is also not fixying it, after gaming the transparency is gone.

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Reply #20 March 7, 2023 7:05:30 PM
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Yeah

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Reply #21 March 9, 2023 2:50:32 PM
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There will be no fix for this broken functionality? The betas have been discontinued but the transparency functionality is still broken

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Reply #22 March 9, 2023 3:04:15 PM
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There will be no fix for this broken functionality? The betas have been discontinued but the transparency functionality is still broken

Cannot reproduce on my machine, what games? single or Multi-Monitor? Can you provide video of the issue happening?

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Reply #23 March 9, 2023 3:09:04 PM
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Single screen, always after gaming the transparency is gone.

I dont know how produce such video, using nvidia drivers i can record ingame, this will not make the issue visible.

I will create screenshots...

before gaming:

 

 

after gaming, dx12 (darktide) or zombie army 4 (vulkan)

 

 

After the game close it may flicker, 2-3 seconds later it is intranspartent.

I need to go to the start11 app and move the transparence slider and then it become transparent again

 

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Reply #24 March 9, 2023 5:31:54 PM
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Single screen, always after gaming the transparency is gone.

I dont know how produce such video, using nvidia drivers i can record ingame, this will not make the issue visible.

I will create screenshots...

before gaming:

 



 

after gaming, dx12 (darktide) or zombie army 4 (vulkan)

 



 

After the game close it may flicker, 2-3 seconds later it is intranspartent.

I need to go to the start11 app and move the transparence slider and then it become transparent again

 
Same

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Reply #25 March 9, 2023 5:58:17 PM
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We think we have a workaround for this internally.

Hopefully can get a beta with it out soon.

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