Updated from the last beta build to the final 1.4.11 on Windows 11 Pro 22H2 22621.1344.

Start button set to centered. But when right-clicking the start button, the menu pops up on the left. I tried switching the start button from the middle to the left and back to the middle, but it didn't change behavior.

Also, the clock isn't showing seconds anymore, although I enabled this setting. Tried disabling and enabling it and restarted Windows Explorer, but it didn't change.

Any suggestions? In the last beta build, it worked.

Quoting awstam,

reply 28

i tried enabling blur / transparency in windows settings. didnt seem to make much of a difference. 

- disabling the taskbar on other monitors works

- switching off other monitors works

with other monitors and taskbar... it seems to go into a bit of a crash loop as soon as you restart explorer. the first time it paints it seems to be okish. (more than 1 monitor = issues)

 

i9 12th gen
3070 ti
windows: 


Start11 1.4.11

all monitors on 1920 x 1080. 

Is there anything in Windows event log for explorer crashes?

hello, I'm running trough an important issue on Start11.
Everything was working nice before, but the first time I clicked over "tasbkar" setting on Start11, the problem showed in my video with the explorer restarting loop started.
After that, even reinstalling cleanly Start11, the problem still happen at starup.

I'm guessing it's an issue with explorer patcher, and maybe also that I tweaked my registry to set my taskbar to the top.

I'm new to this forum so I don't know how am I supposed to send a so I'll send it on a third party link here that you guys can download and watch locally:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/975000826915471412/1083307387986915358/bug.mp4

I forgot to write my Windows version so here is an edit: Microsoft Windows [version 10.0.22621.1344]

the taskbar goes transparent the same size as windows normal and no quick link icons (next to start button aligned left). with just the taskbar icons and clock. clicking on the taskbar repaints to a solid taskbar.

nothing seems to work on the taskbar itself

event viewer shows a warning for:

Windows Hello for Business provisioning will not be launched. 

Device is AAD joined ( AADJ or DJ++ ): Not Tested 

User has logged on with AAD credentials: No 

Windows Hello for Business policy is enabled: Not Tested 

Windows Hello for Business post-logon provisioning is enabled: Not Tested 

Local computer meets Windows hello for business hardware requirements: Not Tested 

User is not connected to the machine via Remote Desktop: Yes 

User certificate for on premise auth policy is enabled: Not Tested 

Machine is governed by none policy. 

Cloud trust for on premise auth policy is enabled: Not Tested 

User account has Cloud TGT: Not Tested 

See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=832647 for more details.

 

and at some point it has this error

The program explorer.exe version 10.0.22621.1344 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Security and Maintenance control panel.

I am afraid we cannot offer any technical support for the use of explorer patcher, you would have to contact the developers of that if thats causing an issue.

I would recommend uninstalling that and reinstalling Start11 and seeing if it works ok to rule out the problem being entirely unrelated to Start11.

Using 1.4.11 with Windows 11 22H2. I have the experimental centring of the Start Button turned on in Start 11.  I have a single ultrawide monitor.   If I right-click the start button, the context menu appears on the left edge of the screen.  Cosmetic issue only. The menu still functions fine.

Unfortunately Microsoft changed how the tray works in the latest release which isn't designed to have multiple rows.

So not a Start11 change but a Microsoft one.

Quoting mrWoozie,

reply 40

Empty tooltips are back:

 

And the taskbar is getting green anytime I play a game, then not returning to black until explorer restart.

Woozie, we love your feedback and the dedication you've shown for testing (thank you), but you seem to have had some issues that most others have not.  It makes us wonder about what other software on the PC may be causing issues.  Did we ever ask you to perform a cleanboot and test under it?

https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1334935592/Start11+Clean+Boot

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

is anyone else experiencing (the) taskbar issue with multiple monitors? (set taskbar to small, ungrouped, solid -  and when more than 1 monitor is enabled the taskbar goes fully transparent, becomes unclickable, missing quicklaunch icons, half the sys tray icons go missing) with Windows 11, version 22H2 - start11 1.4.11

im pretty sure this was the update that broke it: 2023-02 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5022913) and i cant seem to be able to uninstall it

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edit: not sure if it helps. enabling taskbar you get a whole "explorer needs to be restarted .. lots of text" popup. click yes. then it goes transparent. click restart explorer button. it repaints and is perfect. if for any reason explorer is restarted again / machine restart the taskbar goes back to start icon only. not clickable. fully transparent 

expected: 

restarting explorer:

clicking on it.. "sometimes" makes it solid but same start button and sys tray. clicking on start menu has a loading icon for some time. eventually everything flashes taskbar goes back to windows normal and then back to transparent / solid but not useable.. and "sometimes" the normal windows start menu appears (then at least you get snip to be able to take a screenshot. 

now after all this... from when i started this test.. 5min later.. it "settles" to the expected  

i dont think i have any other modification stuff on explorer. 

only modifications i have:

- show old right click context menu reg key
- when i click shut down dont wait for programs to close
- i suppose kaspersky might? but pausing protection doesnt do anything differently

4 but it happens from from the 2nd onwards. if i switch off the others but leave 1 then its fine. as soon as i turn on the 2nd it freaks out. 

if i win key + p and select single.. then its fine. (as per the beta thread suggestion)

All, 

For known issues 1&2:

1. Transparency on taskbar
2. Windows native start menu unresponsive to clicks

Please see:

https://forums.stardock.com/517335/get;3881129

As always, thanks for your time and feedback.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager