Can't use larger start buttons in Start 11

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I am trying to use what has been classified as a "larger" Start button. After upgrading to Start 11 version 1.4.11 recently, I now get this error:

 

And my Start button is now tiny!

 

Can this get addressed? This is a totally unacceptable issue.

 

My version of Windows is

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. But, I believe this is limitation imposed by Windows 11 for the Start button to work properly. Hence, Start11 need to comply to it.

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 1

I believe this is limitation imposed by Windows 11 for the Start button to work properly.
End of basj's quote

basj is absolutely correct. Microsoft hardcoded the start button size to be 48x48 pixels. Start11 cannot change that. Thank Microsoft for the resultant ugliness.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

But, it worked BEFORE the latest update to 1.4.11. Why the change all of a sudden, forcing me to use an undesirable Start button?

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting bobf4, reply 3

But, it worked BEFORE the latest update to 1.4.11. Why the change all of a sudden, forcing me to use an undesirable Start button?
End of bobf4's quote

At this point in time, yes. Microsoft introduced this change in the last Windows update. It may change in the future, but for now, that is the way that it functions.

Paul Scroggins
Associate Technical Support Analyst

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting bobf4, reply 3

But, it worked BEFORE the latest update to 1.4.11. Why the change all of a sudden, forcing me to use an undesirable Start button?
End of bobf4's quote

It wasn't caused by the Start11 update, it was caused by your installation of a new OS update which changed the limits.  The Start11 update simply stopped it clipping and instead shrinks to fit.

That said it looks like the next beta of Start11 may allow bigger ones (within reason) as long as you have enhanced taskbar enabled on that OS.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting bobf4, reply 3

But, it worked BEFORE the latest update to 1.4.11. Why the change all of a sudden, forcing me to use an undesirable Start button?
End of bobf4's quote

The Moment 2 update caused it. KB5023706 (Build 22621.1413) to everyone running version 22H2. The March update packs all Moment 2 update features revealed in the last preview update KB5022913 which caused all the fuss being released 2 weeks early.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

I was fiddling with this today and got it to work by examining the provided images.  I noticed that each image StarDock supplies is a set of three 48x48 images, one atop the other.  My guess is that the top one is "normal" and the next are "fly over" and "click" images.

So I took my pic, reduced to to 48x48, made it into three images on a 48x144 canvas, and that works fine. 

I used the same image for all three, so it doesn't change when I "fly over" or "click", but it does fit correctly and looks good.  I may do some editing to make the other images different for a more "active" button later, but at least the basic principle seems to work.

The program SAYS it will resize the image (not mentioning there are three), but in my testing, it does that - then uses only about 1/3 of the image.  The should really fix that, because it's very misleading.