Running Windows 22H2 22621.1413 and Start11 1.41

Image of my Start 11 taskbar settings

https://i.imgur.com/kphMYKd.png

Start Menu Settings

https://i.imgur.com/SeMkRTZ.png

Search settings

https://i.imgur.com/sMcvXQm.png

Repro

Press Windows key on keyboard

Start typing

Exected behaviour -> search results appear and I can open applications

Actual behaviour -> keyboard is blocked.

Also I cannot click on any taskbar icons when the start 11 menu is shown

I've added every single exe in the Start11 folder to Windows Defender exclusions, including process names and the folder itself with no help.

Disabling all defender, anti tamper, cloud sample submission etc fixes the problem instantly. Re-enabling defender again afterwards and Start 11 continues to function as expected.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Also another question. The Start11 search (which is quite good) is it possible to get it to use the voidtools everything search engine backend? I have found this to be a brilliant search tool and it would be great to allow the ability to use 3rd party search integration.

https://www.voidtools.com/en-au/