New version messes up tray icon area color

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Hi, I installed the new version today.  While I can still make the task bar transparent where the apps are, the background for the tray icons is light grey no matter what I do, as is the background for the 4 icons at the very left of the bar.  This is really annoying, and I have played with the settings for 30 minutes and cannot get things to work the way they did with the previous version.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

What version of Windows do you have (build number) and what version of Start11?

Can you post a screenshot of the problem you are having please.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi, using the newly released V1.46   As you can see, the sides have a grey background while the middle is actually sort of transparent.  With the prior version I could make it transparent all the way across.

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

Oh, using Win 11 Pro with all the most recent updates.  22621.1928

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Hmm, I rebooted, and now it works.  This is weird, because I rebooted after the initial upgrade and it worked fine, but then when I rebooted again, the above problem occurred.  I have now rebooted twice to check, and all is good.

 

By the way, why do upgrades take 10-15 minutes?  It gets hung up on upgrading all the png files, and I can go have a latte while it is working, sort of annoying.  This has been going on with every upgrade for a month, so not a new problem.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting joelbb, reply 4

Hmm, I rebooted, and now it works.  This is weird, because I rebooted after the initial upgrade and it worked fine, but then when I rebooted again, the above problem occurred.  I have now rebooted twice to check, and all is good.

 

By the way, why do upgrades take 10-15 minutes?  It gets hung up on upgrading all the png files, and I can go have a latte while it is working, sort of annoying.  This has been going on with every upgrade for a month, so not a new problem.
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How strange, I am glad it is working now for you.

What antivirus do you use as that could be a factor with the upgrade speed as it should not be taking anything like that long!