weird Start11 Taskbar icon alignment issues

some taskbar icons are half-hidden/off-screen

On more than one occasion some of the icons on my taskbar get half-hidden off the screen when Windows is starting.

I've tried fiddling with several settings, but I can't find one that fixes it. Rebooting will temporarily fix it more often than not, but sometimes it took two reboots before it starts looking right.

I'm not certain, but it feels like this situation happen more often after a reboot due to windows updates.

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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need more information on your system. Refer here: https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1387003915/Contacting+Stardock+About+Start+Product+Issues

Windows 11 full version number. Use Winver.exe.
Start11 version.
Is this touch capable system?

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Yes, it is touch capable system; however, it docked with two external monitors attached. I saw the issue on the external monitors, but didn't think to open the lid to see if it was there too. I'll check that next time it happens.

This has happened a handful of times with the most recent being this morning... I rebooted after the windows updates and it was in this weird alignment state. I rebooted again and it corrected itself.

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Recently, there were few similar reports from touch capable system. I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

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Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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This problem has been there since windows updated a while back The time it started was around when stardock was on ver 1.41 approximately. This problem was a result of microsoft's update and stardock has not addressed it for over a year, including with ver 2. There are only 2 options to date. 1. disable taskbar enhancements in Start11, or 2 after every windows restart, restart explorer again.

Both options work, but defeats the purpose of start11.

Please fix this ASAP. If you need debug files or anything else to help fix this, please reachout.

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I discovered why this is occurring, quite by accident.

This occurs on computers that have touchscreens. That's why in happens more often on tablets then desktops.

When you boot the computer from scratch, It takes a moment to initialize the touchscreen, so for a while, as far as the OS is concerned, there is no touchscreen present. So when Start11 starts, in this period, it assumes there is no touchscreen present.

When you have "Taskbar Touch Screen Detection" set to "automatic", Start11 ends up in setting "not touch mode device". If you set to "Force Touch Mode Device" On computers that have touchscreens, the mis-alignment problem goes away.

Hope this helps.

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