Because licenses are for the version you purchased.  So a 1.x license works for all 1.x versions, a 2.x license works for all 2.x versions.

There is an upgrade discount available for previous owners if you wish to upgrade.

Well... I can understand a new license like from Start10 to Start11, but from 1.x to 2.x is not nice.
Thanks for the answer

For those who are hung up on the naming convention of the product and confusing UPDATE with UPGRADE, no one is forcing you to pay for this UPGRADE! If you don't want to UPGRADE, just stick with version 1. As Neil said, this is a massive UPGRADE, and in my opinion, it is very underpriced for what you get.

I personally find the extensions in v2 really comprehensive, which easily justifies a new licence price for this new major version. Especially as this is really very low and (fortunately) not a monthly licence fee!

So thank you very much for organising this in this way. I was happy to be able to pay for a new one-time licence because it also gave me more important functions (e.g. backup my settings).

Despite all evidence to the contrary there is still a hard core that believes that everything on the internet should be free, that if you paid for whatever in the past you never have to pay again no matter how it's changed, that there really is such a thing as a free lunch and that whatever it is, it's always someone else's job.

Quoting XPERIANCE620,

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Start11 v2.0 Menu is always transparent on my Windows 10 (10.0.19045.3636):



If I set transparency too 100% or 11 % it doesn't change at all:



If I enable Mica Startmenu is solid:




If I disable Mica then the startmenu is for one time in the correct transparency settings:


On the further attempts to open the startmenu it stays like in the first picture. Only switching between Mica on / off shows for one time the correct startmenu.

I had reinstalled Start11 v2 already and used the full removal batch script. Then I rebooted before the reinstall but the behavior doesn't change. Furthermore I use Curtains for Windows theming.

Have you disabled OS transparency settings?

Transparency effects are on in Windows Settings -> Personalization -> Colors -> Transparency effects.

And this problem didn't exist on the latest Start11 v1.

They share the same directory so I wouldn't worry about it.  Leave it as is.

Windows 11 23H2 Deutsch Neueste ISO von Microsoft heruntergeladen neu installiert Es funktioniert einfach nicht Start11 v2 mit der neuen Taskleiste und der neuesten Microsoft-Version Deutschland

https://forums.stardock.com/523854/get;3909218

Is this similar to what I described here? This sounds like its related.

Hi all! I bought Start11 v1, but I didn't use it since I was not satisfied because of some lacks and problems.

Now, Start11 v2 works very well and looks pretty nice, but I want to report a problem related to the animations.

I noticed this problem with Start11 v1. I notice it continues / persists also with Start11 v2 and it seems no one saw it.

The taskbar items has a really bad flickering animation during restore and minimizing state by mouse clicking.

I recorded a video at 60 FPS, but my laptop screen is 144 FPS, so the flickering is more bad on 144 FPS.

On the first video part I presented the good animation that only exists because the mouse cursor is not involved in this action, then, secondly the bad flickering caused by mouse click on the item from taskbar.

https://youtu.be/pBSDKWGLNOM

System info: Edition: Windows 11 Home, Version: 22H2, OS Build: 22621.2506, Experience: Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22677.1000.0 - SSD: 500 GB, Video card: RTX 2060 Mobile.

Many thanks, Neil Banfield for taking in account this problem. I would like to add another thing. It's a suggestion for the start menu. If the mouse cursor is over the edge on the menu, the user can resize the menu. This is a cool idea, but sometimes I accidentally resized it. I recommend to switch / hide this feature by lock menu / unclock menu.

First of all, it's awesome to have the Taskbar pins / Pin folder menu option! That's exactly what I've been missing since migrating to Win11.

I upgraded to v2 last night after reading this feature was part of the release and started trying this feature out today and it works great!

Only thing I'm noticing is there is no 'Right-Click' menu for the created folder icons in the Taskbar. Would be great to change the icon or add a name to keep track of what the various folder menus are.

Thanks!