01/30/2024

Stardock: Released

Steam: Released

1/29/2024

• Version updated
  UI: 2.05
  Start11Config.exe 2.0.5.4

• This resolves an issue with jittering on the taskbar when in experimental center mode with certain non-integer scaling factors and depending on how many open windows there were.  

• Resolves a potential resource leak though highly unlikely to happen.  

• Fixed a painting issue that the UI had on scaling factors of 283% and higher

1/26/2024

• Version updated
  UI: 2.05
  Start11Config.exe 2.0.5.3

• Resolved issue with block behind some taskbar icons in enhanced mode

• Adjusted overlay icon positions on enhanced taskbar

• Resolved issue with custom tile images not appearing to save correctly when in a folder (they did but didn't show until a sign-out)

• Resolved the issue with nvidia GeForce Experience overlay stopping the taskbar autohide working correctly 

01/22/2024

• Version updated
  UI: 2.05
  Start11Config.exe 2.0.5.2

• Resolved issue with Win10 center taskbar mode not working on the primary display in 2.0.5.1

• Resolved issue with tabs jumping around when switching tabs if data in the registry was saved in the wrong order due to an older build of S11

• Stopped pinned websites being added to suggested lists as not apps

• Resolved issues with the corruption of text on occasion

01/19/2024

Language Updates

Korean: Credit https://github.com/pb29
Chinese - Simplified: Credit: https://github.com/chyanbo
Spanish: Credit https://github.com/FJMatad
French: Credit https://github.com/d-faure

New text block for 2.05 added to en.lng and the 8 other supported languages. Changes can be seen at the bottom of the en.lng file in \Start11\Lang\en.lng

Translations updated on GH project

Program Changes

• Version updated
  UI: 2.05
  Start11Config.exe 2.0.5.1

• Resolved issue with Win10 style folders sometimes painting the icons too far left on multi-column setups

• Performance improvements for initial startup time on login

• Resolved Taskbar clipping of system tray icons popup arrow on certain scaling factors

• Resolved issue with experimental mode centred taskbar buttons getting stuck in a repositioning loop on very odd non-standard scaling factors

• Resolved a possible issue of a right-click jumplist being stuck at the top of the screen in very rare circumstances

• Resolved issue with centered taskbar buttons losing one of the buttons on another line incorrectly when the icons have to be shifted along due to insufficient space for center mode

• Resolved issue with refreshing custom tile images via the refresh icons right-click menu item where sometimes icons remained blank in error

• Added an option to pin a web URL to Start11 directly

  

• Added option to make Start11 obtain the favicon for a given pinned URL automatically (off by default as will make internet connections)

• Adjustments to potentially help with being unable to drag the top line of the top group around sometimes

• Resolved issue with Winkey opening the Start11 menu when Winkey set to open the Microsoft Windows Start menu and closing the menu

• Resolved issue with icons being larger on non-Win10 style menus when synced from OS pins when using Win10 menu

• Pinned items set to secondary only will now not jump back to primary display if you have only one monitor

• Added option to make pins show on secondary unless you only have one monitor when they go on the primary instead

• Further autohide taskbar tweaks to resolve ShareX blocking autohide taskbar from unhiding on Win11

1/10/2024

• Version Updated
  Start11Config.exe: 2.0.5.0
  Start11 UI \ About: 2.05

• Support added for swiping up from the bottom of a tablet screen to open the start menu

• Resolved open file location not working on Steam shortcuts

• Make all programs list scroll to the top when using search on it to stop things being offscreen on occasion

• Further autohide adjustments

• Resolved issue with not being able to use Win11 style folders with the Win10 menu

• Prevented refresh of recent docs whilst subfolders are open

• Win11 style folder animations speeded up slightly

• Resolved issue causing folder animations to run slower than they should on lower-end hardware

• Resolved memory leak in Explorer on Windows 11

• Added Pin to Start option for menu mode all programs with Win7/Modern style menus

• Resolved issue with pinned items set to show on all monitors

• Small tweaks to autohide mode to see if it helps with it not working right when no windows are open at all

• Resolved notification center appearing in the wrong place on Win11 in certain circumstances

• Resolved custom tile PNG loading corrupting the alpha channel

• Made right-click open animations 20% quicker

• Resolved autohide + center mode on Win11 having screen dirt sometimes

12/20/2023

• Version
  Start11Config.exe: 2.0.4.1
  Start11 UI \ About: 2.04

• Start11 v2 for Business made available

• Resolved Win10 folder mode when using Win11/Pro/Launcher/App style menus causing icons to be placed on top of each other

• Resolved unpinning from Start11 not unpinning from OS on some versions of Windows

• Resolved Start10 style search showing double entries for Universal apps

• Improved filtering on recent documents menus

• Resolved issue with sniping tool not showing on taskbar correctly after taking a screenshot with enhanced taskbar enabled

• Resolved issue with top aligned taskbar and Win+X menu having an offset for mouseover

• Suggested apps now filters for uninstalled apps / missing shortcuts

• Suggested apps refresh correctly on app launch now

• Resolved recent documents list not refreshing as often as it should for Win11/Pro/App/Launcher menu styles

• 10) Enhanced Start11 style search to factor in filename and path for apps

• Resolved issue with taskbar combining only pinned items causing extra space to be reserved that is not needed

• Tweaked everything support to also support 1.5a if installed

• Resolved memory leak on reloading the all-apps list

• Resolved issue with right-hand side flicker when closing an app when using experimental center mode for the enhanced taskbar

• Tweaks to how the taskbar shows over games

• Updated build again with a fix for double touch input on the enhanced taskbar when tapping very quickly.

• The new feature this enables is the import of settings on login (or explorer restart).  This will zap all settings and replace them with the data in the file provided.
  The key for this is SettingsImportPath which takes a full path to a settings backup saved from S11.  This is stored here : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8

• Updated French from community submission
  https://github.com/StardockCorp/Stardock-Software-Localization/pull/38

• Added Portuguese from community submission
  https://github.com/StardockCorp/Stardock-Software-Localization/commit/91af74ef1a0d254219d1a8bb8143e41234bbe15d

• Updated Swedish from community submission
  https://github.com/StardockCorp/Stardock-Software-Localization/pull/26

02/19/2024

All,

While this release thread will remain pinned until 2.06 is released, it will be locked to see that most all issues in 2.05 have been addressed in 2.06.

If not already, please install the 2.06 beta to see if your 2.05 issues remain.  If so, please report there with all the supporting information to illustrate and reproduce it.

https://forums.stardock.com/525921/start11-v206-beta-feedback-thread

As always, thank you for the time, feedback, and support.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

Never mind, I installed the non-beta version over the beta version that I had installed before just to be sure.

By the way, if this version was the version 2.0 release, I think it would've been a much smoother release. Version 2.0 very much needed more time in beta.

Since Start11 version 2, when I first click on the start button, it takes one or two seconds for the start menu to load the first time I use it after a reboot. This never happened in version 1. I've only noticed it in version 2.

Hello!  I've messaged Brad on Twitter (X) but thought I should report this here.

Since updating to V2 I no longer have recent documents appearing when I right-click on app icons on the start menu. I was hoping this would be corrected on the latest V2 update, but I haven't seen any changes come through.

For me, this is an essential item - I bought V2, but have only installed it on one machine because of this omission.

I have attached 2 screen shots from V1 and V2 below.  

Don Mannino
Cypress, CA

Thank you Neil.

I could have shown the same difference using any of the other shortcuts - it's missing with Excel and all other programs.

I appreciate your response very much.

Don Mannino
Cypress, CA 

Now periodically all the titles go missing on the taskbar buttons,

Takes a reboot or restarting start11 to fix.

I am buying Start11 today because I believe in the product and like its many features.  However, I will still use StartAllBack for now for two features that I think are key:

1) The systray icons do not stack when the taskbar is two rows or more.  I have all tray icons showing and they take up a lot of space on the taskbar because they stay as a single row.  I would love to have the tray icons flow to the same number of rows as the task bar.

2) StartAllBack adds dark theme to Windows like Control Panel and others.  It is so nice to get dark mode using OLED displays.  

*Please* consider implementing these two features.  Like I said, I will buy Start11, but would really like to see these features before switching. 

Thank you.

Good evening.

I updated my Start11 v2 to version 2.05, but the option to pin a website doesn't show up. I'm using the windows pro style menu. 

Might I be be doing something wrong? 

Thanks in advance.

I have recently installed Start11 on Windows 10, and rather like it. However, I can't find the option to ungroup of windows on the taskbar. What happened to it?

Can anyone help here please. I just upgraded to the Start 11 v2, 2.05 and before the upgrade when i would hover over a pinned icon in the taskbar (say firefox) it would show me the FF windows in thumbnail i had open so i can click and go to that window directly.

There is NO Hover pop up mouse over on any of my windows 11 task bar icons post upgrade.

Is there a setting i need to activate or is this a bug perhaps??

Thank you all

Dean

Start dock you have a bug, i fixed the issue (or it seems) on mouse over pop ups not showing. Here is what i did to fix it.

in start dock>>>taskbar>>>>taskbarsize>>>>was on medium before upgrade and i was moving to large to test out and restart explorer to large then i moved back to medium and set it back and once i did that the mouse over on pinned icons or open icons in task bar started to work again as before on the main monitor.

Please note.

I'm running Start [betas] v2.x on a Win10 and Win11 system. I has been running [beta] Start11_2.0.5-j64-Setup_sd.exe for the last few weeks with no problems.

A week or so I noticed the new [beta] Start11_2.0.5.2-j73-Setup_sd.exe version and downloaded it but didn't get around to installing it. A couple of days ago I did so on both system, then quickly saw the new released version while doing a manual "Check now..." so I updated to that.

My Win10 system seems OK so far...

But my Win11 (Enterprise, 22H2, 22621.3007) system immediately become unstable. Windows Explorer would crash & restart every 10min (etc.), messing up my desktop [background color, icons, etc.], icons in the taskbar became generic, lost icons in the Notification area, etc. My Start Menu icon lost my custom icon, and attempts to open the Start Menu were met with a blank panel [so no Lock, Restart, etc.]; right-clicking an area that *should* have brought up Start11 were met with another blank panel. Dbl-clicking on My Computer, my user folder, etc. also gave me a blank Explorer window.

After rebooting several times and suffering on & off for a chunk of the day, I reverted to the Start11_2.0.5.2-j73-Setup_sd.exe version (had to reboot, install, then reboot again). But almost immediately the same behavior returned.

So I then rebooted, reverted to Start11_2.0.5-j64-Setup_sd.exe, and restarted again. *Now* my system is stable, with no constant Explorer crashes and all the other Windows stuff working OK.

I'm just reporting here, not offering to spend hours messing around with un/reinstalls & settings. Not bothering to report my specific settings beyond saying it's Windows 7 style. Good luck.