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Does start 11 work like an explorer patcher?

October 23, 2024 12:42:00 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

In this example from the site here, I see a lot of icons to the left of the toolbar.

Are those fixed icons?

I'm basically hoping that this will function like explorer patcher does, because i'm getting tired of the constant microsoft changes that keep breaking the app.

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basj
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Reply #1 October 23, 2024 12:53:48 AM
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Hello,
I never use ExplorerPatcher, but those icons in the red box, first is the start button, 2nd,3rd and 4th are from Windows which you can turn on or off in Windows taskbar setting. The rest are taskbar buttons. Which you can pin and unpinned and the one with dot under is running application minimized to taskbar. Not sure if these answer your question.

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Basj,
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Reply #2 October 23, 2024 6:07:10 AM
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There is a 30-Day free trial of Start11 ver. 2. I think you will find it is quite robust with many ways to customize the taskbar and the start menu. However, it will only allow placing the taskbar on the bottom or the top of the screen. I personally love it.

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Reply #3 October 24, 2024 12:28:58 AM
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Quoting basj,
reply 1

Hello,
I never use ExplorerPatcher, but those icons in the red box, first is the start button, 2nd,3rd and 4th are from Windows which you can turn on or off in Windows taskbar setting. The rest are taskbar buttons. Which you can pin and unpinned and the one with dot under is running application minimized to taskbar. Not sure if these answer your question.

Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

 

I'll be giving it a shot soon.

(man this site needs some better smileys!)

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Reply #4 November 27, 2024 7:32:48 PM
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no....I think Start11 doesn't have option to have a quicklaunch line on the taskbar as the Windows XP had...

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Reply #5 November 28, 2024 1:55:03 AM
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From what I understand (someone from Stardock please feel free to totally correct me on this), Start11 is actually a "clone" of the Windows Start Menu and Taskbar. Instead of patching Microsoft's code like ExplorerPatcher does, Start11 sort of pushes MS's code to the side and runs Stardock's code. That was a huge draw for me to buy Start11, as modern cybersecurity needs (state sponsored cyberwarfare) means we really shouldn't be patching MS's code like that if we can help it.

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