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When I first tried Start11, before I paid for it, I created a taskbar pin to a custom filtered folder called "Utest Projects" and used regex inclusion and exclusion rules so it would show folders and apps within "Utest Projects" that I need to quickly open.

It all works fine, but one of the sub-folders called "Today", no longer opens when I select "Today" within the menu that appears when I tap the taskbar icon. I use the "Today" sub-folder for automation purposes, and once every week I rename it to the current date, and then create a new folder called "Today".

Currently, selecting "Today" in the menu causes it to open one of the renamed folders, ("20241111"), instead of the folder called "Today".

How can I fix this?

Here are the regex rules:

Inclusion: Screenpal|VFUK|google|Today|Charles|Utest Projects

Exclusion: Proxy|Chat

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
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.

Note: need extra information:

  1. Windows full version and OS build number.
  2. Start11 full version number.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Quoting basj, reply 1

Note: need extra information:

1. Windows full version and OS build number

2. Start11 full version number.

End of basj's quote

 

Windows 11 Pro 23H2 22631.4751

Start 11 version 2.51

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
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.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Quoting basj, reply 3

Hello,
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.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
End of basj's quote

 

Any update please?  I have managed to find a workaround for this issue, by renaming the folder that is opened back to "Today" and setting up the filtered folder from scratch.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Nothing yet, however, I have forward your problem again to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top


When I first tried Start11, before I paid for it, I created a taskbar pin to a custom filtered folder called "Utest Projects" and used regex inclusion and exclusion rules so it would show folders and apps within "Utest Projects" that I need to quickly open.

It all works fine, but one of the sub-folders called "Today", no longer opens when I select "Today" within the menu that appears when I tap the taskbar icon. I use the "Today" sub-folder for automation purposes, and once every week I rename it to the current date, and then create a new folder called "Today".

Currently, selecting "Today" in the menu causes it to open one of the renamed folders, ("20241111"), instead of the folder called "Today".

How can I fix this?

Here are the regex rules:

Inclusion: Screenpal|VFUK|google|Today|Charles|Utest Projects

Exclusion: Proxy|Chat
End of quote

If you restart Windows Explorer after the folder rename, does it work then?

If you recreate the folder filter after the folder rename, does it work then?

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting sdrohan, reply 6


If you restart Windows Explorer after the folder rename, does it work then?
If you recreate the folder filter after the folder rename, does it work then?
End of sdrohan's quote

 

I have just re-tested now. Whatever the folder is renamed to, it always opens that folder, so if I rename it back to Today, that works around the problem. No need to restart explorer or recreate the folder filter. It means I have to change my workflow slightly (with an extra step of copying files to a different new folder instead of simply renaming "Today").

Restarting explorer or recreating the folder filter doesn't fix the problem - it still points to the renamed folder instead of a new folder called "Today".

 

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

I would check what the pin actually points to.

You can do this by right clicking on the pinned item on the taskbar, picking properties and then clicking on the shortcut tab.  Look at the very end of the target and see what it says.

If it says the right name then the OS is causing some sort of folder redirection to take place, the most likely reason for that would be a handle to it is still open in explorer somewhere and making the OS redirect it for compatibility.

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 8

I would check what the pin actually points to.

You can do this by right clicking on the pinned item on the taskbar, picking properties and then clicking on the shortcut tab.  Look at the very end of the target and see what it says.

If it says the right name then the OS is causing some sort of folder redirection to take place, the most likely reason for that would be a handle to it is still open in explorer somewhere and making the OS redirect it for compatibility.
End of Neil's quote

 

The taskbar pin points to the custom filtered folder: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Start11\PinMenu.exe" "Utest"

The item named "PI Today" within the custom filtered folder menu, should point to this: "D:\OneDrive\Utest Projects\Passive Card Payment Cycles\Today"

It does.  That is, until I rename the "Today folder" and then it points to whatever it is renamed to. For example, I just renamed the "Today" folder to "20250308".  Now, the item named "PI Today" within the custom filtered folder menu, points to this: "D:\OneDrive\Utest Projects\Passive Card Payment Cycles\20250308". Creating a new "Today" folder doesn't fix this.

If I "20250308" is renamed back to "Today", then the shortcut changes back to: "D:\OneDrive\Utest Projects\Passive Card Payment Cycles\Today"