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Start11 / taskbar icons not responsive

October 19, 2025 11:15:28 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Hi there,

 

/ Start11 v2.55

/ Win11 25H2 Build 26200.6899

/ Problem:

In normal operation, task bar icons are not responsive.
This applies for both icons of running or sticky apps.

Start 11 and OS auto-hiding are disabled.

I found 2 mitigations, that obviously are still annoying _and_ don't work to 100%

- press windows key on keyboard
- klick onto desktop, then immediately move mouse over taskbar

Klicking on start menu button always works and opens the start menu, but does not help with the task bar icons being non-responsive.

This seems to only apply, when the taskbar is on the left side, while right, up and down work.

 

Thanks for any help with that.

André

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Reply #1 October 19, 2025 9:01:28 PM
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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. First,p lease try, uninstall Start11, reboot immediately (important), download latest version available in your account product download page: https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products. Install it, reboot immediately again. Retest it and report back.


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Reply #2 October 26, 2025 8:26:38 AM
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/uninstalled, immediately rebooted, re-installed latest stable version from account (v2.55)

/issue persists

 

André

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Reply #3 October 26, 2025 9:00:45 AM
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Perhaps there is conflicting application with Start11. Do you have any other application running that change or add something on your taskbar or Explorer. Application such as ExplorerPatcher, StartAllBack, DisplayFusion etc?

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Reply #4 October 26, 2025 1:58:22 PM
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Thanks for your support.

Nothing, which currently is installed. I had been testing StartAllBack though. But I uninstalled it prior to installation of Start11.

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André

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Reply #5 October 26, 2025 2:04:55 PM
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I would install beta 2.56 as it has updates.

Also do you have deskscapes installed as we are aware of an issue with it blocking the taskbar until it gets a click on it.

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Reply #6 October 26, 2025 2:11:20 PM
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No, I don't use Deskscapes.

That hint could lead somewhere. I tried Start11 with a different user account, with which I had not used StartAllBack. The latter had been installed globally, but I never logged into that different account as long as it was installed on my computer. On this alternative account the taskbar works fine on the left side, too.

Could you point me to where I might need to clean something up? Like AppData, registry ...

Otherwise I will install 2.56 Beta.

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Reply #7 October 27, 2025 7:41:44 AM
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Upgrading to 2.56 Beta did not improve things.

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Reply #8 October 27, 2025 8:01:01 AM
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Would like to suggest clean boot refer here for steps: https://support.stardock.com/space/SHC/1334935592/Start11+Clean+Boot. Clean boot need to be done with care. Please try it and report back.

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Reply #9 November 2, 2025 1:18:01 PM
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Tried a clean boot, but to no avail. Taskbar icons do not work as expected, when taskbar is on left side of screen.

As mentioned, this is linked to the user account. In a different user account, left orientation does work (both in clean and normal boot).

FWIW, I just noted, that when the icons on the taskbar are not responsive, also a right click does not open the context menu (in which you a.o. would find "configure Start11").

André

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Reply #10 November 2, 2025 7:03:34 PM
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It looks like your original account may have been affected—possibly due to changes made during the installation of StartAllBack that weren’t fully reverted when it was uninstalled. Based on what I know, the most reliable options at this point would be either to create a new Admin user account or consider a fresh install of Windows 11 to restore everything to default.

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Reply #11 November 8, 2025 1:19:31 PM
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Hi,

I finally could resolve the issue with the following steps:

  1. uninstall Start11
  2. re-install StartAllBack
  3. move taskbar location from left to screen bottom
  4. uninstall StartAllBack
  5. re-install Start11 (v2.56)

Cheers

André

 

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Reply #12 November 8, 2025 8:07:22 PM
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Great, glad to hear that. So that confirm that StartAllBack did not reset those changes done to Windows when uninstalled.

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