Possible headache coming

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You can choose to ignore this because it involves a preview build, but I installed Windows 11 Insider Preview Quality Update (26300.8493) and explorer just kept restarting. I immediately thought it may be a conflict with Start 11 because this update was supposed include the option to move the Taskbar. I rolled back Windows, uninstalled Start 11 and reinstalled the update, but there was no change and Explorer just kept resarting. So I presume Start11 may not be the issue. But because I just did a regular uninstall of Start11 and didn't strip everything out of the registry, it still may be the source of the problem and I'm not ready to do a clean install of Windows to find out.

I'm on a Surface Pro 8 running Windows 11 Pro.

I have seen one similar report on Windows Feedback hub, but in their case the screen went black after login and I don't know it they were running Start 11 or any similar software.

In any case, this is just an FYI. I have rolled back Windows and plan to reinstall Start 11 for now.

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Insider Experimental Preview Build 26300.8493 probably still has some real issues at this point. Remember, this is Microsoft we're talking about. I am sure that Stardock has seen this coming for a while and are prepared. ;) 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Okay, so I couldn't resist. I did an in-place reinstall of windows with the latest Dev version 26300.8493 and it cleaned up the issues I was having even after uninstalling Start11. I then installed Start11 and restored my saved settings and everything works perfectly again. I never move the task bar from the bottom, but I tested and the new native Windows options work fine with Start11 installed although I don't use the enhanced task bar functions and don't have any reason to.

I really didn't think it was my system misbehaving because it had been stable for so long.

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