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True, but what about the identification of primary and secondary monitor?

Well, that's exactly the trouble: The task bar and start button will not be displayed on my laptop when I start with this function and the external monitor off. If I press the Windows button, the signal goes to nowhere - the off monitor. Also if I turn off the double taskbar now, it will be located on the external monitor only. I used the PC one evening, everything worked as it should. The next time I turned it on, this issue appeared. Not sure if there was a Windows update in bet

Sorry for the delay. Here are two videos, I didn't manage to film both screens at once. The issue persists: The start menu will open on the external screen when I click the start-button on my laptop screen. Screen 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQSabp5jims Screen 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCeakI-DroY

It is the Windows 7 style menu, yes. I'm currently at work, but if the error persists, I can upload screenshots later today.

Thanks for your reply. I am not sure Start8 acts as it is supposed then. 1) The laptop monitor is the primary monitor. 2) When I configure Start8 to show a start button on both monitors, and click on the one displayed on the laptop, the menu pops up on the external monitor anyway. 3) There was no active configuration change that I was involved in. :(

Are you saying that Windows 10 won't have an integrated start button either? Don't they learn?

I have had this issue several times, and resolved it by restarting, reclicking the right options etc. Now it's not working. My Dell XPS M1530 runs Windows 8.1 with Start8. Occasionally, I will use an external monitor. Now the start menue is located exclusively on the external monitor again, despite always starting and shutting down windows with this monitor off. When I started my laptop now, there was no start menue at all on the screen. If I tell Start8 to display a start menue o

Seriously, nobody has any ideas? Customer care is good here, so I might just ask directly - but I was hoping somebody could come up with tips. Problem #1 I got to work around a bit, by displaying a start button on both monitors. But...occasionally, it shows the unusable standard Windows 8 menue with the tiles instead of the popup start menue. Not sure why and how, as the preferences clearly state it should show the normal menue - and then stick to it.

Hi, I use Start8 on two machines and both have issues that might have the same cause, popped up after the last auto update: #1 Dell XPS M1530 occasionally connected to Dell monitor. The Start-button is always on the external screen, even if the screen is turned off. The internal monitor of the Dell laptop is registered as primary monitor in all the settings. Why wouldn't Start8 recognize that and how do I get my Start-button back? As everybody knows, Windows 8 is u