Feature Request - Centered Taskbar Icons Auto-Detect External Monitor

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Hey! I've been using Start11 on Windows 10 for a few months and I love it. I do have an issue/suggestion that I think would help those of us who use laptops with external monitors. I use a small 13-inch laptop with a 21:9 ultrawide monitor. When I'm connected to it, the centered taskbar icons option is great! It really improves Windows visually and with productivity. However, when I disconnect, the small screen really throws it all off. The icons end up not being truly centered to the screen, and sometimes they end up being partially cut off by the "news and interests / weather" section on the right-hand side. That usually goes away after a minute though. My current solution is to either deal with the off-center icons, or go into settings and disable that feature until I reconnect to my external monitor again. My suggestion is to have an optional setting that automatically makes the icons centered when connected to an external monitor, and on the default left side when disconnected. I don't know if this is possible, but it would really be amazing if it is. Thank you!

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Does it issue goes away if you restart Explorer.exe after disconnecting your external monitors?

https://www.howtogeek.com/198815/use-this-secret-trick-to-close-and-restart-explorer.exe-in-windows/. Personally I use the Batch file method.

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I suppose I could try that if the icons get cut off. The icons still wouldn't be centered simply because there isn't space for it. If it detected when I was disonnected to an external monitor and moved the icons to the left that would be super convenient. 

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