Slow Windows 11 performance while running Start 11

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Hi all, my work laptop got upgraded to Windows 11 recently from Windows 10 (IE. I didnt' choose this!)

I upgraded my Start 8 license and installed Start 11 because I didn't like the lack of options customizing the taskbar in Windows. Why would they not make the taskbar features and options like-for-like with Windows 10?? Surely that would be low hanging fruit for Microsoft to make sure people were satisfied with as much of the new OS as possible. 

Anyway, I immediately noticed very sluggish performance in Windows and all applications after installing Start 11. I tolerated it for a week before uninstalling Start 11 to see if that was the issue. Turns out it was the issue. Windows and all applications are fine now. I'm running four monitors so maybe that doesn't help. I didn't try paricularly hard, but has anyone encountered this and managed to resolve it? 

I'd be happy to reinstall it and try some troubleshooting if anyone has any suggestions, or if there is a tool I can run and send logs back or something.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please try purge and reinstall steps as mention here : [Link]. Even after you have uninstalled it, run the purge to clean it up. Redownload the latest version from your account page. Reboot after the purge. Reinstall and reboot again after the installation. Retest and report back here.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting gbrownclerk, reply 2

Thanks for these steps, basj.

@julianddavidson: Did this fix your issue?
End of gbrownclerk's quote

Hello,
You welcome, but, do you have a similar issue as OP? Have you tried the purge and reinstall steps mentioned?

Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

@basj: Yes, I was having lots of sluggishness all around even with keyboard typing being delayed several seconds.  After a reboot it would work fine for a few days then get worse but none of my resources (CPU/RAM/GPU/Disk) would get pegged.

Two days ago I did the uninstall/purge/reboot then I installed v2.11 and rebooted so we'll see how it goes.

Thanks