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Intermittently Start 11 v2.03 starts up looking like this. The only solution I've found is to reboot and hope things are better the next try. This happens on 4 different Windows 11 computers - all up to date with Microsoft patches.
Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Not sure why it happen on your system. But, instead of rebooting, have you just try restart explorer.exe and see if the issue resolve itself? https://www.howtogeek.com/198815/use-this-secret-trick-to-close-and-restart-explorerexe-in-windows/
Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.
Restarting WExplorer didn’t fix it when I tried. Neither did changing the Start11 style settings.
I’d assume this was a problem unique to my system - except it is happening on 4 different computers.
Are you using the enhanced taskbar and small size? Are you using ExplorerPatcher and if so, is it up to date?
I’ve seen this issue reported before, but I can’t remember if there was a solution. I have searched the forum, but I was unable to find a reference with ver. 2. There were several with ver. 1.
Maybe Neil can shed some light on this issue.
Enhanced Taskbar is enabled. Medium (default) size. No ExplorerPatcher - I don't know what that is.
May I know which version of Windows 11 you're currently on?
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 23H2
OS build 22631.2861
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22681.1000.0
Please try this, uninstall Start11, reboot immediately after uninstall finished. re-download Start11 latest version from your product account page: https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products. Install it, reboot again immediately after install finish. Retest it and report back.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
Are you by any chance using a 2 in 1 device that can go into tablet mode?
Here is a post that discusses the same issue with Start11v1 with touch capabilities. Not sure if it relates to your issue.
https://forums.stardock.com/522807/weird-start11-taskbar-icon-alignment-issues
From this post:
"When you boot the computer from scratch, It takes a moment to initialize the touchscreen, so for a while, as far as the OS is concerned, there is no touchscreen present. So when Start11 starts, in this period, it assumes there is no touchscreen present.
"When you have "Taskbar Touch Screen Detection" set to "automatic", Start11 ends up in setting "not touch mode device". If you set to "Force Touch Mode Device" On computers that have touchscreens, the mis-alignment problem goes away."
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