Some taskbar icons are not always shown properly with 2.06, This is also a problem with previious versions.

Some taskbar Icons are hidden (intermittantly shown as the same color as the taskbar)


Windows 11 Home,  23H2, 11/1/2023, 22631.3155
Start11 2.06

Sometimes, but not always when I start my machine, my initial desktop display only shows some of the Start 11 taskbar icons on the screen.

My Start11 taskbar is on the top of the display and I am using the "small" taskbar size.

See Screenshot 1.

All of the icons are still on the taskbar. It is just that some of the icons, (including both Microsoft icons and non-Microsoft icons) are shown in the same color as the taskbar background.  I used the Adobe icon in the second image to show that the taskbar recognizes that the Adobe icon is there. As an explanation, the mouse icon hovering over the Adobe icon is never captured in a screenshot for me.

See Screenshot 2.

If I resize the Start11 taskbar to Medium, all the icons properly reappear.

See  Screenshot 3.

Once all the icons are properly displayed with a Medium setting, I can reset the Start11 taskbar to be small and all the icons remain properly displayed. I did not produce a screenshot for this.

This inconsistency doesn't happen everyday. This inconsistency has been happening in previous versions of Start11. I waited to report this until this inconsistency occurred with Start11 2.06.

My apologies if this is posted in the wrong place. I couldn't find anyplace else to post it.

 


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Reply #1 Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. But, I can not reproduce your issue on my system.

Please try this. Uninstall Start11, reboot immediately, re-download the latest version. Install it, reboot again. Retest and report back.

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 Top

One possibility is a corrupted windows icon cache which would explain the change in size impacting things.

I have seen blank icons on machines without Start11 enhancing the taskbar as Windows 11 seems to have a problem with the icon cache sometimes.