Disappearing Taskbar

I have Start11 v2.11 running under Win10 22H2. Several times per day my primary monitor (but not the secondary) will have the start button and taskbar disappear. If I restart Windows Explorer it reappears. I can't find a correlation between anything I do and having it happen, and I'm trying to figure out how to troubleshoot. Ideas welcome.

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Reply #1 Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. First, please try purge and reinstall steps as mention here : [Link]. Just make sure to redownload the latest version from your account page. Reboot after the purge. Reinstall and reboot again after the installation. Retest and report back here.

If it still happening. Please report back and include more information on your system.

  1. Windows full version and OS Build numbers. Please use Winver.exe
  2. Do you have any other application running in the background that change how your taskbar and Start button look? Windowblinds, Curtains, ExplorerPatcher, StartAllBack, Displayfusion etc?

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 Top

This is Win10 22H2 (19045.4957). No other software is running that alters the start/taskbar. I do have a fresh observation: it is correlated with the desktop background changing. It happens _without_ such a change, but I can easily force it to happen by setting the background to slideshow and advancing to the next one. I just set it to a static picture and will leave it that way, and see if Start11 still has this issue.

Reply #3 Top

What software do you use to manage/change your wallpaper changing? Also, do you have your accent color change automatically by picking accent color from your background? Any other details on the wallpaper changing might help us to try to reproduce the issue. Also, the setting on your Start11 taskbar setting such as transparency, custom background etc.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant