blinking text in start bar

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Hi all,

 

I use Start11 v2 and for me the taskbar shows the open program icons and the text of the programs is blinking constantly. I have tried restarting the pc re-installing start but both does not change things. How to get proper programnames in the bar?

 

Thanks for your help.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need more information on your system.

  1. Your Windows full version and OS Build number. Please use Winver.exe.
  2. Start11 full version number.
  3. Post a video of this issue so we understand it better.
  4. Do you have any other application that also have control on your taskbar such as Displayfusion, StartAllback, etc

Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

The windows version is 22H2, build 22621.4317.

Start11 is versie 2.11, next to this I use Actual Multiple Monitors 8.15.1

I have created a small movie, hopefully this is visible for you in the link.

I saw after posting the video that the video title is wrong, it states title bar this should have been task bar.

 

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you for the video. That is a strange one. But, I believe it might be its conflict issue with your "Actualy Multiple Monitors" which also have Start menu/Taskbar/System tray control features. As a test try uninstall Actualy Multiple Monitors, reboot and see if the issue still appear.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

After a reboot the problem seems to be solved.

The only strange part is the recycle bin icon that blinks through the Chrome icon, which is the last pinned icon on the task bar. That is also visible in the movie I shared earlier, only now the blinking through the chrome icon instead of text on the taskbar.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

This new issue with or without "Actual Multiple Monitors" running? Also please another video on this new issue.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

This is the link to the blinking recycle bin as indicated. I have also performed a clean boot, here it does not happen. So most likely some app is intefering but the question is which one so we can solve it and get a proper usage of Start11.

Thanks for your help on this.

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

That can only be answer by you on your system. As mention in clean boot steps, you will need to activate/turn on apps one at a time under that new admin account. And, see which, when turn on, causing the issue on your system. That will pin point which of the application is causing issue.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd

How to determine what is causing the problem after you do a clean boot

If your problem does not occur while the computer is in a clean boot environment, then you can determine which startup application or service is causing the problem by systematically turning them on or off and restarting the computer. While turning on a single service or startup item and rebooting each time will eventually find the problematic service or application, the most efficient way to do this is to test half of them at a time, thus eliminating half of the items as the potential cause with each reboot of the computer. You can then repeat this process until you've isolated the problem. Here's how:

  1. Sign in to the computer by using an account that has administrator rights. If you don't have an administrator account, you can create one.

    Create a local user or administrator account in Windows

  2. In the Search box on the taskbar, type msconfig. Select System Configuration from the list of results.

  3. Select the Services tab, and then select Hide all Microsoft services.

  4. Select each of the check boxes in the upper half of the Service list.

  5. Select OK, then select Restart.

  6. After the computer restarts, determine whether the problem still occurs.

    • If the problem still occurs, one of the checked items is the problematic service. Repeat steps 1 through 6, but in Step 4, clear the lower half of the boxes in the Service list that you selected in your last test.

    • If the problem doesn't occur, the checked items are not the cause of the problem. Repeat steps 1 through 6, but in Step 4, turn on the upper half of the boxes that you cleared in the Service list in the last test.

    • Repeat these steps until you've either isolated the problem to a single service, or until you've determined that none of the services are the cause of the problem. If you experience the problem when only one service is selected in the Service list, go to step 9. If none of the services cause the problem, go to step 7.

  7. Select Startup, then select Open Task Manager. On the Startup tab on Task Manager, one at a time, select the upper half of the items you Disabled earlier, then select Enable.

  8. Select OK, then select Restart.

    • If the problem occurs, repeat step 7, but this time Disable the lower half of the items you Enabled in your last test.

    • If the problem does not occur, repeat step 7, but Disable everything you Enabled in your last test and Enable the other half of the items you Disabled.

    • If you still experience the problem after only one Startup item is Enabled, then the Enabled item is the one causing the problem, and you should go to step 9. If no Startup item causes the problem, there might be a problem with a Microsoft service. See Recovery options in Windows.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Sorry for the delayed reply, was too busy to test. In the mean time I have received and update from the Actual Multiple Monitors tool that has addressed the topic we have been talking about.