New Update Start11 V2

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Start11: The ultimate Start menu replacement for Windows 10 and 11. Restore the classic look and add new functionality.

Start11: The ultimate Start menu replacement for Windows 10 and 11. Restore the classic look and add new functionality.

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Introducing Start11 v2
Published October 26th, 2023

Introducing Start11 v2, the industry’s most advanced Start menu, is taking a giant leap forward today. With more than two dozen new features and even more quality-of-life updates, this is the biggest update to any Start product in history.

With this release, we have 3 brand-new Start menu designs, tabs for the Start menu, new functionality for the taskbar, backup and restore options and dozens of enhancements that let you customize menus to your exact specifications to make Windows more personal and productive.

In total, there are more than 50 changes that are available in Start11 v2, you can view all the updates in our changelog.

When we set out to build Start11 v2, we wanted to continue our mission of making Windows more personal and productive. By removing the constraints of trying to work with the default experiences and creating the app canvas for the new Start menus, it unlocks the creativity of the user to design a Start experience that matches their style and workflow, rather than adapting to to a stock and locked menu.

Start11 v2 is available today in release preview for $5.99 (reg. $6.99) and is also available as part of the award-winning suite, Object Desktop.

 

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Start11 2.0.6 Changelog (Released 11/08/2023)​

11/08/2023

• Release UI version 2.0 (Start11Config.exe version 2.0.0.6)
• Resolves crash issue with launching apps from submenus on pinned taskbar items
• Resolved issue with adding a folder as a group / tab causing a 30 second hang
• Resolved issue with very slow Start11 configuration window when using ExplorerPatcher
• Resolved issue with wrong icon showing when you have a pending update in the shutdown menu
• Resolved potential crash issue after launching an application from the start menu
• Resolved the non WinX menu animating down when right clicked on the start button instead of up
• Tweaked DisplayFusion detection for their secondary monitor taskbars
• Stopped FancyZones dragging window being detected as a fullscreen application for taskbar state
• Stopped Microsoft XBox gaming overlay being detected as a fullscreen application for taskbar state
• Added registry keys to replace the displayed username or mask the user picture. These are S11_MaskUserIcon set to 1 (REG_SZ value) and S11_OverrideUserName set to whatever you want the new name to be. These are stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8
• Resolved issue with pinned folders not working if they were filtered folders instead showing access denied
  11) Changed icon on Start11_64.exe
• Fixed installer issue where PinMenu.exe shortcut was created in All Programs \ Stardock (confusing that it was the main exe).
• Resolved standard Win11 start button being clipped when using some rounded taskbar horizontal offsets - Needs enhanced taskbar enabled
• Added in support for some lang strings it was not loading up on the menu
• Speeded-up animations for right-click menus
• Clicking between the shutdown and sign-out menu should now work
• Initial import of Win11 pinned menu items now handles pinned websites correctly rather than making lots of MS Edge shortcuts
• Resolved issue with rounded taskbar causing painting problems with left/right taskbars on Windows 10. Rounded mode only supports horizontal taskbar
• Resolved issue changing between non-max to maxed state not changing rounded taskbar state unless another setting was also changed
• Resolved Windows App style image in config appearing darker than other thumbnails
• Removed beta text from UI
• Tweaked center taskbar on Win10 logic
• Resolved white bar on the start button page
• Added translucency to right-click menus when on Windows 11 when not using a skin that skins them
• Resolved menus which should animate upwards animating down instead when too big for the screen
• Resolved sign out menu overlapping sign-out button when using Win11 style menu with a taskbar at the top of the screen
• Resolved/reduced custom start button clipping when using rounded taskbar horizontal offsets

Source: Start11 History : Software from Stardock

 

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Start11 2.0.1.1 Changelog​

11/13/2023

• Start11Config.exe 2.0.1.1 (2.01 in UI)
• Resolved a crash issue with Win7 style on login in rare circumstances
• Resolved an issue with enhanced taskbar autohide when the primary monitor is to the right of the secondary monitor with desktop icon placement
• Resolved issue with clicking on pinned taskbar buttons set to only show on certain monitors not showing a right-click menu
• Resolved issue with mixed dpi setups where right-click menus may not detect dpi changes consistently
• Resolve the issue with offset taskbar mode with autohide on a secondary.
• Limited recent docs popup menu to 15 items (or OS setting if defined)
• Reduced a flicker when minimizing/restoring a window from the taskbar using the mouse
• Adjusted some init code to prevent threads from being allocated earlier than needed
• Tweak to extra control panel item showing
• Resolved issue with rounded taskbar causing clipped taskbars on primary monitor when using a touch-capable device with Win11 22H2 or later
• Resolved issue with taskbar offsets on secondary monitor without enhanced taskbar enabled not working correctly
• Tweaked shutdown menu to stop list under it taking focus sometimes
• Added registry key S11_AlwaysScrollMenus which when set to 1 will stop Start11 making menus multi column and instead use a scrolling list. Create in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8
• Resolved issue with Win7/Modern style jumplists sometimes showing each item too small after switching menu modes
• Added a new registry key to control the right-click menu style on Windows 11. It is called "S11_MenuMode" and it has 3 options. 0 = translucent menus, 1 = solid menus, 2 = colour tinted translucent menus
• Resolved all apps/steam apps list not working from a pinned taskbar folder if you are using the Win7/Modern menu styles
• Resolved issue with sub menus showing far left of the screen when they would not fit next to the open menu on multi-column menus
• Resolved issue with new Start11 autohide taskbar mode triggering too far from the bottom of the screen vs the primary
• Resolved issue with Win 7/modern menu with Win10 style all apps tree not having Show Recently installed and suggested apps not refreshing the list instantly
• Resolved issue with right-hand list on start menu flickering over search results during animation to switch to search mode sometimes with Win 7/modern menu styles
• Resolved issue with leftover tooltip after launching an app from the menu if the tooltip was visible at the time
• Altered config UI to grey out the settings for rounded taskbars unless the rounded taskbar is enabled as this may be causing confusion
• Resolved menus sometimes being the wrong background color depending on OS color settings
• Resolved sub-menus showing on popup folder menus being shifted too far right on Win11 setups
• Resolved Win Launcher menu style when hiding search and username causing shutdown to overlap contents of the list

Source: Start11 History : Software from Stardock

 

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Start11 2.03 Changelog (Released 11/21/2023)​

11/21/2023

• Released to live.

11/20/2023

• Version updated:
  UI 2.03
  Start11Config.exe 2.0.3.0
• Initial language localization pass included. Please click here for more details.
• Resolved a possible crash when combining two groups as a tab group if no other tab groups exist
• Resolved issue 2.02 beta introduced with a crash when the icon cache changed on Win10
• Resolved issue where a Fence as a group would not save the number of rows it should show correctly
• Resolved an issue with an icon cache flush causing wrong icons to show in the UI sometimes
• Added registry key "S11_PutUniversalAppsInFolderByDefault" which when given a value of "1" will put universal apps in a Universal apps folder in the Win10/11/Pro/Launcher/App menus. Create in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8
• Added registry key "S11_NoMenuAnimations" which when given a value of "1" which will turn off right click menu animations. Create in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8
• Some tweaks to enhanced taskbar to prevent apps from sending too many messages to the taskbar causing it to slow down
• Recently installed now correctly shows Universal apps installed from the store
• Recently installed apps (Win10/11/Pro/App/Launcher) menus now only show items as 'recent' within 1.5 days of install
• Recent items popup menus now filter out some additional items

Source: Start11 History : Software from Stardock

 

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Releasing a Build of Start11 v2.03​

Today we are releasing an updated build of Start11 v2 with new translations and bug fixes. The update is rolling out now and will be arriving on your machine in the near future.

With this release, we are updating many of our translations for Start11 v2 which will provide a better experience for those using the application with a language other than English. Did you know that if you want to contribute to the translations, we have all of the language files on GitHub?

Many of our community members have contributed to updating our translations and we are always looking for additional help. If you have primary or second language expertise, you can help make Start11 better for everyone.

Releasing a Build of Start11 v2.03

New translations are here and lots of bug fixes too.

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Start11 v1.50 Changelog (Released 1/29/2024)​

1/29/2024
Version Updated

• UI: 1.50
• Start11Config.exe 1.5.0.1
• Released on Stardock and Steam: 1/29/2024

1/24/2024

• This resolves an issue with uncombined taskbar buttons on Win11 having an incorrect background on icons on the taskbar

01/23/2024

• Small tweaks to search handling
• Resolved resource leak on open / close right click menus
• Resolved possible cause of start menu icons becoming blank after icon refresh
• Tweaks to animation system to remove excess paints
• Enhanced wheel scrolling performance and smoothness
• Tweaks to jumplist icon image loading
• Enhanced custom tile loading to handle alpha channels better
• Resolved issue with not loading up the correct thumbnail for Apple iTunes apps
• Tweaks to OS pin syncing based on v2 changes
• Enhanced touch scrolling of lists
• Tweak to taskbar right click logic to handle failure case so a menu shows
• Taskbar repaint logic tweaked to match v2 changes
• Resolved memory leak on 23H2
• Resolved issue with sniping tool taskbar buttons going missing after sniping sometimes until focus is given to the window again
• Taskbar code on Win11 now handles Copilot button correctly when only this button is shown on the taskbar
• Fix icons being blank for edge apps in some cases
• Fix for double touch input on taskbar buttons sometimes
• Misc other bug fixes
• User-submitted language updates
  • Finish (credit Makezu)
  • Polish (credit Putridumx)
  • Slovenian (credit Dejan_G)

Source: Start11 History : Software from Stardock

 

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Start11 2.06 Changelog (Released 02/28/2024)​

02/28/2024​

General release

• Platforms
  • Stardock and Steam

02/26/2024​

• Version updated:
  UI: 2.06
  Start11Config: 2.0.6.4
• Platforms: Stardock and Steam

Changes

• A fix for the blank universal app icons when new accounts.
• Resolved issue with page not translating in all places
• Resolved issue introduced in earlier betas when removing a universal app from the recent apps list on Win7/Modern menu styles
• Win7/Modern menus use the old UWA popup menu for universal apps now, in10/Win11/App/Launcher/Pro menus use the new
• New universal apps menu filtering tweaked slightly
• Added registry key to hide > on Win7/Modern menus so jumplists do not show. Create this in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8 called S11_HideJumpListOnWin7ModernMenus = 1
• Resolved overlapping tooltips on tray expansion when the taskbar is at the top of the screen on Windows 11
• Resolved universal apps popup menu being empty sometimes
• Removed incorrect right-click menu on universal apps list

Language Updates

• Updated Spanish
  Credit: FJMatad
  Update es.lng by FJMatad · Pull Request #68 · StardockCorp/Stardock-Software-Localization

02/21/2024​

• Version updated:
  UI: 2.06
  Start11Config: 2.0.6.3
• Platforms
  • Stardock and Steam

Changes

• Resolved '&' showing in the right-click file properties menu on some systems
• Added translation support for (page 1) etc on pinned menu
• Resolved software re-adding pinned items group when the page only contained read-only groups
• Resolved extra All Apps link showing in certain edge case situations when using Win11/Win11 Pro/Launcher menu styles.
• Resolved UK English showing on US installs incorrectly
• Resolved issue with everything search results showing white text with Win7 menu style and dark taskbar with accent color used on the taskbar when using Start10 style search
• Resolved issue with Start11 search mode for apps not being aware of accents. This has been changed to match the rest of the search and all accents are now ignored entirely by default. Creating the registry key S11_AlwaysStripAccentsInSearch and giving it a value of "0" will match accents but in a case-insensitive way now.
• Resolves issue with an incorrect version of English appearing in the config menu.

Language Updates

• One string to the lng file and supported languages updated internally and on GitHub
  https://github.com/StardockCorp/Stardock-Software-Localization/commits/main/Apps/Start-Products/Start11 v2

02/15/2024​

• Version updated
  UI: 2.06
  Start11Config.exe 2.0.6.2
• Platforms
  • Stardock and Steam

Changes

• Resolve a crash on search when not using 3rd party Everything app

02/14/2024​

Changes

• Version updated
  UI: 2.06
  Start11Config.exe 2.0.6.1
• Further tweak to sync pins logic to prevent constant syncing issues for some people.
• Resolved issue with everything search results using Start10 style search when in dark mode having black text
• Added support for TrafficMonitor taskbar integration when using an enhanced taskbar. When using non-enhanced mode the taskbar buttons will go under it if the taskbar is full, this is a limitation in how that utility works on Windows 11 with or without Start11. With an enhanced mode taskbar, this will not happen.
• Adjusted combined taskbar buttons in Win10 style to stop the line at the bottom of multiple items merging together
• Detects SAB handling taskbar and will disable all Start11 taskbar features to ensure compatibility
• The last mouse-highlighted item on the start menu is correctly reset on the menu reopen now
• Resolved wrong text color in some situations on mouseover of all programs list when very slightly off the selected folder
• Resolved a small resource leak with tile images in some situations
• Resolved some small potential memory leaks
• Further tweaks to sync pins logic for triggering
• Added option for autohide to reserve 1 pixel of screen space if people encounter issues
• Removes improper shortcuts that were installed with Start11 2.05
  • ModernMix.lnk
  • Stardock Start11.lnk

Laguage Updates

• The 8 supported languages have been updated with unreviewed translations for the new en.lng block. For the history and to contribute, please see:
  https://github.com/StardockCorp/Stardock-Software-Localization/commits/main/Apps/Start-Products/Start11 v2

02/09/2024​

• Version updated
  UI: 2.06
  Start11Config.exe 2.0.6.0
• Beta released on Stardock and Steam
• NEW * Added toggle for autohide on taskbar right-click menu
• NEW * Added new option to set a tab as the default tab to show in a group regardless of the last tab open
• NEW * Added universal apps, all apps, and steam apps as options for quick access shortcut menu links
• Resolved issue with right-click menus on taskbar showing separators one menu item lower than it should
• Added string registry key to disable the above HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8 S11_ShowAutoHideOnTaskbar = 1
• Added string registry key to use Win32 menus on right click on the taskbar to allow third party extension of the menu. Use HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8 S11_UseOldRightClickMenus = 1
• Resolved issue with some pinned items on Win10/11/Apps/Launcher/Pro menus not showing Jumplists when they can on right-click
• Adjusted small mode taskbar to better position overlay icon
• Adjusted small mode taskbar with Win10 style buttons to ensure the selection indicator line is always visible
• Improved automatic detection of Touch mode taskbar
• Resolved excess rounding of tile images when using Win10 style
• Resolved alpha channel issue when resizing some tile images smaller
• Resolved issue with some groups not correctly showing in the Pin to submenu
• Improved drag & drop of icons in groups
• Stopped read-only groups from allowing you to drag icons over each other when shift is held down
• Option to open on all apps page now works on Windows Pro and Windows Launcher styles
• Resolved "Use a custom menu background" option showing as disabled on open of config even when enabled
• Resolved issue with custom accent color impacting Win10 item text on mouseover
• Resolved issue with some custom accent colors causing invisible icons on mouseover on quick access shortcut list, all programs list folders, shutdown button
• Windows 10 style more button links shown in search results now look like buttons matching the look on the other styles
• Icons will now swap to dark options (where provided) when a custom accent colour is in use that requires it on mouseover
• Resolved issue with taskbar shortcuts that have been deleted by the user or an uninstaller incorrectly (vs being unpinned) showing as unremovable white icons on the taskbar in enhanced taskbar mode. The icons will now remain and they can be removed by right click unpin for all new cases and old ones will simply no longer show at all.
• Swapping taskbar touch mode / not no longer requires an explorer restart
• Resolved issue with custom menu background not correctly painting after menu swaps from one dpi screen to another
• Stopped all apps list on Windows App style menu from taking mouse focus when a menu overlapped that window sometimes
• Tweaked Start11 autohide mode to no longer reserve any space at the bottom of the screen. This does mean the very bottom pixel of a maximized app isn't clickable, but this shouldn't be an issue as click targets should never be so small.
• Tweaked overlay icon on taskbar buttons to be slightly bigger to match Windows 11 unless using small taskbar size
• Resolved issue with taskbar thumbnail popups not always showing again after a primary monitor swap
• Resolved issue with right-click menus on taskbar showing separators one menu item lower than it should
• Added toggle for autohide on taskbar right-click menu
• Added string registry key to disable the above HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8 S11_ShowAutoHideOnTaskbar = 1
• Added string registry key to use Win32 menus on right-click on the taskbar to allow third-party extension of the menu. Use HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8 S11_UseOldRightClickMenus = 1
• Resolved issue with some pinned items on Win10/11/Apps/Launcher/Pro menus not showing Jump lists when they can on right-click
• Resolved hang issue when Win11/App/Pro/Launcher start menu has no groups that are not read only. This could have happened in other situations but this was the particular one found.
• Resolved issue with Import settings on login Business edition feature not working correctly in all situations
• Resolved issue with restore settings in config not telling Start11 to reload the groups if the menu mode was the same
• Also resolved an issue with the experimental load tile images option loading white images for apps like MS word etc.

Language localization updates

Source: Start11 History : Software from Stardock

 

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Start11 v2.07 Changelog (Released 04/10/2024)​

04/10/2024​

General release

Version​

• UI: 2.07
• Start11Config.exe: 2.0.7.4

Platforms​

• Stardock and Steam

04/03/2024​

Version​

• UI: 2.07
• Start11Config.exe: 2.0.7.4

Platforms​

• Stardock and Steam

Changes​

• Fixed focus remaining on shutdown and logout buttons once menu was opened via clicking
• Resolved some taskbar icons showing as folder icon when using Enhanced taskbar and always group mode enabled.
• Resolved taskbar autohide hiding when the taskbar thumbnail or right click menu are open
• Improved detection of taskbar icon changes

Source: Start11 History : Software from Stardock

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Start11 v2 has a new update that brings improved stability, updates for compatibility, and bug fixes.

Start11 v2 has a new update that brings improved stability, updates for compatibility, and bug fixes.

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Today we are releasing Start11 v2 2.07 with improvements to Windows 11 compatibility for future releases. You can download the new build by opening Start11 v2 configuration panel, clicking About, and checking for updates.

With this release, we are primarily focusing on improvements to animations on the taskbar and squashing a few bugs that have been reported by the community. Also in this release, we are improving stability for complex search queries as well as a continued focus on the upcoming release of Windows that is currently known as Windows 11 24H2.