Start11 1.1 (Released 1/12/2022)

Owned by Sean Drohan
Last updated: Feb 27, 2023
3 min read

  • Updated S11 1.1 to be 1.1.0.1

  • Fix for horizontal wheel mouse swapping pages in the wrong direction

  • Fixed too small icons on Win11 style (in all lists & search, just less obvious on main page as icons bigger)

  • Fixes for issues found by QA before Christmas (1.05 issues)

  • A fix for open file location not working for all shortcuts for one user

  • You can now rearrange fences groups and set icon size (win10 style) and it gets saved.

  • Also added option to lock icon positions in win10/11 menus (right click menu)

  • Fixed folder group icons being wrong size sometimes for Win11 menu style

  • Stopped you being able to drag icons into fences group from win 10 menu all apps list

  • This fixes some crashes with some edge cases

  • Makes search add priority to items you have pinned

  • Auto pins and unpins things when you use the OS pin to start option (may take a few seconds) plus unpins from OS menu if you unpin from S11 (Win10/11 menus only)

  • Adds in option to show Fences on the S11 Win10/11 menus

  • Improves performance of folder expansion animation and fixes deadlock potential issue with that

  • Removes items pinned when the user uninstalls the app (Universal apps ONLY - Win10/11 menu only too)

  • Fixes for some issues with the new folder groups such as not deleting when the last item was removed

  • Fixes for not scaling the mini icons with icon scaling options

  • Fixed missing icons for Minesweeper

  • Made it insert new group in Win10 mode in the right column if one is missing

  • Fixed too small icons on Win11 menu all apps list

  • New: Win10 and Win11 styles now support folders. You drag an icon over another icon holding down the shift key to combine them. You can also right click on the menu and pick the option to pretend shift is down in order to achieve this should you have no keyboard (say touch device).

    • We are not doing this like Microsoft as the Microsoft method of combining things all too often turns into chasing the target around the menu as there is natural confusion between put this icon here and make a group/folder.

  • New: Win10 and Win11 styles now offer a right click Icon submenu when you right click on an icon. This lets you pick a custom image which will replace the icon. Images should be square for Win11 styles and small, medium and large tile sizes on Win10 and 2:1 on Wide tiles

  • New: On the very first run of Start11 on a Win10 install, the existing Win10 menu will be imported for the Win10 style including folders. This will not happen for existing customers but if they wish they can import theirs by going into the registry and deleting the following keys and rebooting. Items which do not actually exist locally but are MS advertising for apps will not be imported.

    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\GroupContents
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Groups

    • and deleting this key:
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8\CreatePinned10

  • Fixed issue with recent apps list having a network location in it which is not accessible causing Win11 menu to appear blank for prolonged period

  • Mouseover correctly shows on Win10 tiles now when they use a tile image

  • Surplus line at the bottom of the W7/Modern styles when in non rounded mode resolved

  • Tweaks to experimental tile and Universal app icon loading to better handle apps with different icons for light/dark mode

  • Added refresh icons option to Win10/11 menus to refresh icons should the user have changed icons via a tile editing app or due to OS icon cache changes

  • Reduced gap between groups on Win11 menu when icon sizes are smaller vs having a fixed size

  • Added option to Win11 style to load up tile images

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