Start11 1.36 (Released 12/08/2022)

Start11 1.36 is a culmination of many prior betas. 

1.36

• Fixed an issue with OS MinWidth entry for taskbar having bad data causing very small taskbar buttons

1.35 (beta only)

• Fixed a crash possibility for Windows 10 style when dragging an icon from the left to the right if no groups to place it in existed.
  Credit: Naxterra for the heads up: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1811010/discussions/0/3598968030053576538/

• Further WB compatibility tweaks:

  • Fix when the skin not working correctly with the Win10/Win11 styles when not offset from the taskbar.

  • Fixes issues with WB skins with animated start menus

  • Fixes an off-by-1 clipping issue on custom images for shortcuts when in Win10 style

  • Fixes two-row taskbar with WB not being right on Win11

1.34 (beta only)

• Fix for taskbar having a solid background when a WB theme is in use when using a theme that does not use taskbar blur noted here:
  https://forums.stardock.com/515472/get;3869927
  ty for the report hashonboat

1.33 (beta only)

• Updated version to 1.33

• Compatibility fixes for WindowBlinds 11

1.32 (beta only)

• Addressed remaining conditions where taskbar thumbnail images could be misaligned. 

• Resolved an issue with the taskbar not being able to be resized on 22H2 sometimes

• Resolved an issue with small taskbar and the system tray icons being cut to one row vs two on 22H2 when using enhanced taskbar with a one-row taskbar

• Optimized Start11 startup

• Resolved an issue with the system tray icons on 22H2 in rare circumstances not repainting the background under them / under the network+sound icons

• Resolved an issue with dragging taskbar buttons where if you left the taskbar area then it would jump between insertion points and not allow any drag to be successful

• Fixes https://forums.stardock.com/515349  and a resource leak found when using with WB11

• Tweaked engage Cortana mode to resolve a potential issue with it not always engaging if you opened Cortana just before the start menu

• Changed Win11 menu so if you disable Start11 search the search field will disappear by default but will respect the option to show/hide the field too

• Tweak for Search mode in Win7 skins to be light mode

• Change to Start11 running to hopefully workaround some PowerShell issues on shutdown for some users in edge cases.
  This change will potentially impact support for third-party apps which can launch Start11 such as DisplayFusion. It should detect this correctly but if not adding a registry key of type string with value "1" called AllowThirdPartyTaskbars to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8 should revert to the old system.

• Fixed issue with recolored start menu textures using OS accent color not refreshing on color change

• Icon overflow (hidden icons) with new Win11 taskbar (insider dev/beta) now shows correctly when the taskbar is at the top of the screen.

• Added support for setting the taskbar button size (unless there is insufficient room) when allowing Start11 to enhance the taskbar via the OS regkey MinWidth stored at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics Unlike on Win10, this will scale for dpi correctly allowing consistency over multiple monitors with different scale factors.

• Tweaked sign-out / shutdown menus when in Dark taskbar mode to use a dark menu rather than light.

• Tweak to resolve an issue with the line on the taskbar in 22H2 being too transparent when in dark mode

• Tweaked default taskbar transparency on Win11 22H2 when in dark mode as slightly too solid by default

• Resolved crash changing custom icon for a tile in Win10 menu (or custom image on Win11 menu) if you move the mouse over the menu whilst picking

• Fixed an issue with excessive titlebar caption changes in apps triggering excessive refreshes of the taskbar causing a lag issue on the taskbar with enhanced taskbar enabled.

• Resolved crash issue when searching for more than 31 chars in a single word

• Dragging two or more items into a Win11 group in the menu no longer causes a resort to put the newest one to the far left

• Resolved issue with progress bars on combined taskbar buttons not always showing correctly

• Resolved issue with some pinned shortcuts (imported from the OS menu) not showing the jump lists on right-click in Win10/11 menu mode

• Resolved issue with being unable to pin steam apps to win7/modern menu from search

• Taskbar search mini preview should reposition itself correctly after a brief pause on the initial show when using centered taskbar mode on 22H2

• WB skins should now support blur on the background of the startmenu (Win7/modern). May require WB 11 beta 2

• Win10/11 style all programs list now respects icon set for folders vs using a default icon

• Taskbar thumbnail popup window will no longer go partially offscreen with a very large number of windows owned by a single app when using enhanced taskbar on Windows 11

• Tweak to thumbnail popup window positioning when in center mode with enhanced taskbar

• Resolved issue with not being able to right-click on the first 50 pixels of the taskbar when in center mode with enhanced taskbar in Win11

• Fixed issue with double animation with WFX start menu animations enabled (To use you MUST disable the Start11 animation in Start11 first)

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