Start11 2.55 Beta Changelog

08/01/2025

Version

• UI: 2.55

• Start11Config.exe: 2.5.5.0

Platforms

• Stardock and Steam

Changes

• New option to make auto hide taskbars only hide when a window is over them (the topmost window on any given display)

• Added in RDP as an alias in search for Remote Desktop

• Added support for anything following -- in a search string to be passed as a command line.  This only works with some apps, depending on how the app has a shortcut

• Added new command line for Start11Config to apply changes to registry keys if done manually.  Run Start11Config RELOADSETTINGS

• Performance improvements to general drawing and animations,

• Fixes for older icons having boxes around them sometimes

• Tweak that may help whatsapp notification badges

• Should fix issue with taskbar areas getting screen dirt

• Should resolve issue with DisplayFusion secondary taskbars not showing correctly

• Resolves issue with shadows on menus being the wrong way up

• This should resolve the issue with WhatsApp and message notifications 

  It also adds in support for S11_OnlyShowSignout registry key which makes Sign Out the only power menu option. Location:
  \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8

• Fix to a thread leak when opening locations as menus, a memory leak in the same situation resolved

• Fixes for custom start button image size when resizing a vertical taskbar and when on Win10.  

• Fix for fullscreen animations on insider build painting twice, 

• Tweaks universal icon loading to be quicker, resolves some steam game icons being small and instead stretching low res icons for those larger

• Fix for switching virtual desktops causing taskbar changes if the user has different non max/max settings

• Wheel mouse can now be used to scroll vertical taskbar when full

• Resizing a vertical taskbar now correctly recentres things

• A possible fix for non clickable areas of the desktop for some users

• The position of the thumbnail previews on a vertical taskbar have been tweaked to overlap less though they may go slightly off screen but not unusably so

• Fix for a crash issue

• A small tweak to tab image loading to reduce max memory usage during load of an image.

   

***Reserved***

Context menues still going rogue time to time.

Microsoft Windows Pro Version 23H2 (0S Build 22631.5699)
Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 (Core i7, 16MB, 1TB)
Start11 v2.55 Beta

Run "Backup settings to a file" > select file > confirm save > system not responding (see pic).

Please help.

Uninstall Start11 (keep settings) > fill out a questionnaire > REBOOT > download Start11 > get activation key by e-mail > finish install Start11 > REBOOT > Backup settings to a file > select file > confirm save > same result "Start11 is not responding"

It's not a major issue. Hopefully, the next update will fix it. Thanks.

Have you installed anything which might alter file picker dialogs or mess with UAC settings?

Great, really glad to hear you've figure it out.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Windows 11 Pro - 23H2 22631.5768
Start11v2 - 2.5.5.0
Windows 10 Style

The "Selected item accent color" does not display correctly in Start11 2.5.5.0. It simply shows a light gray solid background which is very hard to see with my chosen start menu background.

In Start11 2.5.5.0 if I choose "Use Windows 11 menu style icons" in the Advanced options, it does show a solid background of the "Selected item accent color."

In Start11 2.5.3.1 the "Selected item accent color" displays as a colored border around the icon.

Not sure if this is by design or just doesn't display correctly in 2.5.5.0

The decimal color for the chosen Accent Color is displayed correctly in the Registry settings.