Stardock Start11 is a Windows 11 customization tool designed to bring back the classic Start menu and enhance users" desktop experience. It offers a range of features and options that allow users to personalize their Start menu and taskbar to suit their preferences.
Make Your Desktop Yours
Take complete control of your desktop with Start11. With Windows 11, Microsoft chose form over functionality and removed many different features that were available in Windows 10. With Start11, you can customize the experience to fit your personality.
Features You Expect
Windows 11 removed many features that were present in Windows 10, Start11 brings them back. From the basics like returning the right-click menu on the taskbar to ungrouping of windows on the taskbar. You can also choose to have your icons centered on the taskbar with your Start menu left aligned.
One Desktop to Rule Them All
When working with multiple devices across various versions of Windows, Start11 can help you create a common desktop experience. Make Windows 10 look like Windows 11, or 11 look like Windows 10. Or how about making both Windows 10 and 11 look like Windows 7? The choice is yours.
Remove Unwanted Content
Windows 11 brings with it a new design language but also more advertisements and content that you can’t remove. Take back complete control with Start11 and remove unwanted outside content and sections of the Start menu that you don’t want to see.
Start11 v2.6.0.2 changelog:
- Adds one new string to the lng file
- Extends S11 backups to include MMTaskbarMode and TaskbarAl OS values
- Adds support for the OS DisableContextMenusInStart value
- Adds in registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8\S11_DisableAllAppsButton="1" which disables access to the all apps button
- Adds in registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8\S11_RDPShowSignout="1" which allows RDP clients to see the signout option
- Adds in registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8\S11_HideShutdownOption="1" which hides the shutdown entry from the power menu for Win10+ styles
- Adds in registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8\S11_RDPShowReboot="1" which allows RDP clients to see the reboot option
- Adds in registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8\S11_DisableMenuResizing="1" which stops the user from being able to resize the menu.
- uk.lng localization updated, credit: https://github.com/velorom
- de.lng localizations updated. Credit: https://github.com/thomaskelso
- All other tooltip localizations updated
- Resolved issue with enhanced taskbar becoming slow to respond if a very large file transfer was in progress (there may have been other triggers too)
- Added registry key to force disable the OS thumbnails window on the taskbar. It can be made to show holding down Ctrl before hovering on the taskbar button). Key is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8 name is S11_HideTBPopups and should have a value of "1"
- Added reg key to force S11 to believe SAB is running. This may help with an incompatibility report if the issue was due to a detection issue, though we do not know if thats the case HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8\S11_FORCESABOptOut = "1"
- Tweaked tooltips on quick access shortcuts list to show name rather than original tooltips for menu styles where no text label is shown.
- Added those tooltips to the en.lng file as they had been missing
- Polish translations updated, Credit: https://github.com/FadeMind
- Fixed typo in en-us.lng file
- Resolved issue with filter bar in search still showing internet option when internet search link disabled
- Tweaked autohide code to resolve issue with a black line when using left or right taskbars on Win11
- Tweaked search filter bar to filter by file type rather than category for images / docs / music files
- Added registry key to hide all signout etc options from shutdown menu. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8\S11_HideAllSignoutItems = "1"
- Resolved issue with all apps search field showing incorrectly in some menu styles
- Made text on all apps search in dark mode less dark
- Tweaked text colour detection logic for start menu when in dark mode for system but not apps
- Resolved issue with taskbar not picking up correct colour when using a forced start menu colour sometimes
- Resolved painting issue on top of rounded top of Win11 style menu
- Tweak to how clicking on taskbar buttons when using enhanced taskbar in combine mode handles switching between open windows in certain situations
- Resolved issue with taskbar thumbnails sometimes causing maximized mode to be detected and likewise language picker from the taskbar
- Resolved issue where viewing a taskbar thumbnail could cause an extra taskbar button to appear briefly.
Start11 is only $7.40 For more information about Start11, please visit Start11 website.
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