Solved StartAllBack, Win 11 updated now narrow task bar

Scott Free · Dec 30, 2024

I got updates in the last few days for Win 11 and StartAllBack. Now I have a very narrow task bar. There is not room to display the date among other annoying effects of this narrow bar. I don't see any way in the settings of SAB or Win task bar properties to fix this. Ideas?

dacrone · Dec 30, 2024

right click on the start button and open "Properties". that is SAB's settings window. open the taskbar tab and post a screenshot so we can see what settings it may be.

Scott Free · Dec 30, 2024

dacrone · Dec 30, 2024

set plumpness to Aura and see if it fixes the issue. just to test...

Scott Free · Dec 31, 2024

I see no difference with aura. I got the resize cursor when I mouse over the task bar but it does not drag.

wiganken · Dec 31, 2024

I see the OS is 23H2 build 22635.4655 - This is an Insider Beta OS so it may be related to a bug in the OS.

The OS on my PCs are both 24H2 build 26100.2605 with SAB v3.9 installed and the taskbar is the normal height.

Maybe try the same SAB Taskbar settings as I use. See photos.

Scott Free · Dec 31, 2024

Thanks, Wiganken. When I put the bar on the bottom I can adjust the height. When I put it on the right I can adjust the width. When I move it to the left it keeps the width it had on the right but I can no longer change the width. Strange, but problem solved.

I don't understand why someone puts the taskbar on the e bottom or top when the screen is so much wider than tall.

Edwin · Dec 31, 2024

Scott Free said:
I don't understand why someone puts the taskbar on the e bottom or top when the screen is so much wider than tall.

For me, the Full date doesn't work on the side...

dacrone · Dec 31, 2024

Edwin said:
For me, the Full date doesn't work on the side...

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you have to unlock it and make it slightly bigger (the taskbar height). i just reproduced your clock font (roughly based on your image) so mine was about the same with cutoff and it took just a tad resizing to show it all and then the date shows right below it too.

Scott Free · Dec 31, 2024

That's why I wanted the bar wider, so the full date would show.

Dark Knight · Dec 31, 2024

I know a lot of you have been having issues with StartAllBack, I offer some help .....
If you follow Moonique's thread over at Virtual Customs here :

StartAllBack for Windows 11 23H2-24H2++

StartAllBack for Windows 11 Support for latest 23H2/24H2 builds. Required for August Windows updates! Introducing StartAllBack: Windows 11 from better timeline Embrace, enhance, unsweep classic UI from under the rug https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=90516&d=1633380741...

virtualcustoms.net

She has taken to fixing a lot , if not most of the bugs in StartAllBack because the software's developer Tihly has been VERY slow in responding to fixing bugs for the software, if he fixes them at all, you can see the fixed issue with the taskbar size here:

StartAllBack for Windows 11 23H2-24H2++ - Page 6

StartAllBack for Windows 11 Support for latest 23H2/24H2 builds. Required for August Windows updates! Introducing StartAllBack: Windows 11 from better timeline Embrace, enhance, unsweep classic UI from under the rug https://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=90516&d=1633380741...

virtualcustoms.net

Edwin · Dec 31, 2024

dacrone said:
you have to unlock it and make it slightly bigger

I have to stretch it to this for the full date to show..., overkill!!!

dacrone · Dec 31, 2024

Edwin said:
I have to stretch it to this for the full date to show..., overkill!!!

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lol well shorten the date on the bottom line... you have the day of the week on 2 diff lines

Edwin · Dec 31, 2024

dacrone said:
... shorten the date on the bottom line...

No!!!

dacrone said:
... you have the day of the week on 2 diff lines

Yeah, it does that automatically! I don't know why!

Lamberto Vitali · Apr 24, 2025

Scott Free said:
I don't understand why someone puts the taskbar on the e bottom or top when the screen is so much wider than tall.

Because taskbar buttons for open apps are wide. Yes I have the text in there so I don't have to remember every single icon!

Lamberto Vitali · Apr 24, 2025

Edwin said:
No!!!

Yeah, it does that automatically! I don't know why!

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How do you resize like that? I can't grab mine.

Edwin · Apr 24, 2025

Lamberto Vitali said:
How do you resize like that? I can't grab mine.

Lamberto Vitali · Apr 25, 2025

Cool, thanks. Didn't expect it to be outside startallback's settings. Windows nowadays has settings scattered wider than a [insert good analogy]

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