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tistou77 · Mar 31, 2026

rsoyxihnark said:
how can I access this detailed changelog. in their homepage it just says "minor fixes".

On MSFN forum

ZetaCancri · Mar 31, 2026

Just installed this, works great. Love that it fixes the hyper-chunky default Windows 11 taskbar!

asteski · Apr 2, 2026

I've noticed a bug with hiding all other windows action (Win+Home), which I thought was a Windows bug for a long time, but when I was changing taskbar from native to SAB taskbar for some app testing, I noticed that behavior only when using SAB taskbar, and it behaves in a way it only activates once, and it stops triggering afterwards. I had to shake the window (alternative trigger for the same action) to allow hotkey trigger to be available again, but still only triggers once.

Edwin · Apr 2, 2026

asteski said:
I've noticed a bug with hiding all other windows action (Win+Home), which I thought was a Windows bug for a long time, but when I was changing taskbar from native to SAB taskbar for some app testing, I noticed that behavior only when using SAB taskbar, and it behaves in a way it only activates once, and it stops triggering afterwards. I had to shake the window (alternative trigger for the same action) to allow hotkey trigger to be available again, but still only triggers once.

Never noticed that! Weird!

Legend · Apr 11, 2026

Hey, I noticed a shortcut conflict involving the taskbar.

In Windows 11, (Win + Shift + T) is now used to open the Snipping Tool's text extractor. But with (Use enhanced classic taskbar) enabled in SAB, pressing (Win + Shift + T) does the old classic taskbar behavior instead, it selects the last taskbar icon and cycles backwards through taskbar items.

If I turn off (Use enhanced classic taskbar), then (Win + Shift + T) goes back to opening the text extractor normally.

So this seems to be a shortcut conflict with the classic taskbar behavior taking priority over the newer Windows 11 shortcut.

Would it be possible to let the Windows 11 (Win + Shift + T) action pass through instead? I use the text extractor all the time and it's honestly one of the best features they've added.

Also, if anyone here is able to, could you please report this to @Tihiy on the MSFN StartAllBack thread? I wasn’t able to sign up there because registration appears to be disabled.

dacrone · Apr 11, 2026

Legend said:
Hey, I noticed a shortcut conflict involving the taskbar.

In Windows 11, (Win + Shift + T) is now used to open the Snipping Tool's text extractor. But with (Use enhanced classic taskbar) enabled in SAB, pressing (Win + Shift + T) does the old classic taskbar behavior instead, it selects the last taskbar icon and cycles backwards through taskbar items.

If I turn off (Use enhanced classic taskbar), then (Win + Shift + T) goes back to opening the text extractor normally.

So this seems to be a shortcut conflict with the classic taskbar behavior taking priority over the newer Windows 11 shortcut.

Would it be possible to let the Windows 11 (Win + Shift + T) action pass through instead? I use the text extractor all the time and it's honestly one of the best features they've added.

Also, if anyone here is able to, could you please report this to @Tihiy on the MSFN StartAllBack thread? I wasn’t able to sign up there because registration appears to be disabled.

cant fix the SAB portion, but can overpower it haha... heres an ahk (exe is attached). it will force Win+Shift+T to open ms-screenclip and select the Text Extractor automatically:

Code:

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
#SingleInstance Force

; Win+Shift+T triggers the sequence
#+t::{
    Run("ms-screenclip:")
    
    ; Wait for Snipping Tool window to appear
    WinWaitActive("Snipping Tool",, 5)

    Sleep(80)

    ; Send Shift+Tab twice, then Right Arrow, then Enter
    Send("+{Tab}")
    Sleep(40)
    Send("+{Tab}")
    Sleep(40)
    Send("{Right}")
    Sleep(40)
    Send("{Enter}")
}

asteski · May 10, 2026

@Tihiy hello, I've noticed kind of a bug when I try to change corner radius with Custom Window Corner Radius Windhawk mod. I've changed radius from default 4 to 8, and it makes context menus corners look very weird, after uninstalling SAB, mod applies radius correctly.

Before and after uninstalling SAB:

Screenshot2026-05-10201152.png.b33c16a0f24d732c1dc3c2a3f2663021.png

Screenshot2026-05-10203149.png.841898d13424b05e8e3ad81ce07e9bca.png

My goal here was to make context menus have the same corner radius as rest of the shell elements, which is 8. I've noticed that with SAB, it applies some sort of border around context menu, hence may be the reason for this behavior. Is there any way to disable those borders, or can you implement an option to increase corner radius for context menus to 8 and have those borders draw corners correctly for both menus and the item highlights?

Aenfa · May 13, 2026

dacrone said:
cant fix the SAB portion, but can overpower it haha... heres an ahk (exe is attached). it will force Win+Shift+T to open ms-screenclip and select the Text Extractor automatically:

Code:

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0 #SingleInstance Force ; Win+Shift+T triggers the sequence #+t::{ Run("ms-screenclip:") ; Wait for Snipping Tool window to appear WinWaitActive("Snipping Tool",, 5) Sleep(80) ; Send Shift+Tab twice, then Right Arrow, then Enter Send("+{Tab}") Sleep(40) Send("+{Tab}") Sleep(40) Send("{Right}") Sleep(40) Send("{Enter}") }

Better still, use Run("ms-screenclip:///?source=TextExtractorHotKey&type=textExtractor"). Then you don't need the scripted keystrokes which could potentially fail.

Code:

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
#SingleInstance Force

; Win+Shift+T triggers the text extractor
#+t::{
    Run("ms-screenclip:///?source=TextExtractorHotKey&type=textExtractor")
}

Wolfzz · May 17, 2026

StartAllBack 3.9.23.5366 16 May 2026 (stable)

Changelog:

Minor improvements and fixes

StartAllBack to fix all Windows 11 deal-breaking UI issues

StartAllBack restores taskbar, start menu, context menus, explorer, sanity, style and order!

www.startallback.com

asteski · May 18, 2026

Am I hallucinating or corners of classic context menus looks weird?

Does anyone have earlier SAB versions so I can compare?

Edwin · May 18, 2026

asteski said:
Am I hallucinating or corners of classic context menus looks weird?

It's been like that since the introduction of rounded UI elements!

tistou77 · May 18, 2026

Wolfzz said:
StartAllBack 3.9.23.5366 16 May 2026 (stable)

Changelog:

Minor improvements and fixes

StartAllBack to fix all Windows 11 deal-breaking UI issues

StartAllBack restores taskbar, start menu, context menus, explorer, sanity, style and order!

www.startallback.com

Still version 3.9.22 on the page

StartAllBack to fix all Windows 11 deal-breaking UI issues

StartAllBack restores taskbar, start menu, context menus, explorer, sanity, style and order!

www.startallback.com

Edwin · May 18, 2026

tistou77 said:
Still version 3.9.22 on the page

Check the UI.

tistou77 · May 18, 2026

Edwin said:
Check the UI.

View attachment 171849

It's available with the update
"Fix for Insiders" so nothing new for non-Insiders, it would seem.

Edwin · May 18, 2026

tistou77 said:
"Fix for Insiders" so nothing new for non-Insiders, it would seem.

I don't see anything new on either.

tistou77 · May 18, 2026

Yeah, so I can stay with 3.9.22 for the moment, since I'm not currently on a Windows Insider

tistou77 · May 18, 2026

asteski said:
Am I hallucinating or corners of classic context menus looks weird?

View attachment 171843

Does anyone have earlier SAB versions so I can compare?

Version 3.9.22

maur0 · May 18, 2026

tistou77 said:
Still version 3.9.22 on the page

StartAllBack to fix all Windows 11 deal-breaking UI issues

StartAllBack restores taskbar, start menu, context menus, explorer, sanity, style and order!

www.startallback.com

https://startisback.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/StartAllBack_3.9.23_setup.exe

tistou77 · May 19, 2026

asteski said:
Am I hallucinating or corners of classic context menus looks weird?

View attachment 171843

Does anyone have earlier SAB versions so I can compare?

Was it with version 3.9.23 that you noticed a difference ?
I don't think I've noticed one

3.9.22 :

3.9.23 :

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