StartAllBack


StartAllBack: Windows 11 from better timeline​

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Embrace, enhance, unsweep classic UI from under the rug​

Restore and improve taskbar​

  • Show labels on task icons
  • Adjust icon size and margins
  • Move taskbar to top, left or right edges
  • Drag and drop stuff onto taskbar
  • Center task icons but keep Start button on the left
  • Split into segments, use dynamic translucency
  • Separate corner icons with Windows 7/10 UI
  • Auto-hide when covered by maximized window

Restore and improve File Explorer and Control Panel​

  • Ribbon and Command Bar revamped with translucent effects
  • Details pane on bottom
  • Old search box (the one which works)
  • Dark mode support for more dialogs

Restore and improve context menus​

  • All new look with rounded acrylic menus
  • Fast and responsive taskbar menus
  • New fonts, better touch support

Restore and improve start menu​

  • Launch apps and go to system places in one click
  • Navigate dropdown menus like a boss
  • Enjoy fast and reliable search

Finally, lightweight styling and UI consistency​

  • Enjoy Windows 7, Windows 8 and third-party taskbar and start menu styles
  • Fix UI inconsistencies in Win32 apps
  • Don't be blue: recolor UI in all windows apps
  • Negative resource usage: fewer RAM used, fewer processes started, faster startup





StartAllBack For Windows 11 has been released.
It's an RC release. I haven't tested it yet as I have Start11 installed.

Edit: I have now tested it. It's working quite well.
Apart from a great start menu, you can also have the Enhanced Classic Taskbar back.
This means (for example) that you can have an uncombined and unlocked Taskbar.
You will now also be able to enhance the Taskbar clock using T-Clock Redux or similar.
T-Clock Redux Tray Clock_.png

You can also change Windows Explorer to Ribbon UI or Simple UI.

You can get it Download



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02 - Start Menu.png
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06 - Advanced.png
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Any link to download the latest BETA directly ?
I can't find any downloadsites for StartAllBack 3.7.0.4805, except sites where hacked / cracked software is presented. And from those sites I would never ever download, not only because they are unreliable (before you know you have some malware in your system), but mainly because I don't want to support any cracked software.

So I'll wait until Tihiy brings out the official version of StartAllBack 3.7.x and download that from his site.
 

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Thank you, installed.
 

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The Rainmeter tray icon is still not functioning [for me] in the latest beta. Hopefully will get fixed eventually.
 

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The Rainmeter tray icon is still not functioning [for me] in the latest beta. Hopefully will get fixed eventually.
Yes, it is a strange one as the Rainmeter icon is only visible when this SAB setting is disabled.

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Ughh, indeed, you're correct. but that's just ugly, this is one of the best features of SAB. I'll just suffer without the tray icon :(
 

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Downloaded the last BETA version now (thank you @Wolfzz ) and installed it on my (VirtualBox) test-environment.
I don't see any differences, so on my normal system I'll stay with the first BETA until the final product is ready.
 

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Build by vendor to my specs
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
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MSI PRO B550M-P Gen3
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Kingston FURY Beast 2x16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 CL16
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MSI GeForce GT 730 2GB LP V1
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Will wait for the STABLE (!) version .................. :wink:
 

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From Tihiy


Do not recommend upgrading to 3.7 beta if you're using vertical taskbar, noticed some bugs:

Taskbar item thumbnails' phase animations are now less smooth, for some reason.
Taskbar can be resized to be smaller than minimal taskbar item width, breaking item icons (they get cropped, start flickering and sometimes disappear completely).
Tray icons use horizontal taskbar margins (unlike in 3.16 and earlier), thus using more space than before and not aligning properly.
Show desktop button overlaps with time&date if Notification Center is disabled.
Control Center widget wraps if taskbar icons are very small; not sure whether it is expected behavior, however combined with #3 it looks off.
 

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is tclock still broken?
 

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is tclock still broken?
Clock working fine here, but the Rainmeter tray icon is still missing.

I just reverted to 3.6.14, the Rainmeter tray icon is working on that version, but the notification area on my second display is not working correctly. So, alas I'm back on the RC.

Hoping this gets sorted soon.
 
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Tclock program is what im referring to. The beta didn’t support it so I had to uninstall and reinstall the older version.
 

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Clock working fine here, but the Rainmeter tray icon is still missing.

I just reverted to 3.6.14, the Rainmeter tray icon is working on that version, but the notification area on my second display is not working correctly. So, alas I'm back on the RC.

Hoping this gets sorted soon.
3.6.16 work rainmeter icon
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For me, the 3.6.x versions don't display the notification area properly on my second display (Win11 Pro 23H2). Not sure why. That is fixed in the 3.7.x versions, but now the Rainmeter icon is not working in those.
 

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Still on 3.6.16.4729 works very good , only using the taskbar-options , OpenShell is my startmenu.............!
Will keep this version , so far............ :wink:
 

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Just released RC2 on my Win11 2H23 (22631.2715) - T-Clock is still broken, it will only partially appear (see below on notification area error) and after a couple of clicks in the calendar area (right after its started the standard Windows clock keeps appearing).
The notification area appears partly in the front of both T-Clock and the standard Windows clock, making their right part hidden behind :(
Finally, Explorer repeatedly crashes and restarts :(

At the same time, I'm super happy the developer works hard to get these features for us! (y)
 
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Just released RC2 on my Win11 2H23 (22631.2715) - T-Clock is still broken, it will only partially appear (see below on notification area error) and after a couple of clicks in the calendar area (right after its started the standard Windows clock keeps appearing).
The notification area appears partly in the front of both T-Clock and the standard Windows clock, making their right part hidden behind :(
Finally, Explorer repeatedly crashes and restarts :(
Which t-clock is this? Can you collect crash dumps?
 

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