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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So..., just wondering......, how come the Dark Magic stuff doesn't work???
 

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I see nothing different!
I was mistaken! Many 32bit programs now have color accented dropdowns, along with the Mica effect...,
whereas before they were mostly black.

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    Windows 11 Pro
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    ASUS VivoBook
  • ASUS VivoBook 'Lite' ~ Windows 11 Home
I do like startallback, but sadly once the latest CU (or a relatively new one) is installed, the windows 10 style explorer window has a severe performance regression.

I have managed now to get a repetitive way to cause the problem.

Windows 10 style explorer enabled.
Open a explorer window.
Navigate to a drive and open a folder, then see spinning loading circle next to mouse cursor for a second, and another second later the folder opens.
Then as long as dont exit the right box, it will be reasonable navigation speed (still bit slower than normal).
However if select a drive again in left box, and then browse again on right box, the first folder opened has the 2 second lag again.

I thought this was Microsoft as they have had so many bugs on CU's, but when I switch to the Windows 11 explorer window, the issue isnt there.

Sadly the Windows 11 explorer window has that huge excessively padded area at the top of each explorer window, a huge eye sore. Although tabs are nice.
 

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I was mistaken! Many 32bit programs now have color accented dropdowns, along with the Mica effect...,
whereas before they were mostly black.
Wrong again!!! It must be the Dark Magic thing, regardless of the installed SAB version... 🤷‍♂️

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    ASUS ROG Strix
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    ASUS VivoBook
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Sadly the Windows 11 explorer window has that huge excessively padded area at the top of each explorer window, a huge eye sore.
A huge mess!!! 'Frankenstein Architecture' at best!!!
 

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    ASUS ROG Strix
  • At a glance

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    ASUS VivoBook
  • ASUS VivoBook 'Lite' ~ Windows 11 Home
That's a pretty good album there Edwin!
 

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My Computers My Computers

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