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.
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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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05 - Explorer.png
06 - Advanced.png
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If the fix isn't simple, I'd just need a toggle to enable or disable the dark theme only in the file properties, which is where the problem mainly occurs.
I seem to use "properties" many times a day and today I couldn't stand it any longer. I disabled StartAllBack and am now interacting with Windows the way Microsoft wants you to. I don't like it much but at least I can read the text in the properties window.
 

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Windows 11
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
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Dell
I seem to use "properties" many times a day and today I couldn't stand it any longer. I disabled StartAllBack and am now interacting with Windows the way Microsoft wants you to. I don't like it much but at least I can read the text in the properties window.
If you use file properties a lot, I can recommend a trick to continue using StartAllBack: Go to Windows Settings, Personalization, Colors, and under "Choose a mode," select Custom. Then set the Windows Default Mode to Dark, and the App Default Mode to Light. This way, you can use all of StartAllBack as usual, but with the light theme in Windows apps, including properties. I hope this helps.

Bug update: I just updated Windows 11 1 hour ago (KB5124010), and now I'll see if that fixes the bug, but I'm not very hopeful. If it does, I'll let you know.
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 11 Pro 25H2
OS
Windows 11 Pro 25H2
Computer type
PC/Desktop

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macOS
I've prepared a special build to find dark mode corruption


It should crash instead of producing corrupted colors.

Collect explorer crash dumps:

1) Import this registry key http://startisback.com/Enable_Crash_Reports.reg

2) Create C:\dumps folder

3) Crash

4) Send me dmp file from C:\dumps folder
I did everything you said, and now it just crashed so I could create the file you wanted (at the time of the crash I pressed DEL on a file I wanted to delete). I hope this helps, now I'll reinstall the stable version or it will always crash :D P.S.: It won't let me attach the file here because it says it's too big, so I uploaded it to my Google Drive: explorer.exe.12100.dmp
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 11 Pro 25H2
OS
Windows 11 Pro 25H2
Computer type
PC/Desktop
I've prepared a special build to find dark mode corruption


It should crash instead of producing corrupted colors.

Collect explorer crash dumps:

1) Import this registry key http://startisback.com/Enable_Crash_Reports.reg

2) Create C:\dumps folder

3) Crash

4) Send me dmp file from C:\dumps folder
I also managed to capture a live video of it happening. I can confirm that it happens when you try to delete a file (and probably other ways too, but this is 100% certain): Watch Bug Found. StartAllBack | Streamable
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 11 Pro 25H2
OS
Windows 11 Pro 25H2
Computer type
PC/Desktop

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