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Problems with unreadable text in new windows 11 file explorer

October 10, 2021 10:36:58 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Hello, since i installed windows 11, i have had trouble with groupy in the file explorer, file explorer now uses the mica effect for the explorer title bar and background, but groupy seems to think the titlebar is using my accent colour (which is dark blue) which is making the text and buttons white.

heres a video https://gfycat.com/unkemptethicalemperorshrimp

note the inactive tab text, add tab button and the 3 dot button. when i choose navy blue, its white when the window is active making it extremely hard to read.

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Reply #1 October 10, 2021 11:00:09 AM
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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. But, I don't see your issue on my system.


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Reply #2 October 10, 2021 11:26:17 AM
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well thats very odd, ive reinstalled groupy just to make sure and the problem persists, my version is 1.5 aswell

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Reply #3 October 10, 2021 11:34:12 AM
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Please try purge and reinstall steps as mentioned here: [link]. Just make sure to redownload the latest version from your account. Reboot after the purged. Reinstall, and Reboot again after the installation. Retest it. Report back here.

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Reply #4 October 10, 2021 11:45:28 AM
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hmmm i followed those steps to the letter, sadly im still experiencing the same problem.

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Reply #5 October 10, 2021 12:06:37 PM
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Please try cleanboot : https://forums.stardock.com/488142/groupy-support-faq#cleanboot. Try that and report back.

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Reply #6 October 10, 2021 12:20:53 PM
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ok tried that. at first i thought it was working, but then i enabled "show accent color on title bars and window borders" and it broke again.

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Reply #7 October 10, 2021 8:05:54 PM
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Ok, I can reproduce this, I have forward your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

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Reply #8 October 10, 2021 9:33:44 PM
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thats good, glad you managed to replicate the problem. thank you for forwarding that.

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Reply #9 October 11, 2021 10:17:13 AM
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Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

I have placed an internal ticket to have the dev team review.

Internal ref: ODNT-2690

Thanks for the report.

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Reply #10 October 11, 2021 10:26:14 AM
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Good to know, thank you.

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Reply #11 October 12, 2021 10:08:54 PM
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I'm having the same issue. When settings are set to "Combine if Possible". Also the Navigation Bar turns Black.  "Always Place Above" seems to working fine.

Combine if Possible

 

Always Place Above

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Reply #12 December 5, 2021 4:15:22 PM
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Same here on Win11.  And if the windows is active, the left tab overwrites the rounding.   The text color on inactive tabs are white and unreadable.  

Inactive windows looks better.

Single tab with no painted tab, also unreadable.

1 Simply offset the left tab a few pixels to then right to fix the rounding.

2 Why is the no accent color on active window, active tab?

3 How do I get correct text color?

 

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Reply #13 December 9, 2021 4:24:09 AM
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Reply #14 December 9, 2021 8:26:46 AM
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OK, that shows that Groupy  assumes that the titlebar use accent colours when it in fact does not, when this setting is on.   And render white text.

This is a logic error.

 

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Reply #15 December 9, 2021 8:34:18 AM
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I'm glad to solve the problem for you

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Reply #16 December 9, 2021 9:45:31 AM
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I'm tankful to you for showing what they do wrong, but this is no solution, just a workaround.   

Since this is a setting I really want on, Groupy must wait until Stardock solves the issue.

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Reply #17 December 9, 2021 11:35:41 AM
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Quoting tom449,
reply 14



OK, that shows that Groupy  assumes that the titlebar use accent colours when it in fact does not, when this setting is on.   And render white text.

This is a logic error.

 

The issue is explorer titlebars have always followed the OS titlebar colour until Win11.

Groupy 1.x is designed for Windows 10 where this remains the case.

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