Start11 makes windows general rendering laggy

alexvojacek

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Start11 makes windows general rendering laggy

This issue is driving me nuts. It seems Start11 introduces an extra latency somewhere on the entire Windows Desktop Manager somehow.

The single most easy way to check for this issue is to start Start11 and then open the Task Manager and close it, you will see a 1 second delay on the Task Manager before disappearing. The window appears to be stuck for a second and then dissapears.

As soon as I stop Start11 the latency dissapears and I regain my instant speed on opening/closing windows.

What is going on here?. This is a deal breaker for me, is there anything that I could disable on the program that could speed things up?.

I'm on Windows 10 with latest NVIDIA drivers and an RTX3080 with a Ryzen 9 3950X

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Lagging behavior when using Windows 10 style full screen start menu on Windows 11 (fresh install).

The follow actions result in lagging issues

- pin or unpin app

- resize tile

- move tile between group

Latest installed version of Start11 download as at December 5th

All windows updates applied up to 22H2 (Build 22621.900) and patched up to date.

4K desktop resolution, single desktop no dual monitor multiple taskbar complications.

Have tried all the various suggestions in this thread about disabling/enabling various animations and auto-hide features. TaskMgr start/stop does not lag for me. But interacting with the Win10 fullscreen start does.

Have uninstalled and rebooted and then reinstalled. Same issue returns.

I have tried disabling the Start11 search features and just using windows built-in search, The lag is still present.

Hope this is something that is know or there are settings to resolve.

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Quoting mikeyalden,

reply 26

Lagging behavior when using Windows 10 style full screen start menu on Windows 11 (fresh install).

The follow actions result in lagging issues

- pin or unpin app

- resize tile

- move tile between group

Latest installed version of Start11 download as at December 5th

All windows updates applied up to 22H2 (Build 22621.900) and patched up to date.

4K desktop resolution, single desktop no dual monitor multiple taskbar complications.

Have tried all the various suggestions in this thread about disabling/enabling various animations and auto-hide features. TaskMgr start/stop does not lag for me. But interacting with the Win10 fullscreen start does.

Have uninstalled and rebooted and then reinstalled. Same issue returns.

I have tried disabling the Start11 search features and just using windows built-in search, The lag is still present.

Hope this is something that is know or there are settings to resolve.

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Can you post a video of your issue so we can understand it better. Also you on Start11 version 1.35?

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Here is a session running Start11 with Win10 style full screen start menu.

pausing of lagging occurs when resizing tiles about 1/3 of the time and when dismissing the start menu 1 in 5.

https://clipchamp.com/watch/wO6wIJbWmBA

Then as suggested here is a session with version 1.35 installed as suggested.

No more lag when dismissing start menu at all that I could tell with 1.35

Bit the tile resize pause is still occurring about the same 1 in 3.

https://clipchamp.com/watch/dWxV5SoE7OQ

Both sessions were with Start11 completely uninstalled and then reboot performed before installing. Each uninstall the option to remove all settings was chosen.

Hope this helps see what I am experiencing, Mike.

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Quoting mikeyalden,

reply 28

Here is a session running Start11 with Win10 style full screen start menu.

pausing of lagging occurs when resizing tiles about 1/3 of the time and when dismissing the start menu 1 in 5.

https://clipchamp.com/watch/wO6wIJbWmBA

Then as suggested here is a session with version 1.35 installed as suggested.

No more lag when dismissing start menu at all that I could tell with 1.35

Bit the tile resize pause is still occurring about the same 1 in 3.

https://clipchamp.com/watch/dWxV5SoE7OQ

Both sessions were with Start11 completely uninstalled and then reboot performed before installing. Each uninstall the option to remove all settings was chosen.

Hope this helps see what I am experiencing, Mike.

Thank you for the videos. 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.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Quoting mikeyalden,

reply 28

Then as suggested here is a session with version 1.35 installed as suggested.

No more lag when dismissing start menu at all that I could tell with 1.35

Bit the tile resize pause is still occurring about the same 1 in 3.

https://clipchamp.com/watch/dWxV5SoE7OQ

Both sessions were with Start11 completely uninstalled and then reboot performed before installing. Each uninstall the option to remove all settings was chosen.

Hope this helps see what I am experiencing, Mike.

Hi mikeyalden,

I would like to see that tested in a clean boot environment, if possible

https://support.stardock.com/space/SS/1334935592/Start11+Clean+Boot

Paul Scroggins
Associate Technical Support Analyst

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