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Considering that StartIsBack started because of missing functionality in the Win8 era, I wonder if it might be able to do the same for something newly missing in the Win11 era: the inability to have the taskbar on the left or right?
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Just a heads-up that SIB+ 1.7.5 installs but never appears in the leaked 10036.
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I have an odd problem on 8.1 x64 (tested with 1.6.2 and 1.7 beta). I can't run a program returned in search results as admin. So, if I navigate to Notepad via the menu (All Programs, Windows Accessories), right click Notepad, and select Run as Admin, it works. However, if I simply search on "Notepad" and then right click on the result (in Program section), and select Run as Admin, it tells me that "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action." Of course, it does. This happens with all programs returned in search results (not Notepad-specific). I then tried SIB+ in a test install of the same OS and did not see the problem, so I'm not sure what to think or how to go about resolving it. I really don't think that it was always this way or I would have noticed it before now.
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For the record, I'm using Opera 12.xx. I wouldn't have expected that would have mattered, since isn't the download sent to whichever default browser you have?
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Thanks for the update. Just though I'd mention an apparent error in the update mechanism. With 1.6.0 installed, I happened to reboot. Afterwards, I received the notice from SIB+ of a new version. However, it downloaded this, which is the non-plus version: h--p://www.startisback.com/StartIsBack_setup.exe
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No, the whole menu. There's a pause (sometimes) before it displays.
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Remember several months ago when it turned out there was a menu display delay issue because of various icon caches? I'm seeing a similar effect (again, only sometimes) seemingly since upgrading to Update 1 and 1.6. Like before, I think the way it happens mostly is when the menu hasn't been used in a while. I have no idea if it's the same cause, but the effect, at least, is very similar.
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Is the end nigh for Startisback+? http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/02/microsoft-will-soon-bring-back-the-start-menu-in-windows-8-1
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Yes, it looks like the beast is dead now, as it's lightning fast, thanks! I had also seen the UAC issue this last week, but I hadn't realized yet that it was related to SIB even though I'd never seen it happen before then. It's working now too.
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It's 24 hours after installing 1.5, which is when at least one explorer.exe was restarted. I'm assuming it's the one with the much higher PID: explorer.exe PID=1080, I/O Reads 865, I/O Writes 17, I/O Read Bytes 3,748,426, I/O Write Bytes 424,321 explorer.exe PID=7016, I/O Reads 11,988, I/O Writes 509, I/O Read Bytes 12,415,398, I/O Write Bytes 2,087,649.
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I installed 1.5 last night. Machine was on overnight. This morning, first click of Start saw the same delay. It's a fast system: 8GB RAM, Core i5-2500, SSD. And this never used to happen at all. I guess what I'll have to do is wait several hours and then have Process Monitor running when clicking Start.
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Has anyone seen a pause/delay when clicking the SIB+ 1.05 button for the first time in a session, or the first time in a while (sorry I can't be more precise)? I am, and I don't recall seeing it before a few weeks ago (I've been on 8.1 for a few months). It's almost as if it's thinking about something for 7 or 8 seconds. It's then instantaneous on subsequent presses, but some hours later it'll go back to first-press slowness again.
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As a "best practice," is it advisable to uninstall SIB+ before (and reinstall after) big updates, such as the massive (230MB) "General Availability Update Rollup" update for 8.1? Or is there no way that SIB+ could cause problems for such things? I guess using the "disable" feature is an option, though I haven't tested yet to see if that stays disabled after reboot.
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When crashes happen? If it's outside of using menu and launching apps, it's hardly StartIsBack fault. You can try test version as well. It's only happened when using the Start menu, or using the right-click menu in the lower left, or using a quicklaunch menu I have. It could be a coincidence, but the incidents have increased greatly since 2.1.
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I've had 6 Explorer crashes in ntdll.dll since 2.1, and 1 before. I know Explorer crashes were a topic last year, but I wasn't using it then so can't compare with then. Also, while I'm not sure StartisBack is the reason, it's my top suspect. Will the beta help? I can also just uninstall to see how that goes.
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I just re-confirmed it with 2.0.2. Did you use Outlook 2013 (I can't confirm for any earlier version)? If so, what kind of mail account did you use to test with? I'm testing with POP3, and it's a total wipeout with your start screen uncluttering feature enabled: no toast, no notification sound. The mail just magically appears. At least you see the new mail symbol in Outlook's taskbar icon, otherwise it would be impossible to know if mail came in.
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Thanks for the update, particularly adding bottom-left configurability in the UI (those who haven't been using the right-click menu down there don't know what they're missing). I haven't revisited SIB since reporting this issue. Would you happen to know if enabling that feature can still cause application issues?
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I tried out 1.3 today but found that when I enabled "Rename Start Screen to Apps..." that new mail notifications for Outlook 2013 ("toast" that pops up on the upper-right portion of the screen), along with the accompanying notification sound, stopped happening. Rebooting doesn't help. Disabling the Start Screen feature allowed Outlook's notifications to work again. Outlook was always set to "On" in the Notifications center. I didn't notice issues with system notifications, such as what you see when plugging in a removable drive. This was a little surprising, since I don't see why all notifications wouldn't be affected if (at least) one is.
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L3CODECX.AX_ in the new ISO has today's date, so it was one of the ones created today. Once extracted, it does show 1.6.0.51 on the Version tab. Yes, WindowsXP-KB2115168-x86-ENU.exe is among the many files listed in [Hotfixes]. Looking inside that file, I see that the key files are dated June 15, 2010, which is the date of the .52 file once installed (I later updated via WU and got .52), but somehow the .51 file is the one that ended up in the nLite output dir and made it into the .ISO and so was the one ultimately installed.
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Thanks, it worked fine (with the IE8 update) on W7 SP1 x86. In case it's of any interest: in the midst of the batch, W7 put up a UAC prompt, but I believe that was the only interaction required. Also, post install, KB2115168 was listed as a High Priority update. I do see WindowsXP-KB2115168-x86-ENU.exe in my updates dir on W7, and it was included in nLite like all the others, so I'm not sure why WU thinks it's not installed, but it's not a big deal. I see here that it updates l3codecx.ax to 1.6.0.52, but the one in System32 is 1.6.0.51 (not the original since it has a new date). http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2115168
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Thanks. I can't quite make out from the .bat what its function is (something to do with add-ons). Is it building a new .cab? If so, maybe Makecab would work.
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Variation on the question: Is it possible to do the XP post-SP3 slipstream when using Win7 (and not even x64)? I ask because no matter what I do, cabtool.exe (found here: http://xdot.tk/updates.html) flames out with "Can't initialize cabinet module." I've searched old (very old) threads on this and have ensured that the couple support files mentioned are in System32. I've also added a couple Registry entries that at the time were said to be necessary. I even tried putting the .EXE in XP compatibility mode. Nope, nope, and nope.
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Great. BTW, is it OK to simply install this Lite version on top of the last one (or any recent older Lite version for that matter) or is that not a good practice?
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Two questions: 1) I believe way back I saw some comments about WaveEditor crashing, though I can't be sure now. Is that a problem with this release or Nero itself? I notice the problem on Vista. 2) Anyone seeing copious Event 51's ("An error was detected on device \Device\CdRom0 during a paging operation.") when inserting (or accessing later with Explorer) blank media (ain't no paging going on with blank media, and it doesn't happen with written media)? I don't know if this is necessarily related to Nero or this release in particular, since I installed this not long after Vista.
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That is the version I'm using. I suspect I'm just not doing whatever's necessary to trigger it, or my serial passes muster for whatever reason.
