Tihiy

How does they 'disappear'?

Nah. StartIsBack++ 2.9.13

StartIsBack++ 2.9.12

Yeah, because it's not a crash, but a hang. Hang can be captured with procdump -h explorer.exe

So is it StartIsBack bug?

Crash info can be found via search 'View all problem reports' - then find latest crash for Windows Explorer and copy technical info here Also try this? https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX118614

It certainly should be. Provide a crash dump (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wer/collecting-user-mode-dumps or procdump)

StartIsBack++ 2.9.10

Ugh this is terrible. Please checkout latest build from beta thread.

StartIsBack++ 2.9.10 RC http://www.startisback.com/StartIsBackPlusPlus_setup.exe

So does holding escape key / uninstalling StartIsBack help?

Some customization software is interfering with SIB

StartIsBack++ 2.9.10 BETA http://www.startisback.com/StartIsBackPlusPlus_setup.exe should be reinstated soon

Windows 7/8 start menu and taskbar styles are darker.

StartIsBack++ 2.9.9

So it's not a crash, but a hung Try capturing hung dump for explorer exe either from Task Manager -> Details -> explorer.exe -> Create dump (when taskbar is not responding) or use procdump to catch that - but it may give false positives procdump -h explorer.exe hung.dmp https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procdump

StartIsBack++ 2.9.8

Select Win10 menu as default on Appearance page

It is removed if you use Win10 menu as default or use group policy

That's how Windows 7 used to behave.

There are no new lines. What's different with existing translation?

I do not believe there is an issue. If you want monstrous and slow context menus, hold shift when right-clicking.

Here are some Also supported are Windows 7 registry tweaks: StartPanel_FadeDelay, StartPanel_FadeIn, StartPanel_FadeOut.

Seems that DXGI may consider SIB taskbar underlay as occlusion and break exclusive fullscreen. Should be fixed now in 2.9.7

StartIsBack++ 2.9.7