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Depending on how many users you have, a possible solution is to put a red warning "Antivirus XYZ wrongly detects StartIsBack as a virus. It's recommended to switch to a better AV product", then watch how fast the AV vendor fixes the problem.

I noticed, which is why I asked (again).

2.0 seems to work fine for me, except that it's reminding me in the settings that a new version is available. Anyway, is there any chance to fix the colours of the Shut down and Control Panel submenus in high contrast mode? Also, if you wish, you're free to include the orb images I made.

Thanks. I haven't seen this in Windows 7, so I assumed it had something to do with StartIsBack.

Yeah, that's the exact dialog I get. Things don't freeze while it's open, only afterwards. For me nothing happens when I click either of the buttons - the elevated program never opens (I don't get the UAC prompt because I've got it set to elevate silently).

I noticed something unusual recently: I press the Windows key, type power and then press Ctr+Shift+Enter (to run PowerShell as Administrator), but instead of PowerShell, Paint Shop Pro starts (even though PowerShell icon was selected, and Paint Shop Pro wasn't even on the list of results. If I then press the Windows key again and type something to search, the taskbar and Start Menu freeze, and I have to kill and restart explorer.exe. Edit: actually, after that happens, doing anything with the Start Menu will freeze it and the taskbar. Also, it appears that typing anything and pressing Ctrl+Shift+Enter triggers the problem (and it's always PSP trying to start up in debug mode, regardless of what I type) Using StartIsBack 1.3.3 on Windows 8 Pro x64.

I haven't seen delays in StartIsBack, but Start Screen -> All programs takes forever to load icons for me.

StartIsBack installer doesn't even run on x86 Windows 8 for me if DEP is enabled (bcdedit /set {current} nx alwayson from elevated command prompt, then reboot before running SiB setup) - 7-zip SFX unpacks, then nothing happens. And if I install SiB with nx disabled, then flip it to optout or alwayson, I too get empty screen (and if I start Task Manager with Ctrl+Shift+Esc, I can see that Explorer isn't running, and exits quickly if I do try to run it). Event viewer shows exception 0xc0000005 for explorer.exe.

It's probably loaded as a shell extension.

Yeah, that's what I meant - the common settings should go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE IMHO (since only Administrators should be able to change them).

That's probably impossible (settings are stored in Registry, and you don't normally have access to other user's hives - Windows doesn't even load them until they log in), while changing the defaults should be possible.

I just noticed a problem: when a new user logs in for the first time, all programs are highlighted as new. Also, would it be possible to set the default orb image for all users?

I recently installed some new programs, and I noticed that in All Programs, the highlight is orange, even in High Contrast theme: Can this be fixed? (the highlight colour seems to be fine in the main part of Start Menu)

I have a question about the business edition license - the FAQ states: This seems a bit self-contradictory to me - doesn't providing a paid service to install with your key count as sublicensing?

Is there any chance you could offer 2 business licenses for something like $10?

Raymond Chen recently wrote about these shortcuts: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2012/12/10/10375909.aspx

Shortcuts with Target greyed out are completely normal - that's the standard shortcut type that Windows Installer creates.

Nah, almost all PC keyboards have both Windows keys, though it's true that many laptops only have one.

I noticed a small problem: my taskbar is set to auto-hide. If I view an image full-screen in IrfanView (Enter on keyboard), and press the Windows key, the taskbar doesn't appear, while the Start orb sometimes does (over the image), and sometimes doesn't. Start Menu always opens, but again, sometimes it appears in it's normal place (above where the taskbar should be), and sometimes it appears right at the bottom of the screen. Happens with both 1.2 and 1.3rc0.

What's the status of licensing StartIsBack for use at work?

Which BSOD is it? What does BlueScreenView say about the BSOD?

Great, the text in the main part of Start Menu is now visible for me It'd be nice if something could be done about submenus (Shut down, Control Panel etc.), but at least the text is visible there, even if the selection isn't.

I've got double-click mapped to the Forward button (Back button is for switching between programs - click once and it does Alt+Esc, hold down and scroll with wheel and it does Alt+(Shift+)Tab).

Wheel button opens the Start screen for me.

Sleep: CPU and hard drives stop, but RAM is still powered (PSU doesn't power down). The computer needs a few seconds to wake up and continue working. Hibernate: RAM content is saved to disk, then computer powers down completely. To continue working, you have to turn it on again, go through POST, then the RAM content is loaded from disk.