StartAllBack for Windows 11

[Wilda]

Hey guys! Is there any way to make StartAllBack taskbar darker to prevent burnin on OLED displays? It would be amazing to have such a feature embeded...

[SeaDog]

14 hours ago, Wilda said:

Hey guys! Is there any way to make StartAllBack taskbar darker to prevent burnin on OLED displays? It would be amazing to have such a feature embeded...

Try StartAllBack configuration > Advanced > Customize appearance. Choose a color to your liking or make it transparent.
Hope that helps!

[Tihiy]

20 hours ago, duk6046 said:

it's the same if shut down the hooking apps.

There's no 'hooking apps' in StartAllBack. You're using something else.

[snowlin]

Hello Tihiy

Windows 11 25H2 and later will support built-in dark mode.

However, the new dark mode conflicts with the dark mode in StartAllBack. Will this issue be resolved?

Thanks!

[Wilda]

6 hours ago, SeaDog said:

Try StartAllBack configuration > Advanced > Customize appearance. Choose a color to your liking or make it transparent.
Hope that helps!

That doesn't seem to do anything that would help with OLED screens, icons stay the same brightness/vividness...

[Tihiy]

1 hour ago, snowlin said:

However, the new dark mode conflicts with the dark mode in StartAllBack. Will this issue be resolved?

Yeah you can try test build https://startisback.com/StartAllBack_setup.exe

[SeaDog]

2 hours ago, Wilda said:

That doesn't seem to do anything that would help with OLED screens, icons stay the same brightness/vividness...

I saw an AutoHotkey script somewhere a couple of years ago. Let me check.
Here it is. It's a modified version of the original. Decide for yourself whether to use it or not.

Or make the taskbar dark and/or transparent *and* autohide it.

[snowlin]

6 hours ago, Tihiy said:

Yeah you can try test build https://startisback.com/StartAllBack_setup.exe

The effect is perfect!

[duk6046]

It occurs from a specific 24h2 build, old version SAB are same issues on current 24h2 build. there are no newly installed other apps. it seems conflict with a display environment.

Edited October 11 by duk6046

[Wilda]

15 hours ago, SeaDog said:

I saw an AutoHotkey script somewhere a couple of years ago. Let me check.
Here it is. It's a modified version of the original. Decide for yourself whether to use it or not.

Or make the taskbar dark and/or transparent *and* autohide it.

I saw that AutoHotKey script, haven't tried it yet but it seems like quite complicated workaround. I think these days OLED are quite widespread and having such feature directly in StartAllBack would be really nice to have :-) Also my screen from Philips has a "taskbar dimmer" feature in it but it doesn't seem to do anything for some reason, maybe it's incompatible with StartAllBack.

[ftlsmslt]

Hi. I've bought a licence for startallback a few years ago. I've reinstalled windows a while back and I cant use my licence. I get this error. Do i have to get another licence everytime i reinstall windows?

[PoopTart]

Is there going to be a feature where the Windows icon is in the dead center of the taskbar, and you can put icons on the left and right side of it?

[zuardin]

Hi, I get this error when installing latest startallback v.3.9.16 on win11 24H2 build 6584

TIA

[cxn]

Hello, I've changed the taskbar from the original Windows 11 to Windows 8/10 using StartAllBack, but there's an inconsistency between the flyouts of the taskbar toolbar items. I'm not sure if this is a bug or a deliberate choice, but I want the flyout to be consistent with the one I've already chosen.




Will there be a toggleable switch that turns on and off the flyout style in StartAllBack? I really like the File Explorer in StartAllBack and want to use it alongside ExplorerPatcher, which has a Windows 8/10 Fullscreen Start Menu; however, the flyouts seem to clash with each other.

[Onilink]

I had a windows 11 Pro 24H2 update today (10/16/2025) and I am not sure which of the following updates broke version 3.9.15 taskbar making it transparent and no autohide. The taskbar on bother monitors broke.

• 2025-10 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5066835) (26100.6899)
• 2025-10 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 for Windows 11, version 24H2 for x64 (KB5066131)

I updated to version 3.9.16 which fixed the primary taskbar but my secondary screen remains broken.

 

 

Edit: Uninstalled KB5066835 and that update broke the taskbar.

Edited 20 hours ago by Onilink