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   VanguardLH to Frank Slootweg   
   Re: Start Menu: No paging control to sho   
   21 Dec 25 12:33:38   
   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
      
   > VanguardLH  wrote:   
   >> Windows 11 Pro   
   >>   
   >> Sometimes when I pin a program or shortcut to the Start Menu, it is not   
   >> visible.  Right-clicking on the file or shortcut shows "Unpin from   
   >> Start", so Win11 thinks the item had been pinned to the Start Menu, but   
   >> the professed pinned item is not visible.   
   >   
   >   FWIW, I see a similar kind of behaviour for pinning to the *Taskbar*   
   > (on my Windows 11 Home  24H2 laptop).   
   >   
   >   For example when I pin (non-open) Calculator to the Taskbar, seemingly   
   > nothing happens, but when I hover over the spot where the Calculator   
   > should be located, it pops up "Calculator" and when I click that spot,   
   > Calculator starts. If I then minimize Calcultor, the spot on the Taskbar   
   > is still empty, but with an small bar below it, indicating that   
   > something is active.   
   >   
   >   Sometimes this misbehaviour corrects itself, but not always.   
   >   
   >   So it seems this misbehaviour is not limited to the Start menu.   
   >   
   >   N.B. I use Open-Shell Menu, so I don't know whether or not this also   
   > happens in the native Windows 11 Start menu on my system.   
   >   
   > [...]   
      
   With the flaky Start Menu, and according to you also the flaky Taskbar,   
   regarding pinned items, Start11 is looking more desirable.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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