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Programs in XP compatibility mode: Start button disappears #163

Open Gittyperson opened 5 years ago

Gittyperson commented 5 years ago

When opening a program with XP compatibility mode applied and bringing its window(s) to front, the Start button either disappears or starts flickering.

This only happens when using a custom button ("Replace Start button" = enabled)

Windows 10 x64 1809 17763.437, Open-Shell Menu 4.4.131

Ibuprophen commented 5 years ago

This does happen in various situations because of Windows XP Compatibility Mode uses a virtualization technology. This allows applications running on a virtualized copy of Windows XP show up in the Windows 7-10 Start menu & desktop.

The following links are very helpful that may reference Windows 7 but, also applies to its later versions as well.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-7/dd837644(v=ws.10)

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/01/windows-xp-mode/

~Ibuprophen