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Version 2.71 is now available, you can find the release thread here.
With the Start11 2.71 release today, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues. [confluence title=""]https://stardock.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SHC/pages/3462496261/Start11+2.71+Changelog+Released+05+12+2026[/confluence]
In the new world that we find ourselves living in, generating images from nothing is a task that takes only a few seconds. Drop a prompt into the input field, wait some amount of time depending on the model, and on the other side you have an image that is created. There are several ways you can do this with various online tools, but you can also do th
Can you send me the URL that you are hitting? If you want to send it via DM, that works too.
Tokens are only for using the lookup via AI when the flyout menu from the app on the map view if you want to query against ChatGPT. The dot locations are included in the Connection Explorer payment already. You shouldnt be seeing that error, if you hit f5, are you still hitting that?
Right now, there is a not a full lockdown and then prompt on a request-by-request basis. Connection Explorer lets you see what is going on with basic blocking capabilities but it's not currently setup to be a full firewall management tool (yet). And for now, it's going to say things like SVCHOST without the specific identity associated with it - the intent is to continue to push down into the connection stack to further help identify what is causing the outbound/inbound traffic but
[quote quoting="post"] Hey there, So I just learned about the software and I'm starting to play more with it. I was wondering if I was allowed to with a business license provide like a computer with this stuff installed to clients. I don't have anything going on right now but I was just curious if that was a possibility. I can't find anything in documentation. Thank anyone for your help [/quote] Yes you can, we have many resellers of our
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[quote who="Tech" reply="8" id="3991842"] I have the very same issue on multiple machines; this is a BUG for sure. [/quote] What is your monitor resolution/scaling set to? I have a fix in for some of the 4k 250% setup that should land in beta soon.
Today we are releasing an update for Start11 v2 that brings a heavy focus on taskbar refinements along with compatibility fixes for the latest Windows 11 preview builds. The update is rolling out now and will be available on you
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The issue is almost certainly the scaling at 250% is issue, I tested at 150 and 200 prior to shipping but will see what I can do for this size
[quote who="John94401" reply="5" id="3991387"] Perhaps there should be a way to size the main window of the app smaller than is currently available? The app takes up 25% of a monitor and won't scale any smaller. Evidently someone thought that having a map on the screen meant it should not get smaller than being able to show the entire world at a glance? I have three big monitors but can't imagine how intrusive this big app window would be if I only had one monitor. Thanks for considering
[quote quoting="post"] Love the map but the label for each little connection is successfully hidden by the mouse pointer when you bring up the label. Could we move the label so that it's above the connection dot? So simple. Major improvement. Thanks. [/quote] I see what you mean, mostly happens over north america..ironically my default test area is Europe where it does not seem as prevalent...will add this for a cleanup note.
[quote who="briancanz" reply="7" id="3991341"] Connection Explorer Gives B.S.O.D [/quote] Any other information about this? Can you check Event Viewer to see if anything is showing up there to help triage this? The app itself is running in user-mode and using standard APIs (and no drivers) so it shouldnt cause a BSOD on a modern machine but nothing is impossible.
[quote who="alk444" reply="4" id="3991327"] CE is too wide for my screen. i have 2 monitors both 1280x1024. how can get CE fit on just one? [/quote] It should scale down to that size if you are not doing full screen...I will likely need to do some UI handholding for that specific res.
[quote who="klaer_it" reply="3" id="3991046"] Dear bdsams, thanks for caring, you have a good point here: If I set tabs to "always visible", they do show up. With "show for active windows", they do not pop up. That used to be different. Any idea what to try next? Regards Steffen [/quote] Show for active window, if you hover your mouse near the top of the window, do they show then?
Do you have the tabs to auto-hide?
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Connection Explorer is the easiest way to see all the network activity on your computer. Since our initial release, we’ve added a range of new features to provide deeper insights and greater clarity into where your data is going, and which
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Is this happening right after login?
Updated Build: For those experiencing issues (especially when not using an English install of Windows) this build targets fixing those scenarios. Download Connection Explorer 0.95 There are also translations in this build, if you click "About" there is the ability to switch languages too.
This should now be fixed. The background (see what I did there) on this is we are working on trying to stop all the bots that are hitting the site at an extremely high rate.
We are making a few changes, hope to get this resolved shortly as we rollback a dns change related to this API. This should now be fixed.
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[quote who="jeffreyjwinn" reply="8" id="3989864"] This issue was resolved by changing resolution on the main display which allowed the dialog to been seen, then reset to desired resolution. [/quote] Did this occur when you had the Start11 activation prompt occurring on a secondary display that had a different resolution than your primary? I would love to be able to reproduce this so that we can isolate and fix the bug.
Keeping on eye on this, we are in the middle of some large upgrades for our infra and moving things around but it's not expected that this would break as we migrate.