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Unfortunately Microsoft made a change under-the-hood that also broke this, and therefore both the Apps tab and the Apps menu were appearing empty under Windows 11.

Likewise for the Apps sub-menu under the Programs sub-menu in the NextSTART component of Winstep Xtreme. The default shelf (tabbed dock) in Winstep Xtreme and Nexus Ultimate has a tab dedicated to displaying all the UWP Apps installed on that particular system. This has now been solved and the Windows system icons are now visible again - and fully functional! - on the systray section of Winstep applications!Ģ.

Not good at all considering that the NextSTART component of Winstep Xtreme optionally replaces the Windows taskbar (you would thus loose access to those icons unless you also made the Windows taskbar visible).

That caused those icons to disappear from the list of systray icons in the Winstep applications. For some reason Microsoft decided to move the Windows system icons (Power, Sound, Network, etc) out of the notification area (systray) and into a separate section of the new Windows taskbar. There were a handful of outstanding issues:ġ. Microsoft made changes to the Windows taskbar in Windows 11 that broke a couple of things in Winstep applications. Important enough for me to go out and buy a new PC with Windows 11 installed from root so I could turn it into my main development system and run it with Winstep on a daily base (you should always try your own dog food ) ! The new update, among other things, brings FULL compatibility with Windows 11.Īlthough the usage of Windows 11 is not widespread yet due to the hardware limitations imposed by Microsoft, full compatibility is particularly important because the type of users who run Winstep applications are also the type of users most likely to make a quick jump to Windows 11. Please pay not attention to this date UNLESS it appears in red to you (in which case you really must renew your upgrade subscription to run it). If you have your Winstep application set to notify you of beta versions (Preferences -> Advanced tab -> Automatic Updates section), you should get a notification within the next 24 hours.ĭespite having passed more than one year, this beta, as well as the final release, is free for all those who purchased a Winstep application when or since version 20.10 was released.įor the Winstep Update Manager NOT to flag the new version as being outside the free upgrade period, the release date of this beta has been set as 27 of October 2020. Just uploaded a public beta of Winstep Xtreme and Nexus Ultimate v22.4.