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Open Shell Start menu cannot display on top of exclusive fullscreen program #2073

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pbaykalov opened this issue Dec 25, 2024 · 0 comments
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pbaykalov commented Dec 25, 2024

Describe the bug

Windows has exclusive fullscreen optimizations to reduce program switching time and allowing overlays like notification center overlay on W11 and volume/media controls overlay on W10 and W11. Those also allow Explorer.exe to display taskbar and start menu without minimizing the program and therefore allows to switch to specific program in two clicks without black screen flashing. Alt+tab does also causes fs exclusive program to minimize. Other option would be using borderless full screen but it has caveats.
However, Open Shell Start menu does cause exclusive fullscreen program to minimize.
This is not exactly a bug but rather a deviation from convenient stock behaviour.
I have been using old version of Open Shell for many years and it has always been the case.

Area of issue

Start menu

To reproduce

  1. Launch any program (like a game) in exclusive fullscreen mode.
  2. Press Win key.

Expected behavior

Taskbar and start menu are overlayed on top of program.

Open-Shell version

4.4.191 (and older)

Windows version

10 2003, 11 24H2

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@pbaykalov pbaykalov added the Bug Something isn't working right. label Dec 25, 2024
@pbaykalov pbaykalov changed the title Cannot display on top of exclusive fullscreen program Open Shell Start menu cannot display on top of exclusive fullscreen program Dec 25, 2024
@ge0rdi ge0rdi added Enhancement/Feature Request An Enhancement/Feature request by the community and removed Bug Something isn't working right. labels Dec 26, 2024
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