Did you delete the CTRL+F9 hotspot?

Also, when you exit NextSTART, what are your Windows taskbar settings? Always on top? Auto-Hide? How may task rows? Is it horizontal?

I did not delete the Hotspot (#4)...however, that does not mean I did not mess something up At one point I did accidentally change the #0 Hotspot, but I realized my goof and fixed it.

The Win Taskbar is: always on top, does NOT autohide.
One task row (see comment below).
It is horizontal at bottom.

One maybe related oddity. If I apply the theme Atmospherica (one of the first I used and liked), it forces my taskbar to show two rows...and I cannot make it go back down to one by simply resizing with mouse. If I remove "systray" from displayed items, it will go back down to one row.

Other themes (like Aero, and K-Tek 4D) it uses one row always (which is what I want).

Hopefully that helps. And THANKS!

I am wondering if I did really mess some setting up, if I should completely remove WS and re-install it from scratch.

One more thing I noticed on 8.11 b1. A single quick click on apps in the taskbar does NOT always "activate" (maximize or restore) them.

If I wait until the cool Win7 preview box comes up, then it works every time. But sometimes I just quickly click and want the app to show...and it does not. Sometimes a double click works.

Hope that makes sense.

Thanks!

Any chances of a screenshot of your desktop showing the taskbar and the systray? You can send it to the Winstep support address if you don't want to post it here.

Sent the support address an email with pics. Thanks.

Jorge, FWIW, I think there was something messed up with my install (also seeing NextStart hogging cpu and not responding). I removed WS, then re-installed. All appears to be working again, including Ctrl+F9.

Thanks.

EDIT: I stand corrected. Ctrl+F9 has stopped working already. I did not change anything...other than the desktop background, and maybe a Nexus setting for activate on edge screen bump.