'System Interrupts' (time taken by the CPU servicing system interrupts) is now also included in the list of processes and their CPU usage. Note however that legacy is actuallyĪ more accurate representation of current CPU usage. Unchecking the new 'Use Legacy Mode' setting will make the CPU Meter module report the same total CPU usage as that reported by Task Manager in Windows 8 and later systems (which reports 'CPU Utility' rather than actual CPU usage). Under NextSTART every monitor can now have its own taskbar, each having a Quick Launch area, clock and systray icons. Like other 3rd party software vendors, Winstep has thus been forced to work around this issue in order to report accurate CPU usage values (see below).ĭocks, shelves, drawers and even grid-stacks set to display currently running applications can now optionally show only those windows open on that specific monitor.

More than 1 year and a new release later (23H2), Microsoft still hasn't fixed this issue. This affects 3rd party applications and even Windows Task Manager itself (CPU usage values reported in the Details tab are now meaningless). A new 'Reset Reserved Screen Space' internal command has been added to help with the current unreliable behavior of reserved screen areas under Windows 11 22H2 onwards.ĭespite numerous reports from Windows Insiders prior to the official release, 22H2 also breaks CPU usage reporting (total and per-process) at the API level. If you are using a Winstep application to replace the Windows taskbar, you must now MANUALLY set the Windows taskbar to auto-hide first in order to prevent conflicts (while previously the Winstep application would do this for you). Microsoft also made changes to the mechanism used by Windows to reserve areas at the edges of the screen so toolbars (such as the Windows taskbar, docks, etc) are not overlapped by maximized windows. As a result systray icons can no longer be accessed directly by Winstep applications, and while v23.11 offers some temporary mitigations (giving you access to the main systray volume/network/etc panel and to the systray overflow area) this does require the user to disable the 'Always show all system tray icons' setting in the Winstep application - plus system tray icon customization with high resolution icons is currently no longer possible. Windows 11 22H2 made many core changes to the Windows taskbar and systray. Starting with Windows 11 22H2, and mostly for purely cosmetic reasons, Microsoft has begun making changes to tried and tested core functions of Windows that had previously been working fine for decades. Important note to Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 users:

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