https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c DisplayFusion RSS: Classic Shell: Ignore Alternate Start Menu doesn't work. Sat, 23 May 2026 03:22:33 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#8 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:44:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#8 DisplayFusion Classic Shell 3.6.7
DisplayFusion 5.1.0 beta 10
Windows 7 SP1

You need to have the Windows Start menu + Cascading All Programs option enabled in CS, and the Ignore Alt Start menu option in DF - which only works in the latest DF beta 10 (see my first post).

Edit: Also happens in Classic Shell 3.6.8 ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#7 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:42:03 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#7 DisplayFusion Which version of classic shell, i cant confirm this issue on either the latest stable, or latest beta versions of classic shell, I'm currently using: DisplayFusion Pro v5.1.0 (Beta 7) on a w8 machine.

Tested the start menu on both windows 8 taskbar on secondary monitor, and display fusion taskbar on secondary monitor ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#6 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 20:54:08 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#6 DisplayFusion I've tested that out and confirmed it, but DisplayFusion doesn't appear to be forcing that menu to the back (nor forcing the Start menu itself to the front), so my best guess is that something in the Classic Start Menu code isn't liking it being opened on the second monitor, but it's hard to say.

If we do come up with a way to fix it from our end, we'll be sure to let you know.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#5 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:33:28 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#5 DisplayFusion Thanks, Beta 10 fixed it, and it works pretty well. There is only one minor hiccup -- the cascading All Programs menu of Classic Shell seems to get overlapped by the DisplayFusion start menu when you hover over it (the DF start menu). This doesn't happen with the primary desktop start menu. (See attached screenshot)

Like I said, it's pretty minor, and can be worked around if I quickly move my mouse over to the cascading menu before the start menu can rise to the top. But it's a bug nonetheless that only occurs when interacting with the DF start menu (and not sure if it's the fault of DF or CS). ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#4 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 20:26:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#4 DisplayFusion We've just posted DisplayFusion 5.1 Beta 10 (http://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/), and this should be all fixed up. Please let me know if you still have any trouble after updating.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#3 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 14:26:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#3 DisplayFusion Thanks for the confirmation, will look out for this in the next beta. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#2 Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:42:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c#2 DisplayFusion I've tested this out and it looks like that Advanced Setting doesn't actually work! We'll have this fixed up for the next beta

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c Fri, 28 Jun 2013 18:02:50 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-shell-ignore-alternate-start-menu-doesnt-work/?ID=b5f50511-6625-4a33-a360-1afccc0e311c DisplayFusion I'm using Windows 7 with Classic Shell, but I'm not using its "classic start menu". I am only using it to provide a fly-out menu for the "All Programs" item within the Windows 7 start menu. This works great when clicking on my primary start button, and when using the Win-key on either monitor. But mouse-clicking DisplayFusion's start button doesn't honour my settings and always shows the "classic start menu". This is not what I want. So I found the Advanced Setting for "Ignore Alternate Start Menu" but it doesn't work properly at all. With it enabled, when clicking my secondary monitor DF taskbar start button, it is still opening the Classic Shell start menu, but on my primary monitor instead of the monitor on which I clicked. Note: Pressing the Win key on my keyboard works as expected.

I only observed this on my new laptop with fresh installs of DF and CS. I hadn't seen this ever before with my previous laptop (which admittedly may have been running an older version of CS, but still latest DF and same Win7 OS). At some point, there must have been a change to DF that brought this forced integration with Classic Shell and it's terrible because I can't disable it.

Classic Shell Settings:
version 3.6.7

Left Click opens: Windows Start Menu
Shift+Click opens: Classic Start Menu
Windows key opens: Windows Start Menu
Shift+Win opens: Classic Start Menu
Cascading All Programs Menu: Checked

DisplayFusion:
versions: Tried 5.0.0 Release and 5.1.0 (beta 9) - same behaviour

OS:
Win 7 Pro SP1 x64 ]]>