System:
Asus 1.66ghz EEEPC netbook,
Windows XP Service Pack3,
RkLauncher Settings:
Dock Size 25
Magnification 144
Behaviour options that are set to on:
"use margin hotspot"
and "full margin hotspot"
Important Note:
When magnification is turned off the graphics glitch described below is localised to the actual dock-size setting (i.e. 25)
Description of problem:
RKlauncher causes the windows start menu to leave graphics of itself on the screen. There seems to be a certain number of pixel-space that Rklauncher uses on the screen i.e. 100 pixels in width or something. if this overlaps with the windows start menu when i use start menu button such as when i run something from the start menu after rkLauncher has appeared and then i click the start menu, the start menu shows up and doesn't disappear properly, so that the graphics are left behind and can become part the firefox window for example, or become broken up depending what is taking focus in any particular application window like the explorer.exe window.
Work-arounds that can be used, but are annoying to do:
1. Partial solution... If i choose to place rkLauncher at the top of the screen and have the start menu at the bottom with only small icons and a small number of applications in the start menu then the start menu won't cross that invisible boundary and the graphics glitch won't happen when i do use the start menu.
2. Pressing F5 (refresh) when everything is minimized, if i am only on the desktop and everything is minimised this refreshes and removes any graphics glitches.
3. I also found a useful hotspot hide/show taskbar app which refreshes the screen everytime that it hides the taskbar so that can act as a work around, but i like to have my taskbar showing rather than hiding.
Final Word:
Great application as it is fast and smooth, and adds some nice bling - Sorry that Rk Launcher and the "nightly build" hasn't changed in a long time, but i'll pray and hope for few simple additions thrown in sometime soon, Like a quick, dirty and easy refresh function!