Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. We can't really help you if you don't remember which of Stardock software you are referring to. It could be Fences, ObjectDock or Launch (https://www.stardock.com/products/launch/)

Note : Launch will hide itself if you are not on tablet mode. That might be the case.

Test it out and let us know if you still need our assistance.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

As I mentioned above. Launch will hide itself on Desktop mode. Are you in tablet mode?

Thank you,

Basj
Stardock Community Assistant.

Launch only work in Windows 10 table mode. But it work on Windows 8 in both mode, since on Windows 8, it have full screen Startmenu. That is, I believe, the main reason Launch was made back then. Now since Windows 10 no longer have Full screen Startmenu, Launch  only work on Tablet mode, which usually enable with system with touch screen or touch pad capabilities.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027960/windows-10-turn-tablet-mode-on-or-off

Would also like to point out that you might be interested in Fences. You could setup Fences to act as application launcher. Here a link on Fences : https://www.stardock.com/products/fences/

Fences should work on desktop or tablet mode.

Thank You,
Basj
Stardock Community Assistant.

This is my first time back to the forum in several days so I have not read some of the information provided.

I can tell you that on my Windows 10 PC, not a tablet, turning on Tablet mode is not an option.  When I click in the Windows 10 system tray on the Notifications icon, it pops up 12 boxes for various Windows Notification Settings but the only one which is greyed out, preventing selection, is the one labeled "Tablet Mode".

Once I was pointed toward the LAUNCH app, I started changing various settings but with no success even after multiple reboots.

Yet today, I rebooted due to a system being very slow and suddenly the extra-large application icons are back??????

I don't know what I did but now, after rebooting a few times,  when I click on Start10, the large Launch buttons briefly show up again at the top of the screen.  Once I click on anything, they disappear again so they take up desktop only briefly, when needed.

I would love to offer the solution that worked but I have no idea how I got them back and am left to wonder when they will disappear again.

I will greatly appreciate it when Stardock repairs this application's stability and functionality.

Solved it???

Although I'm happy in the moment, it remains unsettling that it randomly stopped running, it is running today but I don't know why, and it may randomly stop running later this week.

I don't know if  I accidentally stumbled across a setting change somewhere or if it just appeared as randomly as it disappeared and may disappear again tomorrow.

To me, even a temporary solution would be identifiable with repeatable steps.

A permanent solution must come from the software team.

I just restarted my Windows 10 desktop PC (not a tablet) computer after shutting down last night.

The large LAUNCH icons I posted here two days ago are gone.

Yet, AGAIN!

So, I went down to Start10, found the Stardock Software folder, and clicked to open LAUNCH.

But it just reopens Start10 as if I clicked on the tiny Start10 icon to navigate.

Ir appears I'm back to where I was yet a bit more frustrated.

Please fix this software or at the very least, provide instructions to get it going again each time it dies.

That is how Launch will function on Win10 currently.  When in desktop mode, you will have to open Start10 to see Launch.  In tablet mode, you should see it all the time.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

I asked this question 3 weeks ago.

Why are there still no repairs or even instructions to work around this failure from the developers?