Windows 11 offers a simplified Start Menu layout. However, it might not be the easiest to navigate right out of the box. Luckily, you can easily customize the Start Menu to make accessing the apps and ...

In the upper area, you can define the general layout and control how many icons should appear in the Start menu. In the Start menu settings, you can use sliders to specify what Windows 11 should and ...

In celebration of Microsoft's 50th anniversary in 2025, it's an appropriate moment to look at the evolution of one of its most iconic features. Of course, I'm referring to the Start menu for Windows.

A lot of changes are coming to Windows 11—though you may have to wait a while for them. Alongside a couple of new Surface devices, Microsoft has also announced a number of notable upgrades on the way ...

The Start Menu has been the central element in Microsoft Windows for nearly three decades. Though loved initially for its resourcefulness, the Menu went through some debatable — I call them abhorrent ...

On Windows 11, you can change the default Start menu design, but only with third-party tools like Open-Shell, which restores the menu design from Windows 7, and in this guide, I'll explain how to ...

When you use Windows, the operating system quietly takes note of your habits to help streamline your experience. It customizes the Start menu so you can reach your most used apps and files more ...

Editor's take: Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft has repeatedly mangled the tried-and-tested Start Menu paradigm – achieving absolutely nothing useful each time. Now, the AI and cloud corporation is ...

Microsoft wants you to share content/items more frequently, so it's now adding the "Share" button everywhere, including the Start menu and even the taskbar. Windows 11's Share UI is a built-in feature ...

Microsoft is adding a new way for Windows 11 users to use their phones. With the recent KB5055627 update for Windows 11 24H2, the company is rolling out a Start menu panel that gives quick access to ...