Windows 11 offers a simplified Start Menu layout. However, it might not be the easiest to navigate right out of the box.

M icrosoft is testing a revamped Start Menu for Windows 11, starting in the Canary Channel for Insiders. It’s much larger ...

Start11 v2 was just announced by Stardock, and it includes several new ways to customize the Start menu on Windows 11. The second version of Start11 includes three new Start menu styles: Apps, ...

Last week, Microsoft released Windows 11 build 23545 for testing in the Dev Channel, with the biggest change being a series of much-needed File Explorer performance improvements. Traditionally, the ...

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 ...

Windows Insiders on the Canary Channel can now a redesigned Windows 11 Start Menu with a scrollable list of installed apps.

I've always hated the Windows 11 Start menu. For me, it's badly designed, clumsy to use, and difficult to customize. If you share my grievances, know that Microsoft has overhauled the old menu in an ...

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.

Every major Windows update since Windows 8 has come with a redesign of the Start menu, and Windows 11 is no exception. This time, though, Microsoft took a radical approach: The taskbar is centered, ...

Take back control of your PC’s Start menu and taskbar, whether you’re running Windows 10 or Windows 11. Microsoft has made a lot of changes to the Start menu and taskbar over the past few years. On ...