Microsoft shows us discarded Windows 11 Start menu designs – and I’m so glad they were chucked in the bin in favor of the revamp we’re getting. Story by Darren Allan • 2h.

The Windows Start Menu has undergone numerous redesigns over the years, with some incarnations having proven more popular than others. The current Start Menu design roots back to Windows 11's ...

Microsoft is reworking the Windows 11 Start menu in 2025, hoping to make it faster, more personal, and easier to use. However, this has also led to the revelation of quite a few rejected designs ...

The latest change being tested solves one of the most annoying things with Windows 11's Start menu, and hopefully it will ...

Microsoft’s Windows 11 Start’s Categories and Grid view. Microsoft Underneath the “recommended” files will be a list of “all” apps, organized into one of two views: Category or Grid view.

As you may recall, with the redesigned Start menu – which is in test builds of Windows 11 now – the long list of apps installed on the PC can be set to a couple of more compact alternative layouts, ...

There’s also a new mobile device button on the Start menu that lets you expand or collapse the Phone Link interface that ...

Start11 – Offers loads of Start menu customization options. Stardock’s Start11 is one of the best Windows 11 Start menu replacement apps that you can try out. Very few Windows customization ...

Over the next month, Microsoft is rolling out a revamp of the Windows 11 Start menu alongside a number of new AI features. It's a wider with an all apps view that is roomier and easier to scroll ...

As Microsoft turns 50, we're looking at the Start menu's changes from its debut in Windows 95, passing through 98, ME, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

Microsoft is reworking the Windows 11 Start menu in 2025, hoping to make it faster, more personal, and easier to use. However, this has also led to the revelation of quite a few rejected designs ...

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 ...