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 ...

Windows 11 is playing around with the release of a new Start menu design. The updated design, if Microsoft sticks with this for the final 25H2 update, features pinned apps at the top, a ...

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 ...

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, ...

Windows 11’s new Start menu falls short in one key area – and it’s making people angry New Start menu, follow up: here's how Companions look, Phone Link one used for the demo.

HIGHLIGHTS The redesigned Start menu offers a customizable layout with an option to disable the recommended feed. Microsoft tested five prototype designs, gathering feedback from over 300 Windows ...

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 ...

In a nutshell: Microsoft is testing a redesigned Windows 11 Start Menu that ditches the dual-section design for a larger layout with everything on a single scrollable page, including All Apps ...

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 ...