Windows 11’s new Start menu is rolling out and the community reaction is not great.

The big picture: If there's one thing Microsoft loves to tinker with, it's the Start menu. After years of experimentation, the company still hasn't settled on a definitive design for Windows 11.

When you booted up your PC recently, you may have been met with an unfamiliar Start menu. There's a good chance that some of your apps have moved and the Start menu itself has a different size and ...

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 ...

Windows 11 launched in 2021, bringing updates to your PC that focused on new Microsoft features and a lot of Copilot AI through continuous upgrades. While Windows 11 has been criticized as being a ...

Stardock recently shipped a new update to its Start11 V2 app, bumping it to version 2.05. The update ships with bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. It also includes a new enhancement that will ...

Update on May 5, 2025: According to a Windows 10 support page (spotted by Windows Latest), the removal of “recent files” app jump lists in Windows 10’s Start menu was confirmed to be a bug caused by ...

I didn’t realize that Microsoft had pushed out the update that brought advertising to the Windows 11 Start menu until I started to read the news. I’ve had recommendations turned off this entire time.

Microsoft has addressed a bug causing Windows Search and the Start Menu to become unresponsive and some Windows applications to no longer open. Redmond has been investigating the Start Menu and Search ...

"Start Menu"? What is that? LOL, just kidding. But in all honesty, I can count in one hand how often I open the start menu every day... no, make that every TWO days... For my app-launching actions -- ...

I am using Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation and an app that takes me directly to the desktop, and also allows customization of the old start menu. I have it set for good old XP! Microsoft did block the ...