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 launch ...

The Windows Start menu is getting its first major redesign since 2021 and will be rolled out to everyone with the November 11 Patch Tuesday update. The Start menu is now scrollable, so you can move ...

The new, wider Start menu finally lets you disable the recommended feed of files and apps. The new, wider Start menu finally lets you disable the recommended feed of files and apps. is a senior editor ...

With Windows 11’s November 2025 Update (update KB5068861), Microsoft fixed some bugs but also introduced some new issues. The biggest news item, however, was the introduction of a completely new and ...

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 ...

Windows 11 has become so synonymous with Microsoft’s push into generative AI that it’s easy to forget that it originally launched as a mostly cosmetic overhaul of Windows 10. But Microsoft continues ...

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 ...

The new Windows 11 Start menu is now rolling out to all users. The menu brings a more flexible layout to the Apps section. Don't like it? You can still turn to a Start menu replacement. The Windows 11 ...

Microsoft's secret new Start menu replacement is impressive — and might even be a sneak preview of what's on the way with Windows 12. The Windows Start menu isn’t the best search tool when it comes to ...