Microsoft is finishing this week with two new Windows 11 preview builds. One is available in the Dev Channel (26200.5733), ...

Windows adapts the Start menu based on your usage behavior, for example, by showing recently used programs and files. However ...

In addition, the Start Menu also lets you hide recommendations entirely if you’d like it that way. The idea is to seemingly give Windows 11 users more control over the menu’s usability.

I find the Windows 25 Start Menu to make better use of space than Microsoft's implementation, which has remained mostly unchanged on PC since the release of Windows 11 in 2021. I appreciate that ...

June 10, 2025 at 8:45 a.m. PT Reviewed by Elyse Betters Picaro Microsoft I've always hated the Windows 11 Start menu. For me, it's badly designed, clumsy to use, and difficult to customize.

In June 2024, Microsoft also began testing a “sidebar” to the Windows 11 Start menu for Android phones, then added iPhone support to the sidebar as well. (Microsoft is also testing allowing ...

The new Start menu is currently available only through the Windows Dev channel. To try it, you need to join the Windows Insider Program. Simply open the Settings app, head to Windows Update ...

This discarded Start menu design toyed with an almost Windows XP-ish left-hand sidebar, among other elements. Microsoft Some designs bring to mind the full-screen Start experience of Windows 8 ...

There are different Windows Start menu styles, ranging from Windows 7, Modern Style, and Windows 10 style. You will also find a Windows 11 style that offers more customization options than what ...