Gone are the Windows 7 days where everyone agreed that it was one of the best-designed operating systems. Now there's Windows 11, which has users torn.

Microsoft has rolled out a new update for Windows 11 that will bring changes to the Start menu. The updated Start menu is bigger and combines pinned apps, recommendations, and the "All Apps" list into ...

Windows 11 offers very limited customization options for the Start menu, such as changing the layout. You can use Windhawk to change the look of the Windows Start ...

The Windows 11 Start menu is often criticized for how rigid and unhelpful it can be, and because of that, a number of alternatives have arisen to make up for those shortcomings. One of my personal ...

Microsoft put a lot of focus on Windows 11’s design when it released the operating system in 2021, making a clean break with the design language of Windows 10 (which had, itself, simply tweaked and ...

Windows 11 Update Brings Customizable Start Menu and Streamlined App Discovery Your email has been sent Microsoft has finally begun rolling out a redesigned Start menu for Windows 11, to the relief of ...

Why this is important: Let’s be real, the Start menu is central to how you launch apps, find files, and navigate your PC. As such, any redesign impacts daily workflow more than we often realise. By ...

The Start Menu has been the central element in Microsoft Windows for nearly three decades. Though loved initially for its resourcefulness, the Menu went through some debatable — I call them abhorrent ...

As early as summer 2026, Microsoft will finally be allowing users to do something they've been asking for nearly 5 years.

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 an ...

The big picture: Many people continue to complain about the Start menu in Windows 11. While Microsoft has rolled out several updates, they arguably still don't match the beloved Windows 10 version – ...