Windows 11 is getting a new customizable Start menu, and I've gone hands-on to see just how configurable it is.

Windows 11 brings major Start menu and Taskbar changes in 2026, restoring the ability to position, resize, and customize them.

Windows 11 22H2 adds several new organizational and quality of life features to the Start Menu. This tutorial shows you how to take advantage of these improvements. Among the many small but noticeable ...

​One of the Windows 10 Start Menu features is a built-in Bing search when a local search fails to find anything. Whether it be due to privacy reasons, bugs, or just personal dislike, this article ...

In Windows 10 you’ve got tons of choices for desktop programs, and apps from the Windows Store can be useful too. But there are still probably a few key webpages you turn to every day instead of 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 ...

If you do not want to show recently added or opened files and apps, you can hide this list or section in the Start Menu on Windows 11. You can also disable the Recommended section in the Start Menu ...

The Windows 11/10 Start Menu is supercharged and lets you do much more. Not only can you pin any system setting to the Start, but the operating system also offers you several ways to customize the ...

The Start menu made its triumphant return in Windows 10 after being jettisoned in Windows 8 and 8.1. But the Windows 10 Start menu is not as user friendly as the one in Windows 7 when it comes to ...

In context: Microsoft recently gave us a taste of Start menu widgets with Phone Link – the Windows-Android syncing utility – scoring some handy real estate. That's far from the only widget you'll be ...