Want to give your Windows 11 PC a makeover? Cairo Shell does that, and does it in style without ruining the Windows ...

Do you miss Windows 7? This new project can bring back Aero glass on Windows 1, but you have to be ready for some issues ...

On the Taskbar tab, select the "Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher)" option in the "Taskbar style" setting and click the "Restart ...

With the current Windows 11 Start menu such a mess, I use and have always recommended a Start menu alternative. Good choices are Start11, StartAllBack, and Open Shell.

An early version of the new Start menu first started showing up in Windows 11 builds in April, followed by Microsoft’s official announcement in May. Today’s Dev Channel release lets you try it ...

Restarting Windows Explorer is almost as good as rebooting your computer to fix issues with the Windows Start menu and Taskbar. And it’s much less hassle as all your open windows will stay put.

On a more personal note, I still find the entire Windows 11 UI concept – and the ongoing Start Menu redesigns since Windows 8 – to be absolutely hostile to everything I need to do on my PC.

For more on the history of the Start menu from its inception in the early '90s through the release of Windows 10, we've collected tons of screenshots and other reminiscences here.

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.

Launch apps — and switch to windows, too: You can use this tool to find and launch apps just as you would from the Start menu, but you can also switch to open windows from right within it.

The recommended feed had been a major pain point for Windows 11 users who upgraded from Windows 10, because it takes up a lot of space on the Start menu, and not everyone needs to see their recent ...

Microsoft continues to tweak the Windows 11 UI in other ways as well. A beta build released to Windows Insider testers earlier this month enables "taskbar icon scaling," which can shrink your ...