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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.

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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 ...

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 ...

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You can launch either the command prompt or PowerShell from the Start menu: Just type the first few letters of either utility into the search box at the top to find them.

1- Open the Start Menu Programs Folder: Press Windows + R on your keyboard to launch the Run dialog. Type shell:programs and hit Enter. This action will open the Programs folder in File Explorer. 2- ...

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.

Here’s how it works. Make the Windows 11 Start menu look old again. (Image credit: Mauro Huculak) On Windows 11, you can use the "Open-Shell-Menu" utility to bring back the classic Start menu.