According to the latest leaked build of Windows 8.1 (Blue), the Start button and menu will make their triumphant return -- but they won't look or work like the Windows 7 Start menu. With Windows Blue ...

At long last, and probably in response to the growing number of leaks, Microsoft has published an official "first look" of Windows 8.1 (Blue). As expected, the Start button is making a return (but the ...

So, there are probably 10s of millions of Windows 8 users. Just not 60 million. Millions of people miss the Start menu enough to have taken the time and done something about it. And then let's not ...

Windows 11 may be the "latest and greatest" operating system from Microsoft, and truth be told, it is a great OS. However, as Windows evolves many of its included tools change, and in many people's ...

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 ...

Every major Windows update since Windows 8 has come with a redesign of the Start menu, and Windows 11 is no exception. This time, though, Microsoft took a radical approach: The taskbar is centered, ...

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 corporation is ...

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 ...

Stardock’s excellent Start11 app is making its way to Windows on Arm PCs this week. Version 2.1 brings native ARM64 support for customizing the Windows 11 Start menu to exactly how you want it to look ...