In the Windows operating system, you can auto-hide the taskbar so the Start button does not show until you hover the mouse over the taskbar area. When the cursor is not in the area of the taskbar, the ...

If you're willing to use a third-party program, however, you can make the taskbar look and act like almost anything you want.

If you're not a fan of the default Start Menu experience on Windows 11, then consider installing this free and open-source ...

If you want to pin or unpin icons to the Taskbar or Start Menu in Windows 11, here is how you can do that. It is possible to pin any app to the Taskbar and Start Menu without using third-party ...

Some things you learn about and then proceed to forget about them. This is one of those cases for me. In fact I posted about this Vista performance tip what seems like ages ago here on GBM. I thought ...

The rumors were true. Not so long after introducing a Skype "Meet Now" button for Windows 10, Microsoft is replacing it with a Teams Chat button on the taskbar in Windows 11. Integrating Teams Chat on ...

When Windows 95 came out twenty years ago, its headlining feature was the new Start menu, giving easy access to programs and documents. The official theme song for the Windows 95 launch was even ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft doesn’t currently support ungrouping app icons on the taskbar in Windows ...

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Hey Microsoft, that's great that you decided to let us customise the Start screen a little more. Here's a few ideas on some further customizations you might want to consider. First, how about you make ...