Here's how to shrink the giant Windows 11 Start menu and hide unwanted sections using the August 2026 optional update and ViVeTool commands.

Former Microsoft exec explain how a behavioral psychologist utilized Fitts's law to place the Windows 95 Start button in the ...

When you booted up your PC recently, you may have been met with an unfamiliar Start menu. There's a good chance that some of your apps have moved and the Start menu itself has a different size and ...

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 ...

The new Windows 11 Start menu is now rolling out to all users. The menu brings a more flexible layout to the Apps section. Don't like it? You can still turn to a Start menu replacement. The Windows 11 ...

Windows 11 launched in 2021, bringing updates to your PC that focused on new Microsoft features and a lot of Copilot AI through continuous upgrades. While Windows 11 has been criticized as being a ...

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Microsoft's latest attempts to push Windows forward have received some blowback. Will its incessant AI and cluttered UI ...

As you've probably heard by now, Windows 10 will see the illustrious return of the Start menu -- except it isn't quite the Start menu that you're used to from Windows 7 and Vista. In fact, it's better ...