When you use Windows, the operating system quietly takes note of your habits to help streamline your experience. It ...

Microsoft is finishing this week with two new Windows 11 preview builds. One is available in the Dev Channel (26200.5733), and one in the Beta Channel (26120.5733). Both share the same changelog with ...

If you press the key combination Alt-Shift-Esc or right-click an empty area in the taskbar, you can launch the Task Manager ...

In Start menu, you can also create app folders. For better organization, group related apps into folders by dragging one app icon over another to create a folder.

The Start menu is your way into Windows and the web—it’s where you find your apps and start your searches, where you go to customize the system and organize your digital life.

Commentary: The Windows 8 Start screen does offers certain benefits, but the good, old-fashioned Start menu is still the best way to access all your programs and settings.

The menu itself is customizable, thus enabling users to adjust their Start Menu as per their preference. Doing so is pretty straightforward and Windows 10 provides a plethora of ways to customize ...

Different Start menu view options. Credit: Microsoft In the Start menu, users will be able to shift the balance between pinned apps and "recommended" items depending on what they want to see more of.

The Start Menu in vista wasn’t bad, but it didn’t offer much of anything new. The biggest change during this period was that the Start Menu now expanded depending on what you clicked without ...

From Start Menu to Start Screen Windows 8 changed the Start menu dramatically, turning it into a tablet-style interface with tiles, which was carried over to Windows 10.

Here's a tour of Vista's Taskbar and Start menu, as well as some tips for altering it in order to take better advantage of Aero's features.