Windows 11’s optional July update speeds up the Start menu and taskbar

Windows 11 preview update KB5101684 speeds up the Start menu and taskbar, improves File Explorer, and rolls out more Secure ...
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Windows 11 has a new Start menu — here's how to unlock it

Windows 11's Start menu has long been a topic of debate. It's slow, it's not very useful, and it used to be packed with ads. It might have been the straw that broke the camel's back for many people ...
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Windows 11’s new Start menu begins rolling out, and it’s more flexible than ever

What’s happened? Microsoft is now delivering a major overhaul of the Windows 11 Start menu via the optional October 2025 non-security preview (KB5067036) for version 24H2 and 25H2. The redesign ...
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Windows 11 Is Getting An All-New Start Menu – Here's How You Can Try It Out

Microsoft has introduced a scrollable Start menu in the latest Insider Preview Build 26200.5641 (KB5060824), released to the Dev Channel. Now, instead of clicking a button to see unpinned apps, you ...
Ars Technica

Back to basics: Microsoft tests overhauled Start menu in Windows 11 beta builds

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 ...