Windows 11 PCs doesn't give you a lot of customizations, but these apps change the game and let you make your PC truly your ...

Listen, I know we all love to complain about the Windows start menu, and I don't want to beat a dead horse here. But it's hard to deny that the Windows 11 Start menu was a downgrade from Windows 10, ...

SystemTrayMenu is a free open source Start Menu alternative for Windows 11/10. It is a handy freeware that you can use to browse and open your files and folders within a few clicks. It is more like a ...

If you’re not happy with the look and feel of Windows 11’s overhauled Start menu, a fix is coming. Not from Microsoft, though, but from Stardock’s new Start11 app. Our hands-on with the official ...

Windows Taskbar context menu for open apps always had an option to End Task that can quickly close a running application. It came in handy in case the program stopped responding. The option was ...

Microsoft has rolled out a new way to further mismanage the Windows 11 Start menu: displaying ads in the form of recommended apps. The ads are part of the KB5036980 update that rolled out to Windows ...

Ads in Microsoft Windows' Start menu are nothing new, and it's no surprise that they're coming to Windows 11. Microsoft has been testing ads in beta releases, and this week the update that places ...

PCWorld explores methods to customize Windows 11’s interface to resemble the familiar Windows 10 design that many users prefer. Key modifications include moving the Start menu to the left, disabling ...

Restore Windows 11's redesigned context menus to their full, classic functionality. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As part of ...

Take back control of your PC’s Start menu and taskbar, whether you’re running Windows 10 or Windows 11. Microsoft has made a lot of changes to the Start menu and taskbar over the past few years. On ...

The taskbar is at the center of everything you do on Microsoft’s operating system—launching and closing apps, switching between windows, personalizing the desktop—and has been around in some form ...