The taskbar/Start menu search in Windows 11 helps you search for files and installed apps. When you search via the taskbar or Start menu, it also shows web and Microsoft Store results. For instance, if you search for an app that isn’t installed on your PC but is available in the Microsoft Store, the search […]

The Windows 11 Start menu displays pinned apps at the top, recent files in the middle, and all installed apps at the bottom. The Recent section (previously called Recommended), depending on the screen and Start menu size, shows up to six recent files in the list. The problem with the recent files in the Start […]

The redesigned Windows 11 Start menu shows pinned apps at the top, recent files in the middle, and then the all apps list at the bottom. So, in the new Start menu, the all apps list appears on the home page of the Start menu, and users do not need to perform multiple clicks to […]

With default installation settings, Windows 11 shows your user account name and user account picture in several places. The login screen, the bottom of the Start menu, Control Panel, and the left pane of the Settings app are a few places where the user profile picture and name appear. While using your Windows 11 PC, […]

Towards the end of 2025, about a year ago, Microsoft introduced a redesigned single-page Start menu in Windows 11. The new Start menu shows all apps list right on the home page of the Start menu and is more customizable. Additionally, the new Start menu is considerably larger than the old Start menu. The problem […]

With default installation settings, all web browsers installed on Windows 11 PCs save downloaded files to the Downloads folder. Because of this, the Downloads folder is one of the most frequently accessed locations on a Windows 11 PC. While there are several ways to open the Downloads folder, users who need to access it frequently […]

While all PC users know how to open and close the Start menu, what most users do not know is that there are multiple ways out there to open and close the Start menu. In one of our previous articles, we talked about all the ways out there to open the Start menu in Windows […]

The Recommended section in the Windows 11 Start menu has been in the news since Windows 11’s launch in 2021. The Recommended section, as you know, displays most recently installed apps and recently accessed files. Because users use the Start menu to find and launch apps, most users do not prefer seeing recent files in […]

The original Windows 11 Start menu, the one shipped with Windows 11 back in 2021, was missing several features. One of them was the ability to show all installed apps in the Start menu without clicking additional buttons. Thankfully, the new Start menu available in recent versions of Windows 11 allows users to show the […]