Almost five years with Windows 11, and Microsoft has made several changes to the Start menu. But the core usability problems never got fixed. The oversized layout, the Recommended section taking up ...

Consumer sentiment for Windows 11 has been on a downward trajectory of late, at least if the reactions to Microsoft executives are any indicator. Although it's hard to quantify broad user sentiment, ...

Over the past few years, we’ve seen countless changes to the Windows 11 Start menu, including a brand-new “categories” view as well as the “companions” feature. But for some reason, there’s always ...

Microsoft has pushed a server-side fix for a known issue that broke the Windows Start Menu search feature on some Windows 11 23H2 devices. In a Windows release health update (WI1273488) seen by ...

Microsoft has acknowledged a serious issue with Windows 11 24H2 which it says can cause “multiple symptoms”. The problem has been around for a number of months now, and occurs when provisioning ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

Users of older versions of Windows 11 who have been experiencing problems with searching in the Start menu should notice that things are getting back to how they should be. Microsoft has started the ...

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

Microsoft wants to make the search function in the Windows 11 Start menu more predictable and accurate. Windows Latest reports that Microsoft’s design lead, Diego Baca, has confirmed that the company ...

Shekhar Vaidya is a veteran technology journalist and computer science engineer. He is the founder of TechLatest, where he has spent years providing technical analysis on hardware and Windows ...