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Microsoft’s latest Insider flight delivers one of the clearest usability overhauls Windows 11 has seen in years: a single, scrollable Start menu with new Category and Grid views, tighter Phone Link integration, an in-box command-line editor called Edit, and a packaging change for legacy .NET...

If you’ve spent hours arranging tiles on the Windows 10 Start menu, the prospect of losing that layout during a feature update is infuriating — but there’s a practical, built‑in way to export and later restore your Start layout on modern Windows 10 builds without relying on the old TileDataLayer...

Microsoft has started rolling the redesigned Start menu and a built-in command-line text editor to Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27965, bringing a scrollable, responsive Start that groups apps by category (or grid) and introducing Edit, a...

Microsoft has quietly returned the Start menu to a larger, scrollable surface in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27965 — a deliberate, iterative redesign that puts “All apps” on the top level, introduces Category and Grid browsing modes, and folds Phone Link into Start’s chrome, while also...

Microsoft has pushed a meaningful refresh into the Windows Insider Canary Channel with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27965 — introducing a redesigned, scrollable Start menu, bundling a new open‑source command‑line editor called Edit, and changing how .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is delivered to...

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Microsoft has quietly pushed a meaningful overhaul of the Windows 11 Start menu into Insider Preview Build 27965 on the Canary Channel, giving testers a single, scrollable Start surface with new browsing modes for installed apps, improved responsiveness for large displays, a built‑in Phone Link...

Microsoft has quietly moved critical phone controls into the heart of Windows 11’s user experience by embedding Phone Link directly into the Start menu, giving users one‑tap access to messages, calls, recent photos and device status without launching the standalone Phone Link app. This change...

Microsoft’s latest Insider flight, Windows 11 Build 27965 (Canary Channel), delivers the most substantial Start menu overhaul since Windows 11’s debut — a single, scrollable Start surface with new browsing modes, a responsive layout that adapts to screen size, and deeper Phone Link integration —...

Microsoft has rolled out Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27965 to the Canary Channel, bringing the long-teased, redesigned Start menu to early testers — and introducing a set of platform-level changes that matter beyond mere cosmetics, including a shift in how legacy .NET Framework 3.5 is...

Microsoft is testing a bolder, more flexible Start experience in Windows 11 with Insider Preview Build 27965 (Canary), while quietly rearranging a few legacy pieces of the platform and adding modern tooling for command-line users — changes that matter for everyday consumers, power users, and IT...

Windows 11’s long-suffering dark mode just stopped getting interrupted by glaring white copy and delete pop-ups, and the change makes File Explorer feel like a finished product instead of a patchwork of modern and legacy surfaces. Overview Microsoft’s latest Dev Channel Insider Preview build...

Microsoft has begun the phased rollout of the Windows 11 25H2 update, a streamlined “enablement package” that turns on features already present in recent builds, adds new AI-driven tools in File Explorer and search, refreshes the Start menu and lock‑screen widgets, introduces finer...

Microsoft’s Start menu may finally stop pulling web results into Edge and Bing by force — experimental flags discovered in Microsoft Edge Canary suggest Windows Search could soon open links in your system default browser and use your preferred default search engine instead of always routing...

I began using Windows 11 in beta in 2021 and, over several major releases, learned a handful of practical, time‑saving adjustments that turned the upgrade from “annoying compatibility shuffle” into a smoother daily driver — and those same five fixes are the heart of Tom’s Guide’s quick primer...

Microsoft’s 2025 Windows 11 feature update — version 25H2 — arrives as a careful, operationally minded release rather than a headline-grabbing rework: it’s an enablement package that flips on features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream, removes a few long‑deprecated tools, and resets...

Windows 11’s next annual refresh is officially on the doorstep: Microsoft’s 25H2 update has reached final pre-release builds and is being distributed to partners and insiders, but the real headline for many users may be the overhauled Start menu — a change already living, dormant, in Windows 11...

Microsoft has quietly begun testing a more integrated, surface-level approach to Account management in Windows 11 through the latest Insider builds (delivered as KB5065786), and the changes deserve attention from everyday users, power users, and IT administrators alike. These updates — visible...

Windhawk arrives as a surprisingly polished bridge between what Microsoft ships in Windows 11 and what many users actually want: a lightweight, open‑source mod platform that makes the Start menu, taskbar, File Explorer and other core UI elements genuinely customizable — and, in many cases...

Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot desktop app on Windows machines that already have Microsoft 365 desktop clients installed, a background rollout slated to start in early October and run into mid‑November 2025 — and while enterprise tenants can opt out, most...