start menu

Microsoft’s phased refresh of the Windows 11 Start menu is more than a cosmetic tweak — it’s a deliberate redesign that reframes how apps, files, and mobile content are discovered on the desktop, folding phone continuity directly into the primary launcher while giving users genuinely new layout...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview fundamentally reshapes the Start menu into a single, scrollable hub that promotes the All apps list to the main surface, adds two new browsing modes (Category and Grid), folds a Phone Link pane into the Start chrome, and ties Copilot and File Explorer more...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a long‑anticipated redesign of the Windows 11 Start menu, delivered as an optional, non‑security preview update (KB5067036) that introduces a single, scrollable Start surface, multiple “All apps” layout modes, deeper Phone Link integration, and more granular...

Microsoft’s long-running experiment with the Windows 11 Start menu has finally produced a visible, usable redesign — and the October 28, 2025 preview (KB5067036) makes it clear Microsoft is trying to fix the single biggest usability gripe users had with Windows 11: the split, click-heavy Start...

Microsoft’s optional October preview updates put a redesigned, scrollable Start menu and colorized battery indicators into Release Preview test builds, and they bundle a small but consequential set of security, reliability and enterprise-facing features — including a preview of a new...

Microsoft’s October preview for Windows 11 — shipped as KB5067036 and hitting Release Preview channels — delivers the most visible Start menu overhaul in years along with small but meaningful taskbar, File Explorer, and on-device AI changes: a single-scroll Start with Category and Grid views, a...

Microsoft’s redesigned Start menu for Windows 11 has started rolling out to users, bringing a fundamentally different way to reach apps, files, and mobile device content from the desktop — and it’s arriving as part of staged updates via Windows Update and the Windows Insider program. The update...

Microsoft has begun turning on a rebuilt Start menu for Windows 11, but the change is being delivered as a preview (KB5067036) with a staged, server‑gated rollout, so most users are better off waiting for the finished cumulative release unless they’re prepared to accept preview‑level risk...

Microsoft’s October Release Preview for Windows 11 — delivered as KB5067036 — is a significant, feature-rich preview that reshapes Start, tightens Copilot and File Explorer integration, refreshes power indicators, and fixes a number of long‑standing quality issues; the package is optional for...

Microsoft ha pubblicato un secondo aggiornamento cumulativo di ottobre 2025 per Windows 11: il pacchetto preview KB5067036 porta con sé una ridefinizione visibile del menu Start, nuove integrazioni di Copilot/“Click to Do”, miglioramenti significativi per l’accessibilità (tra cui la Fluid...

Microsoft has begun turning on a rebuilt Start menu for Windows 11 users via the October non‑security preview update (KB5067036), delivering a single, scrollable app surface, three new All apps view modes, deeper Phone Link integration, and several Taskbar and File Explorer refinements — but the...

After years of criticism over Windows 11’s original launcher, Microsoft has quietly delivered a genuinely improved Start menu — a single, scrollable surface with three All‑apps views, toggles to silence recommendations, and deeper Phone Link integration — and users who don’t want to wait for the...

Windows 10’s end-of-life has sharpened the upgrade conversation, and many users who moved to Windows 11 have found a handful of modernizations more irritating than helpful — especially the compact right‑click menu, the redesigned Start layout, Start search’s Bing integration, the growing...

Microsoft's latest preview update for Windows 11 — KB5067036 — delivers the most significant Start menu overhaul since the OS launched, promoting a single, scrollable, and more adaptive Start experience that Microsoft says will make app discovery faster and more intuitive for both tablet and...

Microsoft’s long-running experiment with the Windows 11 Start menu has finally produced a practical, much-improved design — and while Microsoft is rolling it out gradually via the October/November 2025 servicing preview (KB5067036), enthusiasts can get the new Start now if they’re willing to...

Microsoft’s Release Preview push for Windows 11 on October 28, 2025 is a feature‑rich, optional preview cumulative (KB5067036) that ships updated OS binaries for both the 24H2 and 25H2 servicing lanes while intentionally gating many visible features server‑side — meaning installing the package...

Microsoft has started rolling out the October 2025 non‑security preview for Windows 11 to the Release Preview channel: builds 26100.7015 (24H2) and 26200.7015 (25H2) are available now under KB5067036, bringing a sizable collection of user‑facing refinements — a redesigned Start menu, deeper...

In late summer 2015 Microsoft quietly acknowledged that Windows RT devices would not be upgraded to the full Windows 10 experience, but promised a small, targeted refresh — a September update that would bring an improved Start menu and a refreshed lock screen to Surface RT and Surface 2 owners...

Microsoft is rolling out the most consequential Start menu overhaul Windows 11 has seen since the OS launched — a reinvention that replaces the rigid two-pane layout with a single, scrollable launcher, adds Category and Grid views for app discovery, folds Phone Link into the Start surface, and...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider build delivers the most visible Start menu overhaul since the OS launched, promoting the All apps list to the main page, adding Category and Grid browsing modes, folding Phone Link into a collapsible Start pane, and pairing those changes with File Explorer...