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When a talented concept designer reimagines Windows as a glossy, translucency-first OS, the result is visually striking — but the work of turning a mood board into a production-ready operating system is a far bigger engineering challenge than a nine‑minute video suggests. The AR 4789 “Windows...

Microsoft has quietly begun testing app promotions inside the Windows 11 Start menu, placing Microsoft Store recommendations directly into the Start menu’s Recommended area for select Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel — a move that is enabled by default, limited to U.S. Insiders, and...

Windows 12.2 Concept: Containers, Clarity, and a Glassy Future—What It Gets Right, What It Misses, and How Microsoft Could Make It Real Every few months, the Windows community rallies around a beautifully cut concept reel that reimagines the desktop we live in every day. The latest spark comes...

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Windows 11 25H2: Big AI Upgrades, a New Start Menu, and More Coming This Fall Microsoft is gearing up to release Windows 11 version 25H2 later this year, marking the next major update to Windows 11. The company has confirmed that 25H2 will launch in the second half of 2025, likely around the...

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Microsoft’s vision of the PC interface has always centered on the Start menu—a gateway to productivity, entertainment, and daily routines for over a billion users worldwide. With the Windows 11 25H2 update on the horizon, the Start menu is set to undergo one of its biggest changes in recent...

In a recent episode of the Windows Central Podcast, hosts Daniel Rubino and Zac Bowden delved into the challenges facing Windows 11, particularly in the realm of gaming handhelds. They highlighted how the shortcomings of initiatives like Windows Core OS and Windows CorePC have left Microsoft...

Although Windows has evolved into a sophisticated, feature-rich operating system, even its most recent versions can leave users searching for essential tools that remain inexplicably absent from the default installation. Windows 11, for all of its polish and productivity advances, still requires...

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Usually, for each program in the Start menu there was a list of recent files or frequent actions related to the program. Now this list is missing on my machine, no matter which program I have highlighted: Any help will be appreciated.

So, my Win10 Installation is pretty broken, but somehow still working... (I already used SFC /Scannow, it didn't do shit) (I want to know ways, without reinstalling Windows 10) Question: I have several problems with Windows 10, and I would like to know if there are any ways to scan and repair...

Greetings :) When I expand recent files in Notepad or Excel via startmenu and click the "Pin to this list" or "Unpin from this list" nothing happens. Interestingly, this is only the case for certain programs (Notepad and Excel so far) while others (Wordpad, Firefox, Paint.NET) have the correct...

*UPDATE - 12/05/2019* -- I rewrote the code to handle the appx package name changes. *UPDATE - 04/14/2019* -- I'm updated the code to make it more reliable and to simply the instructions This tutorial will help you reset the Start Menu if you are experiencing issues such as it won't load at...

Have you ever seen this? I do a clean install of 10162 from USB flash, on a Acer Aspire One (yes, a minimal system), remove all partitions and create a new one. Everything seems to go as expected, devices are installed, I select use Express settings, see the message “Even geduld” (One moment...

Hey guys new here. Anyways I want to find a way (if possible) to pin folders with shortcuts in them to some application i use frequently but just want to pin the folder to the menu not each individual app. I noticed how some shortcuts on the startmenu show an arrow. then when you click the arrow...

Situation: I have been running windows 7 Beta RC build 7100 for half a year now with only one small problem, the network stopped working. Only way to fix it was to reboot and it worked perfectly again. Might have been the new Kaspersky that caused that. It would not happen for days and then a...

I'm looking to add custum link to custum directories into the right side of my startmenu. Can someone help me out on this one ? Thanks a lot. see the attachement if you don't know what i mean.

I upgraded from vista.... and the aero theme is active as u can see the transparent bars. Heres some screen shots... Link Removed Link Removed