![]() ![]() They can't be freely placed, either, they are arranged in rows sort of like iOS. On Windows 11, I think you can only pin 18 items before having to scroll through them. The most common stuff I have pinned to the taskbar, but the Start menu has easily 80+ apps available at a glance. So, opening an app is just Windows key + click, even faster than typing in the search bar. It's laid out in a way that makes sense to me and I know where everything is. Since Windows 8, I've adopted an approach of pinning basically everything that I could need to the start menu. Not because of Live Tiles, that was a nifty feature but I never saw it used in a way that was "useful" other than maybe the weather app tile. I for one will miss the Windows 10 Start menu. You can launch it by hitting Windows + R and typing "regedit." Click Yes if prompted. The Search box does absolutely nothing when you click on it and the Taskview, in my experience, almost always crashes, causing icons even of open apps to disappear temporarily, so in other words, don't click it, or better yet, hide it, which we'll show you how to do.ġ. This taskbar looks and feels a little bit more like the Windows 10 taskbar and has a Search box and a Task View button. However, in order to get Open-Shell to use a Windows 10 Start button icon, you need to enable the classic taskbar in the Registry. ![]() If you've installed Start11 or StartAllBack, the programs will automatically enhance your taskbar with some options so we recommend that you skip this section. If you click on this, you will be shown the default Windows 11 Start menu and once you click the Start menu the next time, you will have the Windows 7 Start menu again.Another possibility is to uncheck Replace Start Button in Open-Shell's options menu and use the classic taskbar hack (see below) and then you'll get a clickable, Windows 10-style Start button. This is normal and when you click on the Start button, it will open the Windows 7 style Start menu.Īt the top of this new Start menu, you will see a button that says Start Menu (Windows). Then you will notice that the Open Shell Start button sits on top of the Windows 11 Start button. Then from the Taskbar behaviors section, change it from Center to Left. To get around this, you can go to the taskbar settings by right clicking on the taskbar and choosing Taskbar settings. You can actually use them both if you want to have both Start menu types on your computer. Once you click the OK button, you will then see that you have a Start button on the left side of the taskbar as well as the existing Windows 11 Start button in the center. If you have a particular image you would like to use, you can choose the Custom option. If you choose Aero, you will have shell looking button while the Classic option will have a rectangular button. Under this checkbox, you will have a few options as to how your Start button looks. One thing you will need to do is check the box that says Replace Start button to get the Windows 7 Start menu to appear on the left side of the taskbar. ![]() If you check the box that says Show all settings, you will see additional tabs that you can use to further customize the app. Then you will be able to choose the Windows 7 style Start menu as well as the Classic style if you like that look better. ![]() After you install Classic Shell, find the Open-Shell Menu Settings app and open it. Then go to the Releases section to get the latest version and download the. To install the Open Shell, first you will need to download it which is a quick and easy process. This start menu is better than what we had in Windows 10 (in my opinion), but still not as efficient as the Windows 7 style start menu, even though can still apply some customizations to it. When you click the Start button, you will see a search box, your pinned apps and recommended apps and documents based on your history. The Windows 11 Start menu is located in the middle of the taskbar even though you can move it to the left side of the taskbar. In this article, we will show you how to bring back the Windows 7 style start menu to Windows 11 using a free app called Open Shell (previously called Classic Shell). Even people who are still using Windows 10 prefer the Windows 7 style start menu. One thing many people do not like is the Windows 11 Start menu and wish it was more like the classic style Windows 7 Start menu. Now that Windows 11 has been out for some time, people are starting to take note of all the things they either like or don’t like about Microsoft’s latest operating system. ![]()
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