On Windows 11, Microsoft is now allowing you to try the Start menu redesign. Here are the details and how to enable it manually using the ViveTool.

Windows 11’s Start menu is getting redesigned again — and it’s not bad The new design is bigger, cleaner, and finally allows you to actually turn off recommendations.

The Start Menu has been the central element in Microsoft Windows for nearly three decades. Though loved initially for its resourcefulness, the Menu went through some debatable — I call them ...

If Microsoft could make the Start menu more useful again, consider me intrigued. This new beta build also lets you turn off the Recommended section completely, listing your own apps in its place.

Back to basics: Microsoft tests overhauled Start menu in Windows 11 beta builds Redesigned Start menu would give users more control over what apps they see.

Microsoft shares its process (and discarded ideas) for redone Windows 11 Start menu Updated Start menu design is currently being tested in Windows Insider previews.