![]() ![]() Mostly the interface has been improved, although there are a few new useful features as well. Tweakers and those who fiddle with their system to do things like check memory usage or disable programs that run on startup will be pleased to see an improved Task Manager. Not a whole lot, but it’s nice to get folders back, at least. You can also refresh the Recommended area to give you the most up-to-date recommendations by right-clicking Recommended and selecting Refresh.Īnd that’s pretty much it for the Start menu. Start got a few more minor tweaks, such as being able to pin an app to the taskbar from the Start menu, rather than having to do that using All Apps - just right-click the app in Start you want to pin and choose Pin to taskbar from the menu that appears. You can now choose from one of three Start menu layouts. You can also now choose from three different Start menu layouts: The one you’re familiar with in Windows 11, which is the default one titled “More pins,” which adds extra rows for pinned apps and a smaller recommendations area and one titled “More recommendations,” which makes the recommendations area larger and eliminates a row of pinned apps. Instead, drag all the app icons out of it. You can’t directly delete a Start folder, though. You can keep adding apps to a folder at any time. ![]() The folder opens with your icons in it, and the text “Folder” at the top. (Note that the Start menu is a bit finicky about where exactly you need to drop the icon, so it may take you a shot or two to do it.) Drag more apps into that folder if you’d like. Both apps will now appear as small icons in an icon simply called Folder. There’s no obvious way to do it - although once you learn it, it’s a breeze to do:ĭrag one of the Start menu’s pinned icons onto the icon of an app you want to group it with. ![]() Unfortunately, Microsoft seemed to go out of its way to hide this feature. So you can, for example, group PowerPoint, a graphics program, and a video editor in the same folder so they’re easy to find when you create presentations. My favorite addition is the ability to create folders to organize your apps, as you could in Windows 10 - a feature that Microsoft unaccountably eliminated in Windows 11. This time there’s nothing major, though, only a few minor tweaks. At the same time, there’s no indication of when the feature will become available in Windows 11 version 22H2 (production).As with so many Windows feature updates, in this one Microsoft continues to fiddle with the Start menu. This new toggle is being tested in the preview builds and we don’t know when it will begin rolling out to all testers. Thankfully, Microsoft is not planning to change the functionality of Search in any way, so you could always use it to search for apps, documents, and pictures on the internet or the computer’s local storage. Of course, it goes without saying that Microsoft is messing around with unwanted taskbar features instead of bringing back the basic functionalities removed with Windows 11. A setting to change taskbar search design ![]() There are four new options in Settings > Personalization > Taskbar: Hide (this would simply remove the search feature from the taskbar), search icon only (a simple magnifying glass button), search box (a giant search bar), and search button (a button with a small search text). In the latest preview builds, Microsoft has finally started testing a feature that lets you switch between search designs for the taskbar. ![]()
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