Here's how to shrink the giant Windows 11 Start menu and hide unwanted sections using the August 2026 optional update and ViVeTool commands.

In 2016, Microsoft made a decision everyone had been dreading – serving ads directly to your Windows 10 operating system. At first, it was only a lockscreen advertisement for "Rise of the Tomb Raider" ...

To remove the Recommended and All sections from the Windows 11 Start Menu, first disable Recommended items in Settings under Personalization > Start by turning off all recommendation toggles. To ...

Start Menu is an essential Windows 11 feature that allows users to launch apps, access Windows Settings, apply power options, and more. Basically, Windows users control their system through the Start ...

Windows 11 2026 Patch Tuesday brings a movable taskbar, resizable Start menu, and Bing-free Search. Here is what is new.

Windows 11 Build 28000.3079 brings a movable taskbar, Start menu sizing, faster Search, File Explorer improvements, and more.

Ads in Microsoft Windows’ Start menu are nothing new, and it’s no surprise that they’re coming to Windows 11. Microsoft has been testing ads in beta releases, and this week the update that places ...

Microsoft’s new Windows 11 Start menu redesign brings customization, Phone Link integration, and a cleaner, more connected user experience. Microsoft has finally begun rolling out a redesigned Start ...

In the upper area, you can define the general layout and control how many icons should appear in the Start menu. In the Start menu settings, you can use sliders to specify what Windows 11 should and ...

The moment you start using a new Windows PC, you might notice that the experience isn't quite as clean as you expected. There ...

Windows 11 has some interesting new features incoming based on the latest preview version of the operating system. As well-known leaker on X (formerly Twitter) Albacore noticed, in the fresh preview ...