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The Start Menu is the Windows menu introduced in Windows 95 as the default gateway to installed applications and the operating system.

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How can multiple tiles be removed at once, or by group, from the Start Menu?

The vast majority of the default Windows 10 start menu tiles (on the right side) are not needed. To remove them requires selecting each one and choosing Unpin from Start. (this is an image for ...
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Make the left pane of the Windows 10 start menu wider

The left pane in my Windows 10 start menu is too small. For example, I have the following two folder entries cut off: Microsoft SQL Server 20.. Microsoft SQL Server 20.. (I can hover on start menu ...
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Start menu won't automatically close after launching program on Windows 10

When I open Start menu and launch a program from it with a left click. It stays opened and doesn't automatically close like it used to. How can I fix this?
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Windows 10 Start Menu Search Indexing Fields (Filename only? Apparently not!)

So here's a question that I haven't been able to find the answer to anywhere: What field(s) does Windows 10 use to index files by whenever performing a start menu search? The obvious answer would be ...
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How can I add multiple Edge profile icons to the Windows 11 Start menu?

I use several Edge profiles and I'd like to add them to the Windows 11 Start menu. 'Pin to Start' puts them in the alphabetical list accessed using the 'All apps' button on the Start menu but I want ...
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How to prevent program from displaying in "recent opened programs" in Start menu?

In Windows 7 64Bit everytime I open a program it will be added to list in start menu as "recent opened programs" if not existed. if I open the same program again, its shortuct order in "recent opened ...
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Windows 10 Default Start Menu Layout Add Folder Icons

So I have worked out how to customize the windows 10 start menu and then use powershell to import it so default users or new users start menu is set using the following commands and editing ...
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Disable start menu when pressing the WIN key

I would like the start menu to not open when pressing the windows key on the keyboard. In my case I have a different program (Wox) that I would like to open with this shortcut. If possible, I would ...
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Cannot add items to start menu in Windows 10

I seem to be completely unable to add items to the start menu in Windows 10. If I right-click on a folder and choose "Pin to Start" nothing happens. If I drag and drop an item onto the start menu, ...
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How to fix Windows 10 app icons in the Start Menu

Some of my Windows apps in the Start Menu are showing up with another (legacy) application's icon--ACDSee's, to be specific. The apps all launch fine, they just have incorrect icons. Also, their icons ...
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Start Menu search is no longer functional and the Cortana (SearchUI.exe) process is using a lot of resources

Recently I moved my desktop PC to a new place and for some reason the Windows start menu search is no longer functional. I usually tap the Windows key and type to open up most programs. Now, after I ...
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Windows 10 instant search in Start menu doesn't work

Got a new PC on my work and Windows was preinstalled and configured. There is a lack of Windows menu search feature. I got used to push Windows button on a keyboard and then just type what I want. ...
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How to set a customized and editable start menu layout using PowerShell on Windows 10?

I'm trying to set a flexible initial start layout for new users by running a PowerShell script after setting up their accounts. I can't enforce this through group policies because it wouldn't allow ...
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The MS Edge browser icon has disappeared from the Taskbar but I can still use it

Under Windows 10 (obviously) the MS Edge browser icon has disappeared from the Taskbar. I can activate via an add-on in Firefox, so I can still use it. I can not reach it via Alt-Tab nor via the Task ...
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Windows 10 Start Menu - All apps Missing Icons

I am currently "troubled" by the fact that some icons that do appear in the right place in Windows Explorer are missing from the Start Menu in Windows 10. For example, I create a folder with 3 icons ...
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Start Menu in Windows 10 suddenly closes when right clicking on username

When you right click on your username in Windows 10, at least for me, the whole Start Menu suddenly closes (by either waiting around or moving your mouse around. you also can't click on anything) Why ...
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Most used items in Windows 10 start menu limited to 6

How do I make the start menu contain more than the 6 mostly used apps? When I remove one from the list, another is ready to appear, so there is some limit, but I cant find the setting?
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delay on opening start menu on windows 10 and also keyboard not working for search

i installed windows 10 couple of day ago (upgrade from 8.1) , from first day i had a problem that was , after working with pc about 2-3 hour when click on start button , the menu opened with 1 second ...
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How to change start menu location for Windows 7 Programs

I keep my start menu in Windows 7 very organized, but every time there's a program update available (Safari for example), the program recreates its shortcut icons in the default start menu location ...
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Is there a PowerShell, Batch, or VBS script that can automatically pin the recycle bin to the start menu?

The recycle bin doesn't show up when you type it into the start menu which seems incredibly moronic. I am able to create a shortcut and pin it to the start menu so it shows up, but I'd like to ...
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Windows 11 Start button and search menus unresponsive

Earlier, my taskbar was blank with no icons, Start menu or search bar. I went into regedit, to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell\Update\Packages, created ...
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How can I access Start Menu search functionality over RemoteApp?

I use RemoteApp on a daily basis for accessing remote applications using my local desktop window manager. This has worked very well for me, particularly while working from home during the current ...
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Lubuntu / LXDE with a weird left margin

I'm having an issue with My desktop manager (LXDE, with Lubuntu), Where the shortcut Super + left arrow key was supposed to put the current window against the left side of the screen, but leaves a ...
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Where is the option to disable web search in windows 10 start menu?

Windows 10 seems to have an annoying bug where it tries to do a web search every time I type something in the start menu search bar It's nice that it searches through the computer to try and find ...
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Windows 10 Start Menu won't let me type?

I have several Windows 10 computers that I use, but one of them, a laptop, won't let me type in the Start Menu; I really needed to be able to type fast yesterday and it wouldn't do anything for the ...
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Windows 10 1903 - All programs except for Windows Store apps removed from Start menu and All Programs menu

When I upgraded from Windows 1809 to 1903 all of the programs in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu and %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu were removed from my Start menu and All Programs ...
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Windows 10 start menu folder suddenly empty

I frequently use Windows PowerShell, and this morning when I went to start it by right-clicking on the start menu button and selecting "Windows PowerShell", I'm getting an error: "Windows cannot find ...
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How do I get the second panel back in Windows search?

I recently upgraded to Windows 10 Pro. Among other features I noticed that now when I search for things from the start menu like applications another panel that I wasn't seeing before appears. It's ...
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Windows 10 Start Menu Searches No Longer Show File Details

Just a day or two ago when I searched for a file or folder with the Windows 10 start menu it would come up with a double column panel of the search results. On the left it had a list of "matches" and ...
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How do I prevent folders from being removed in a Windows 10 Start Menu custom layout?

Following this tutorial, I used the following command to create a layout XML document of my Windows 10 Start Menu in PowerShell: Export-StartLayout -Path "C:\Users\$Env:USERNAME\Layout.xml" Here is ...
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Why does the order of application search results in the Windows 10 start menu change when adding more letters of their common prefix?

My question is best demonstrated through an example. I have both Visual Studio 2015 and Visual Studio 2017 installed and when I search with the query vi in the start menu, it finds them: However, to ...
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Start Menu icons broken after Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) install

I freshly installed Windows 10, and this is how the icons look on the Start Menu: Update: 04.05.2017 Today, the icons seem missing. I assume that issue got fixed by itself.
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Windows 10 - extend "right click menu" in start menu (instead of having the "More" sub-menu)

Right click on an item in the Start menu shows the "More" sub-menu that has some functionalities inside. How can I move these functionalities to the right click menu itself and remove the "More" sub-...
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Windows 10 doesn't include all programs in search

When searching on Windows 10, by clicking the win-key and start typing, not all programs can be found. E.g. I can find the VLC player by typing vlc. If I type ditto, it doesn't find anything, even ...
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Modifying context menus of start menu tiles in Windows 10

For example when you right click the Firefox tile you get following options: "New tab", "New Window", "Private Window". How can I modify this list and add new entries?
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How do I retain my Start menu the way it is through the Windows 10 Anniversary Update?

I had the Anniversary update (build 1607) for a few weeks. Today, I had to do a clean install of Windows 10, and the boot media I had was of a pre-1607 build of Windows. And holy bazookas the Start ...
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Win10 Jump List Missing Pinned & Frequent Files

The "File Explorer" object in my Win10 Start Menu no longer displays Pinned and Recent files and folders in its Jump List. I couldn't say what exactly caused the behaviour, but it's happened on ...
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White lines in windows start menu

I'm seeing white lines in the border of the windows 10 start menu when some programs are opened (like google chrome). Here is a screenshot of those annoying lines : You can see them in the bottom (...
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Windows 10 search & apps stop working when disabling firewall

After installing windows 10 on my new development PC, I joined my work domain (windows), disabled UAC and switched off my firewall. After that my start button had completely stopped working, no ...
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'All Programs' Shortcuts are missing

Using Windows 7, when I go to Start -> All Programs I can see the full structure and all of the shortcuts, but when I click on one, nothing happens. I navigated to: C:\Users\myusername\AppData\...
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Program (still) does not show up in windows 7 recent programs

I use Wunderlist (v2) a lot. I would like it to show up in my recent programs list on Windows 7, and I don't want to pin it to the top. But no matter how many times I run it, it does not show up on my ...
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How can I restore Start Menu behaviour when clicking folders? (default shell)

I was experimenting with default open handlers for folders (to use an alternative file manager), so messing with HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Folder, Drive and Directory I was able to change the default "shell"...
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Possible to make the Windows 8 start menu less fancy for VNC?

I use Windows 8 on a virtual machine through a VNC connection. The VNC server is integrated into VMWare so that even if I lose network connection on Windows 8, I can still access it. Overall, my ...
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How do I disable recommended section on Windows 11 start menu

I want to remove recent files in the start menu : I don't want to use the recommended section in the start menu in Windows 11. Is there a way to remove it? I tried changing a setting but that also ...
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Remove Start Menu Labels (Win10)

Apologies if this is the wrong site to post on, I was told Superuser was where questions about Windows belonged. I'm trying to find a setting or some console command that will remove the labels from ...
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One application (Steam) lagging when hitting “Enter” after searching on Windows Start menu

My question is similar to this one. I've noticed that my problem only happens with Steam (so far), there is a delay between me hitting Enter and Steam actually starting. The delay is not due to Steam ...
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How to refresh tiles icons from Windows 10 start menu?

The usual deletion of iconcache.db together with the content of that db (thumbnails) does not work. The icons of the shortcuts are visible and correct, but their tile appearance is wrong. When I ...
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Start Menu crashing after applying Intune-Policy - Windows 11

I am living in a domain environment as an admin. In the last few week a problem appeared which affects the functionality of the Windows 11 Start Menu. When usual-/non-admin user log on to their ...
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Change position of Start Menu in Windows 10 when Taskbar is on left edge

I am currently experimenting with stacked dual-monitor setup, and I find it most convenient when my taskbar is positioned on the left edge of the screen. However, in this case the start menu appears ...
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Can't search for any applications from the Windows Start Screen

I always used to be able to hit Windows key on my keyboard, have the Windows Start menu pop up, and then start typing an applications name and the application would pop up and I could run it. Now ...
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