If you'd like to test the new Windows 11 Start menu, with apps in recommended category folders and other helpful functionality, this is how you try it.

Microsoft is now allowing Windows 11 users to try a redesigned Start menu. Here are the details and how to enable it manually using the ViveTool.

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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.

How to replace the Windows 11 Start menu with a classic design Before you can change the Start menu design, you have to install the Open-Shell-Menu utility and then configure the settings.

Once downloaded and installed, navigate to the 'Windows 11 Start Menu Styler' mod, install it, and simply paste in the code for whichever custom layout you prefer from the included presets.

Microsoft has enabled Start menu ads in the optional KB5036980 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2.