Posts under Start Menu tag.

How to customize Start Menu in Windows 10

The Start Menu is back in Windows 10, and does it look great! Not only is it good to look at, it is now super charged and lets you do a lot more. Let us have a look at some […]

Spencer: Classic Windows XP Start Menu for Windows 10/8

Windows 8 came with a few praises and many complaints, and the chief complaint was the missing Start menu and button. Although Microsoft released Windows 8.1 update on 17 October, bringing back the Start Button, it just takes users to […]

PSMenu: Portable Start Menu for Windows 10/8/7

Thanks to the Portable Start Menu that I have, most of my important tools and applications are always at a glance. Portable Start Menu, as the name explains is a portable freeware which helps you launch applications quickly from the […]

How to display your Preferred Folders in Windows 7 Start Menu

How do you replace the Music, Pictures, etc folders in Windows 7 Start Menu, with folders of your choice? When you open the Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP start menu, on its right side you will see some […]

Display XP style All Programs in Windows 7 Start Menu

If you are still one of those who prefer the All Programs in Start Menu the Windows XP way, where All Programs list used to expands out, instead of the Vista way, where the All Programs appeared in the Start […]

Start Menu 8: Add Start Menu & Button to Windows 8

Windows 8 might have received rave reviews for its super cool and touch optimized features but one user interface change brought it considerable amount of criticism – Start Screen. It had the classic Windows Start Menu missing! Many loyal Windows […]

StartW8: A free Windows 8 start menu replacement.

Want your start menu back in Windows 8. Well you might not have liked the modern UI or if you simply want both the start menu in your PC. We have already seen several freeware to add start menu to […]

Do you really need a Start Menu or Button for Windows 8?

When Microsoft first showed that it was no longer using the Start Button and Menu in its newest version of Windows OS – Windows 8, early testers labeled it as a major glitch & one of the most controversial decision ever […]

What happens when you Force Classic Start Menu in Windows 7 / 8?

There are many who prefer to use the Classic Start Menu in Windows 7, and prefer to use the Group Policy setting of Force Classic Start Menu to do so. The setting lies here: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\Force […]

Freeware to add Start Button & Menu to Windows 8

Windows 8 introduces the Start Screen instead of the traditional Start Menu, which most Windows users have been used too, for years and years! While most have liked the Start Screen, there are some who have not. We will discuss […]

Classic Shell: Customize Shell, Add Start Button, Start Menu to Windows 10/8

If you are using Windows 8, but missing the Start Menu and the Start Button, you might want to check out Classic Shell, which adds the start menu and several useful classic explorer’s features back to your Windows 10/8. TIP: […]

Start Orb Mover: Move your Start Button and Start Menu to different locations on your Taskbar

For as many years as long as one can remember – on websites, on blogs, on forums – users have been asking for and discussing a way to move the Start Orb – but without much success. There have been […]

Windows8 Start Menu gadget lets you switch between Windows 8 and 7 start menu

A few days back, we released our Metro UI Tweaker for Windows 8 which allowed you to tweak a few Metro UI settings in Windows 8. Now if you’d like to switch between the Windows 8 style start menu and […]

Disable Metro UI And Get Classic Windows 7 Styled Start Menu in Windows 8

While people are loving Windows 8, it may still take time however for people to get over Windows 7 and its classic start menu. They are loving Windows 8 and at the same time missing Windows 7 and its interface to which […]

Fix dead or broken links of System Folders on Windows 7 Start Menu

The Start Menu in Windows 7 or Windows Vista shows links to User folders like Pictures, Video, Music, Downloads or Documents folders. If you find that the links to these system folders, viz. Pictures, Download, Music, Video or Documents are dead or […]

Pin website shortcuts to Windows 7 Taskbar & Start Menu using IE, Chrome, Firefox

Internet Explorer, like Chrome and Firefox, has a feature, and that is, it lets you pin the shortcuts to your favorite websites easily to your Windows 7 taskbar or Start Menu. Pin website shortcut to Taskbar & Start Menu To […]

Change Windows 7 taskbar and start menu icons easily with 7Conifier

Do you enjoy customizing your Windows 7? Would you like to chnage your Windows 7 Start Menu and Taskbar icons in a click by applying select icons packages? 7Conifier will let you do so easily in a click!

Search unindexed libraries and network location files from Start Menu search box

By default, in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the search function, from the Start Menu search box, does not search libraries that are not indexed. Even if you do try, you will notice that search result does not […]

Clean Windows 7 Start Menu with Start Menu Cleaner

Start Menu Cleaner is a freeware utility, which cleans the start menu by removing un-needed empty shortcuts and folders.

The Case of The Jumping Windows 7 Start Menu

Well, the Windows 7 Start Menu, like all Windows start menu’s is fixed to the left side of the taskbar near the Start Button. Click on the Start Orb and the Start Menu pops up there itself, attached to the […]