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William_Holmes
Jan 18, 2026Brass Contributor
The New Start Menu Is a Perfect Example of Microsoft Forcing Unwanted “Features” on Users
I’m posting this because I’m beyond fed up with the direction Microsoft is taking with Windows, and the latest Start Menu redesign is really unwelcomed. Whoever decided to implement the new “All” sec...
PhilU115
Feb 20, 2026Copper Contributor
It's appalling. I've spent an hour (with Copilot) trying to get rid of these damned new "features" - tweaking Settings, the registry, Group policies, a custom StartMenu XML file - all to no avail. In the end Copilot "admitted" that nothing could be done about them. So.. come the morning (it's late here now) I'm looking for a third party app to replace it altogether.
MIcrosoft seem to be doing all they can to alienate their users.