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Barbloki
Brass Contributor
Oct 30, 2021

Windows 11, Start button menu, make it show all apps by default

I upgraded to Windows 11 this week and I don't like the new Start button menu.  I don't want "pinned" apps.  I want to see All Apps in a list like before.  Why don't we get the option to choose how w...
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Justin_Emlay
Copper Contributor
Jun 29, 2023
Middle of 2023 and this is still not resolved!

Also, ExplorerPatcher is a horrible suggestion. It causes lots of issues with explorer. Drag and drop issues, updating desktop issues, outright crashing explorer. All that nonsense went away once I removed it.
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kitkat54
Copper Contributor
Jun 29, 2023

 real awesome UI they have here for the start menu.</sarcasm>

it is just peak idiocy that no one stopped to think that they already had a taskbar that you could pin apps to, and that users would pin the things they wanted pinned to that so they didn’t need to click the start button at all for apps important enough to pin.  Literally the ONLY reason I’d EVER go to the start menu at all is to get a list of all apps.  DERP.

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    GavinH40
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 19, 2023

    To be honest I love loads of features that Windows 11 brings, except the fact that Microsoft in there infinite wisdom thought that having recommend or mostly used application list on the start menu was ever a good idea to have as default.

    Up until last week I was more than happy to have all my applications listed every time I opened the start menu but now Microsoft have gone and negated the registry key and now it doesn't work. Now I have to find another solution that forces Windows to do what I want, not what Microsoft has the amazing intuition (being sarcastic) of deciding people want. Having the option built into the Start menu settings would be something, but Microsoft likely would see this as a nauseous or unnecessary.

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    Justin_Emlay
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 29, 2023
    Agreed! Hitting the start key to be displayed with a completely blank window with nothing in it is subpar at best.

    I test drove Start11 today by StarDock and while it's certainly better and gives you the old 10 start menu exactly how I want it there are two major bugs. 1) When you click the Start Menu Button you still get the Win11 Start Menu. This is an actual bug, it's not supposed to do that. I notified support. Until they fix it though the only way to get the Win10 Start Menu is with the Win Key. Secondly, it can't properly handle the user image so in place of that you get a huge black dot. Bleh. With that said I'm not sure I want an entire extra program installed if it's not going to be just right.

    I also tried Open-Menu on Github and that takes the menu back TOO FAR.

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