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Windows 11, Start button menu, make it show all apps by default
Reza_Ameri WOW! I am shocked you would even suggest a user might consider a third-party non-Microsoft application (potentially unsafe). For everyone reading this: Do NOT install a third-party non-Microsoft application to disable the Windows 11 Start Menu, and enable a Classic Start Menu (it is potentially unsafe).
So, at this time, Microsoft has made it essentially impossible for all Windows 11 users to select the normal conventional view of a complete list of all apps BY DEFAULT when Windows 11 start menu is opened each time.
Please note that the following simple registry edit (previously officially released by Microsoft) used to work perfectly for Windows 11 to disable the Windows 11 Start Menu, and enable the Classic Start Menu. But, it is also important to note that this registry edit NO LONGER WORKS for Windows 11 (Microsoft has disabled it from functioning in the current release of Windows 11 as of Dec 22, 2021):
[NO LONGER WORKS AS OF DEC 22, 2021]
Make Windows 11 Start Menu look like the Windows 10 Start Menu:
a. Open Registry Editor.
a. Locate and then click on the following subkey in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
b. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD (32-bit) Value.
c. Type "Start_ShowClassicMode" for the name of the DWORD Value, and then press ENTER.
d. Right-click Start_ShowClassicMode, and then click Modify.
e. Ensure Base is set to Hexadecimal, in the Value data box, type 1 , and then click OK.
f. Exit Registry Editor.
g. Restart computer.
[NO LONGER WORKS AS OF DEC 22, 2021]
OH NOOO
iT's poTEntiALly UnSAfE
don't take your GUI into your own hands or BAAAAAD THINGS MIGHT HAAAAPEN
Give me a break, dude. I mean dud. Yeesh.