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Barbloki
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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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PJAngert005
Copper Contributor
Mar 06, 2023
Man, glad I have most of the apps I use most pinned to my taskbar - this start menu is BS.
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kitkat54
Copper Contributor
Apr 01, 2023

PJAngert005 - you actually highlighted just how absolutely stupid the new start menu is (at least in terms of not being able to change the behavior).

 

If I want to PIN an app there is already a thing called a TASKBAR for that.  I only ever use the start menu for the cases where I am looking for something that ISN'T pinned to my taskbar.  There is literally no use for "pinning" stuff in the start menu.  If I was going to pin it, it's in the taskbar already.  The pins in the start menu are a totally useless waste of space, and a waste of my time having to click a secondary button just to get the old default behavior which is what I ALWAYS want.  This is a classic example of some designer trying to make something look pretty for screen shots without even stopping to think for even 30 seconds about function and use cases.

 

(I am late to the party because I've stuck with 10 as long as possible, and only just now ended up with a device with 11 inflicted upon it.  Blah).

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