The Windows upgrade I didn't know needed.

Microsoft veteran shares the internal codenames used during Windows 8 development.

Download Classic Shell to restore a familiar Windows experience with customizable menus, taskbar tweaks, and Explorer enhancements. Built for users who prefer classic shell start menu control, it ...

Khamosh Pathak is a freelance tech journalist with over 13 years of experience writing online. An accounting graduate, he turned his interest in writing and technology into a career. He holds a ...

Microsoft will finally let you move the Windows 11 taskbar. Changes to the taskbar are rolling out to Windows 11 insiders. Microsoft also promises several tweaks to the Start menu. Windows 11 users ...

When Windows 11 launched in 2021, we mostly liked its refreshed look—the rounded corners and menus with just a hint of translucency were a nice change from the flat colors and hard corners of the ...

Microsoft has finally brought back the resizable taskbar and Start menu to Windows 11 in the latest preview version rolling out to Insiders in the Experimental channel. Starting with Windows 11 ...

Generated with Google’s Nano Banana 2. Microsoft is testing Windows 11 taskbar and Start menu updates, including movable taskbar positions, cleaner Start controls, and compact layout options.

In 2022, when Windows 11 was in its infancy, the Feedback Hub was full of users complaining about the state of the Start menu and taskbar, particularly about changing where the taskbar appears. At ...

For those who miss what Windows looked like in 2009, Classic 7 is a heavily modified version of Windows 10 IoT LTSC, reworked to make it look as much as possible like Windows 7, while still being in ...

Windows 11 introduced a dramatically redesigned interface — centered taskbar icons, a simplified Start menu, a new context menu, and rounded window corners. While the look is clean and modern, many ...