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The Start Menu is the Windows menu introduced in Windows 95 as the default gateway to installed applications and the operating system.

On Windows the Start Menu is a customisable list of programs basically split into two main parts. One is the list of recently used programs and documents the other is hierarchical list of all installed programs and operating system components.

The Start Menu on Wikipedia

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How do I turn off Modern UI and get the old Start Menu back in Windows 8?

I just bought a new Windows 8 laptop, but I want to get rid of the new "Modern UI" Start Screen, and get the old Start Menu back. How do I do this?
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Where are ALL locations of Start Menu folders in Windows 10?

I am trying to fix start menu damage after windows 10 install. Currently, I removed all files from known locations of start menu files, but still have some entries in Start Menu. Here is the proof folders are empty: And here is the proof that I…
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Can't Pin Some Applications to Start Menu in Windows 10

When I right click on certain shortcut and click "Pin to Start Menu," it does not appear on my start menu. When I right click them again it still says "Pin to..." instead of "Unpin...". The thing is it works for most shortcuts, just not some random…
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Shortcut to batch file cannot be pinned to Win10 Start menu

Right-click on the batch file shortcut (as well as batch file itself). Context menu doesn't contain "Pin to Start" command. Is there any way to pin batch file to Windows 10 start menu?
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Increase the number of 'Most used' applications in Windows 10

How can I increase the number of applications which are displayed under 'Most used' from the default 6 apps?
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How do I restore the start menu after killing explorer.exe?

In Windows 7 64 bit, I killed explorer.exe, and then via the task manager do file->run "." This method has always caused the start menu to reappear, but right now it doesn't. After killing a rogue explorer.exe process, what's the best way to restore…
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How to fix missing icons in the taskbar and start menu?

I installed Visual Studio 2012 yesterday and during the install my path somehow got screwed up1. Since then, the icons for applications that are part of Windows are the default "unknown" icon, but other icons are fine. The applications that the…
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Icons not showing in windows 10 search

Searching for an application in windows returns a result but the icon is not displayed. In the attached screenshots you can see that the icon is displayed if a manually navigate to the file, but not after a search result. I have tried to tinker…
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How to remove all the tiles in the Windows 10 start menu?

A common problem I have is that I have a new PC that I'll be using for a while. And pretty much every Windows 10 PC I've used (even work PCs) have a ton of junk I don't want in the start menu in the form of a tile. I don't care much about the stuff…
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Blank start menu icons on Windows 10

My start menu icons look like this: I'm using Windows 10 from Windows 7. How can I make the normal icons appear (not just the shown generic blank icons)?
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Is "Recent Documents" no longer provided in Windows 10 Start Menu?

I can find recent items settings, but these seem to only let me see recent items opened on a per-app basis i.e. I can look at my Microsoft Word icon and see recent documents opened by Word. I can't see anywhere a simple "these are the last 10…
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How to shut down a Windows 8.1 Pro computer in remote session?

When you right click the Windows 8.1 "start" button, you get some options to quickly perform common tasks, e.g. to shut down, reboot, or put the computer to sleep. But when you're using the computer in a remote session, all of the shut down options…
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KDE: disable super_L (windows key) key shortcut as menu launcher

Where can I disable super_L key (windows key) opening KDE menu? Or where can I change this shortcut?
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Where do Start Menu\All Programs shortcuts reside?

What is the Windows 7 equivalent of each these Windows XP locations? C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\ C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\ C:\Documents and…
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Windows 10 Taskbar Icon Highlight Sticks

The problem is when, for some reason, I accidentally Right-Alt Right-clicked an icon in the taskbar. And that causes to freeze the highlighting on any icon that is selected from the taskbar. I managed to solve this by: 1* Right-click an icon on the…
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