Now with the release of Windows 11, the most polarizing UI decision (by far) is the Start Menu. Microsoft decided to set a ‘new normal’ by re-designing the Start menu with a floating centered UI. It certainly gives Windows 11 a cleaner, modern look, but it also takes a while until you get accustomed to having your Start button in the middle of your screen. If you’re unhappy that Microsoft has decided to ditch the live tiles in favor of the pinned app icons and positioned the start menu in the center of the taskbar, I have good news – There is a way to switch back to the old Windows 10 Start menu even if you’ve already upgraded to Windows 11. There’s no UI option that will allow you to do this yet, so you’ll have to go through a simple registry hack via Registry Editor. But worry not! Even if you’re not technical at all, we’ll show you step by step how to enable the classic start menu on your Windows 11 installation.
Enabling the Classic Start menu in Windows 11
If you want to move it to the left-hand side (the same way it was on Windows 10), move down to the next step below.
Moving the Taskbar Icons to the Left in Windows 11
That’s it! If you went through all the steps above you have successfully transitioned back to the now ‘classic look of Windows 10’. If Microsoft’s redesign eventually grows on you, you can simply reverse engineer the steps above to revert all the adjustments that we previously did to bring the classic look back.
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