If Windows Explorer doesn’t restart automatically, you can also start it manually. To do that, press Win + R to open the Run dialog box, type explorer.exe, and hit Enter.

A free and open-source Start menu replacement Open-Shell is a popular Start menu replacement that allows you to go back in time and bring back the classic Start menu from Windows 7, XP, and even ...

Launch apps — and switch to windows, too: You can use this tool to find and launch apps just as you would from the Start menu, but you can also switch to open windows from right within it.

The Windows 10 jump list feature lets users quickly access recently opened files and tasks using the context menu when right-clicking an app's icon in the Start menu or the Windows taskbar.

Spotted by Windows Latest, it’s unclear why the recent file jump lists were removed from the Windows 10 Start menu, and Microsoft hasn’t mentioned making this move, so it’s possible that it ...

As Microsoft turns 50, we're looking at the Start menu's changes from its debut in Windows 95, passing through 98, ME, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11.