This guide covers four top Windows 11 Start menu replacement apps: Start11, StartAllBack, Open Shell Menu, and Flow Launcher. These apps offer a range of customization options, from classic ...

If you’ve got a set number of apps that you use every day, or every time you switch your PC on, you may as well set them all to open on startup. That way you’ll save a heap of time opening them ...

Once you download and install Open-Shell from GitHub (linked below), your Start menu will automatically change to the Windows 7 style, and it looks pretty spot-on from what you might remember.

If you’re looking for a free alternative, I recommend the open-source Open-Shell. It’s based on the code from Classic Shell, an older Start menu replacement for Windows.

With the Terminal, Windows has a common interface for Powershell, Command Prompt, and Azure Cloud Shell. This allows you to start the terminal directly with the command prompt.