Type 'open shell' in the start menu to open 'Open-Shell Menu Settings'. The design of the start menu search screen at this time has also changed from that of Windows 11.

Copilot on Windows 11 is rolling out a new "Home" tab, which replaces the traditional 'chat-first' interface that we ...

Rolling out now to Windows 11 insiders, the revamped Start menu tries to address some of the many complaints about it.

While Windows 11 still doesn't let you manually resize the Start menu, this new iteration does automatically adjust based on the screen size.

Luckily for people like me, third-party applications like Open Shell will always come to the rescue. Because that's the nature of the (Windows) beast – whether Microsoft likes it or not.