If your Windows Start Menu resets to default every time you restart or shutdown ... There are multiple reasons why your Windows 11/10 device may keep resetting to factory defaults.

At this stage in the game, why is Microsoft making changes to Windows 10 that could throw a wrench in the works? To promote ...

As you can see above, the Start Menu returns to a Windows 10 layout with 'All apps' on the left and groups of pinned apps on the right. Instead of Live Tiles, we see the icons of the apps.

One of the better features of Windows 10's Start menu was accidentally removed in update KB5055518. Now it's back!

Windows doesn ... your choice of default browser and search engine. The launcher Microsoft bundles in PowerToys is much more respectful of user choice than the Start menu. Some modern desktop ...

This was not present in Windows 10. However, as we noted in our ... If you click on any of the search bar in the Start menu, it will default to Windows Search with a jittery animation.

If you are using Windows 11/10 and you want to rename Start Menu apps, here is what you need to do. Programs get added in Start Menu automatically after installation with the default name.

The default location of the Start menu button is the left bottom left ... which was carried over to Windows 10. The Windows keyboard key opens the Start menu or the Start screen.

Microsoft has silently fixed an issue that broke Start Menu jump lists for all apps on systems running Windows 10, version 22H2.