Windows 11 blocks testers from using classic Windows 10 Start menu

Date:
Sun, 11 Jul 2021 10:20:13 +0000

Description:
A workaround to revert to the traditional Start menu has been removed from
the latest preview of Windows 11.

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Windows 11 has fully blocked the ability to switch back to the traditional Windows 10 Start menu in the latest preview build of the incoming OS, disappointing some testers in the process.

This isnt really surprising, because the ability to revert to the normal (left-aligned) Start menu was only present as a fudge as Toms Hardware
points out, you needed to go into the Registry and apply a workaround to do this. Windows 11 release date, news, and features We show you how to
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Remember, editing the Registry isnt normally recommended, and certainly not for those who arent confident about what theyre doing, because putting a foot wrong can potentially be seriously bad news for your system. That said, of course Windows 11 testers should be more tech-savvy types, but even so, messing in this way with beta software which can already be buggy by its very nature comes with its own caveats.

At any rate, with the new build 22000.65, Microsoft has changed Windows 11 so that this Registry tweak no longer works, and now theres no way to bring back the old Start menu for those who dont like Windows 11s fresh take on this
part of the UI. Testing times

Doing this makes sense with the preview build considering that Microsoft will doubtless want testers to be using the new Start menu and finding bugs or problems with that after all, thats the whole point of the Windows Insider program.

Its not clear whether with the final version of Windows 11, Microsoft could bring back an option to switch to a Windows 10-like Start menu, but that obviously remains to be seen. It would make sense in terms of tempting those who arent keen on the new menu which makes some controversial changes, including a central alignment, rather than the traditional left-sided one to make the switch and upgrade to Windows 11.

Obviously, we dont know what Microsoft will end up doing and feedback from testers (or indeed elsewhere online) will likely be a sizeable determining factor but even if there is no official setting to change the Start menu
away from the new configuration, therell doubtless be third-party apps from the likes of Stardock on hand to help those who want to turn back the UI clock.

Windows 11 will start rolling out late in 2021 and itll be a free upgrade
for Windows 10 users , or indeed for those on Windows 7 or 8.1 theoretically
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