14 DAY TRIAL // The opinions on whether the new Windows 11 Start menu looks and works well are still divided, but on the other hand, Microsoft is working around the clock on introducing additional polishing.
One of the most recent updates specifically aimed at the Start menu concerned folders. In the Windows Insider program, users can create app folders, and this is obviously something that makes so much sense and is a feature that should have been there from the very beginning.
In the latest Windows 11 preview build, Microsoft goes a step further and introduces a new option to allow users to name these folders.
Again, this is an option many people would have expected to find in Windows 11 out of the box, but it’s probably still better late than never.
The feature is only part of Windows 11 build 22579, but it shouldn’t take too long before it makes its way to production devices if no major problems are discovered.
Additional Start menu fixes in this build
“You can now name your folders of apps in Start. To name a folder, simply create a folder (which will have the default name of “Folder”), open it, click on “Edit name”, and type your folder name. Alternatively, use keyboard focus to open the folder then select the text box and start typing,” Microsoft explains.
The latest Windows 11 preview build also gets a bunch of Start menu fixes, including concerning animations.
“Fixed an issue where Start’s folders were still showing animations even if you had animation effects disabled. Mitigated an issue that was causing Start’s pinned and folders layouts to get reset to default after explorer.exe restarts. Addressed an underlying issue leading to a transparent line along the side of the Start menu when changing your display’s scale,” the company says in the release notes of the latest build.