14 DAY TRIAL // Making sure the Start menu works exactly as expected looks to be one of Microsoft’s top priorities these days, especially as this feature has been part of a major transformation with the release of Windows 11.
The Start menu is no longer living in the left lower corner of your Windows 11 device but is now centered on the taskbar as part of an approach inspired by Windows 10X.
The latest Windows 11 build that was shipped by Microsoft to users in the Windows Insider program brings a trio of extra refinements for the Start menu, including a fix for a bug that’s been driving some people out there nuts.
The Start menu’s search box should no longer flicker, and I’m pretty sure lots of users are eager to get this fix on their devices as soon as possible.
“Fixed an issue that was sometimes causing the search box in the top of Start to flicker. Mitigated an underlying issue where if you swiped to open the All apps list, sometimes it would think that you’d tapped one of the letter headers in the All apps list. Updated the context menu when right clicking a pinned app to say “Move to front” rather than “Move to top”, so it’s clearer what will happen,” Microsoft explains.
File Explorer improvements
The file manager is also getting some goodies as part of the latest build, including for the context menu and the command bar.
“Fixed a few cases where icons were missing next to entries in the context menu and command bar (for example, for the Next Desktop Background entry in the context menu if you right click the desktop while using a background slideshow). Made some small adjustments to some of the icons used in the context menu and command bar, including the copy icon. Folders whose only content is other folders will now show an icon with a slip of paper to indicate there is content inside the folder instead of an empty folder icon. Addressed an underlying issue that could cause File Explorer to crash when using the Group By option,” Microsoft revealed in the changelog.