Start Menu Celebrating 29 years of Windows 95 — How Microsoft's operating system evolved since the iconic Start menu was introduced Windows 95 introduced the iconic Start menu to the revolutionary taskbar, and Microsoft's OS influence is still felt 29 years later. Microsoft still has time to fix this hideous Start menu "update" The new category view in the Windows 11 Start menu needs more time in the oven. Microsoft veteran software engineer explains the development of the Start menu as a Windows 95 feature before it turned into a Windows 11 'billboard' A former Microsoft employee narrates how he wrote the Windows 95 Start menu. Latest about Start Menu Microsoft looking to bring back the Start Menu to Windows 8 in future update By Rich Edmonds published 9 December 13 Windows 8 Parallels 9 allows users to add-on a start menu to Windows 8 By Michael Archambault published 30 August 13 Lenovo Lenovo goes behind Microsoft's back – preinstalls "Pokki Start Menu" software By Michael Archambault published 23 August 13 Lenovo 1 2 3 4 Archives Get the Windows Central NewsletterAll the latest news, reviews, and guides for Windows and Xbox diehards.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1DOOM asks, "are you human" after years of us asking "will it play DOOM"2Valve has quietly removed Palworld's Steam Deck 'playable' status3This brand-new ergonomic desktop keyboard was designed by Microsoft — but you'll be paying a premium for it4Microsoft designer shares first look at 'dynamic wallpaper' plans for Windows 11 — but have they already been scrapped?5Google AI Studio boss says AGI will "look a lot like a product release" after Sam Altman claimed the benchmark would pass with surprisingly little societal impact
Microsoft looking to bring back the Start Menu to Windows 8 in future update By Rich Edmonds published 9 December 13
Parallels 9 allows users to add-on a start menu to Windows 8 By Michael Archambault published 30 August 13
Lenovo goes behind Microsoft's back – preinstalls "Pokki Start Menu" software By Michael Archambault published 23 August 13
