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 ARTICLES1Is it possible to play Monster Hunter Wilds before its Xbox and PC release?2Fortnite is the biggest competitor to any new video game, says analyst3Obsidian CEO says the developer has grown under Xbox Game Studios4Satya Nadella: AI agents need a "sandboxed" guarantee to power Fortune 500 companies5Microsoft's new Edge Add-ons site could draw users away from Chrome
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
