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 ARTICLES1It took less than two hours for Atomfall to make me question myself2Podcast: Nobody wants the Surface Laptop 73NVIDIA's new AI gaming tool is off to a rough start4College Football 25 is now on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate — Here’s how to play at no extra cost5AI might be a fad, with top firms risking billions on scaling
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
