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 1234Archives 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 ARTICLES1Forza Horizon 5's latest update encourages you to hide from everyone, which a lot of us do in real life already2These are the MUST-SEE announcements for Windows PCs, laptops, and gaming at IFA 20243"We had more than a million mods installed in less than 24 hours" — Baldur's Gate 3 players are having a blast with mod manager4Samsung hops on the Intel Core Ultra Series 2 train with Galaxy Book5 Pro 3605$2,000 per month for next-gen AI models? OpenAI could reportedly hike subscription prices amid bankruptcy claims: "That's a price point for an employee, not a chatbot. The only way it would make any sense is if it was legit AGI"
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