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Windows 7 start menu settings1/13/2024 Move taskbar icons to the top of the screenĮven if you can move them back to the left, the Start menu and other taskbar icons can still only be located at the bottom of your screen by default. Just click and drag from the edge of the Start menu to increase or decrease its total area. Under ‘Advanced options’, you can also make it full-screen – that’s something Microsoft doesn’t currently offer in Windows 11. If you choose either the Windows 10 or Windows 11 styles, you also get access to another key feature – resizing. Click the drop-down menu for Windows 7 or Modern styles to choose between Compact, Grid or Compact Grid layout, or the settings cog next to each for more customisation options.Just select whichever one you’d like, then open the Start menu to preview it You’ll then be presented with the four styles.Click ‘Start Menu’ from the left pane, click the toggle next to ‘Use the Start11 Start Menu’ to turn it on.This can be filled with shortcuts to many of the most commonly uses stock apps: This is how you can expect it to look: Add shortcuts to stock appsīetween your name and the Power options button, you’ll a relatively large blank space. Click the toggles next to ‘Show recently added apps’, ‘Show the most used apps’ and ‘Show recently opened items in Start, Jump Lists, and File Explorer’ to turn them offīear in mind, this won’t delete Recommended from the Start menu entirely – you just won’t see anything within that section.Choose ‘Personalisation’, then ‘Start’ this time. If you’d rather remove the latter, the process is just as simple: In the left pane, click/tap on the arrow to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, then click/tap on Start Menu and Taskbar. Open the all users, specific users or groups, or all users except administrators Local Group Policy Editor for how you want this policy applied. Next to ‘Taskbar alignment’, click the drop-down and choose ‘Centre’īy default, the Start menu is split into ‘Pinned’ and ‘Recommended’ sections. Disable or Enable Recent Items in Local Group Policy Editor.Scroll down to ‘Taskbar behaviours’, then click it to display more options.Select ‘Personalisation’ from the left pane, then ‘Taskbar’ from the options that appear.If you’d prefer its usual placement on the left, here’s how it’s done: You’ll probably have noticed that Windows 11 shifts the Start menu (and other taskbar icons) to the centre of your screen. Change the Start menu’s location on the taskbar
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