Most of us use the Start menu to launch apps. We hit the Windows key, type a couple letters, and expect our PC to find what we need. When Windows can find a local match, it usually does. The problem ...

Microsoft has pushed a server-side fix for a known issue that broke the Windows Start Menu search feature on some Windows 11 23H2 devices. In a Windows release health update (WI1273488) seen by ...

Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his ...

Ever searched for a file in Windows and come up empty? Or waited way too long for results? You’re not alone. Many users find Windows Search frustrating and it really boils down to its default settings ...

If you open the Start menu, start typing, and Windows 11 stuffs your results with Bing links and “Search the web” suggestions, this guide shows you how to stop it and keep local-only results. The fix ...

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Editor's take: Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft has repeatedly mangled the tried-and-tested Start Menu paradigm – achieving absolutely nothing useful each time. Now, the AI and cloud corporation is ...