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In Windows, everything starts with the Start button and its Start menu. Whether you’re ready to blow up spaceships, do your taxes, or check your email, you start by clicking the Start button (shown in the margin) along the bottom edge of your screen: The Start menu leaps up with a list of your apps and programs, shown in Figure 2-5.

In theory, you spot the name or icon for your desired app or program and click it; the app launches, and you’re off to work. In reality, finding what you want on the Windows 11 Start menu can be a little more confusing, especially if you’ve grown accustomed to the Windows 10 Start menu.

In Windows 11, the Start menu contains the following four parts:

 Search box: This box lives across the top of the Start menu. Type what you’re searching for — a name of a file, folder, or even some words contained in that file — into the Search box, and Windows will try to find it, whether it’s on your PC or the internet.

 Pinned: Windows displays a selective list of “pinned” apps in this section. To see all your apps, click the All Apps icon in the section’s upper-right corner. I explain how to pin your own favorite apps here in this chapter’s “Adding or removing Start menu items” section.

 Recommended: Here, Windows lists your recently opened files, whether they be documents, photos, or videos.

 User Account name and Power: The Start menu’s bottom section lists your user account name. Opposite the name, the power button awaits. Click it to put your computer to sleep, restart it, or shut it down for the day.

FIGURE 2-5: The Start button is always the left-most icon on your taskbar, which lives along the bottom of the screen.

Try the following tricks to make the Start menu feel a little more like home:

 Keyboard fans can fetch the Start menu by pressing the key on their keyboard.

 To launch a program or app, or to retrieve a recently used file, click or tap its name or icon. The program leaps to the screen.

  If you are unable to spot your desired program or app listed on the Start menu, click the All Apps button that lives across from the word Pinned. The Start menu changes to show all your apps sorted alphabetically.

 On a touchscreen, navigate the Start menu with your finger: Tap an icon, and Windows launches the corresponding app or program.

The Start menu in Windows 11 looks quite different from the one found in previous versions of Windows. But it functions in a similar way: It lets you launch your programs and open your files.