Left Sidebar on the Start Menu is collapsed showing just Icons

Please help spent hours googling, but just end up at customisation guides, which none mention the situation Iv'e made



to expand the icons and see names of folders I need click "expand" icon at top.



What have I done and how can I get it back to normal




Thanks..

Or is this how its now suppose to be?

You do know that is the Insider Edition of Windows 10 and not the release version? That is probably how the Anniversary Edition is going to be. If you want a different look Classic Shell is an option, but you loose the left click on the start button.

swarfega said:

Can you type in winver in the search bar please.

version 1607, looks like changes are part of next update then, not liking to be honest as cant see anyway hide All Apps, but I suppose other will prefer.

doh

bro67 said:

That is how it is supposed to be when you do not show All Apps. .

problem is it is Showing ALL apps would prefer them hidden as they was in 1st windows 10 start menu then, thought I chnaged something but must been the update

Go to Settings/Personalization/Start move the switch Use Start Full Screen to ON

@blueflash, welcome to tenforums.com! :)

Unfortunately there is no work around for what you wish in the latest Builds.
You could, however, set "MouseHoverTime" in the Registry to show a hover tip (1) in a fraction of a second, or
you could create shortcuts to those locations and add them to your Start Menu, (2)

(Also, eventually you begin memorizing which icon is which, in that list)