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Just use Classic Shell and select the option "Hide App Shortcuts"
How to stop Start menu clutter
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With Open Shell/Classic Shell the Win 10 menu is likewise available via a configurable hotkey combo.
Win 7-like or add on XP features (columns cascading across screen or scrolling columns); configurable search.
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Once I got control of the Start Menu I became a big fan. I put frequent flyer apps in my Taskbar and less used in Start. I absolutely never seek out apps anywhere else.
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That's the nice thing about Classic/Open Shell - it's configurable to suit you. That includes its search- which of apps/files/web/start menu you want to search.
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You'll be lucky if Classic Shell survives. I am sure you know it's was abandoned a year ago. I realise that someone is trying to preserve it. How's it going?
What I was trying to say with StartIsBack++ is you don't even need keyboard shortcuts to switch between the two. It's just a mouse click.
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Open Shell is its currently maintained replacement. As you may know, there's a huge thread on the forum related to that.
In case it doesn't, does Startisback++ offer expanding columns across the screen? Put another way, how does it handle very large categorised (folders and subfolders) start menus?
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You can uninstall or unpin all the icons so you just have the left menu. You could also group icons in folders to organise them better.
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Posts : 11,062 Windows 10 Pro version 22H2 0n one desktop and running Window 11 Pro 22H2 on unsupported desktop Thread StarterNew #20
Apparently thee is an app called Open Shell in a thread but I cannot find it - anyone know where it is please?
Right now I just keep the Start menu trimmed down by either unpinning the default apps or uninstalling them.
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