How to replace the Windows 11 Start menu with a classic design Before you can change the Start menu design, you have to install the Open-Shell-Menu utility and then configure the settings.

Rolling out now to Windows 11 insiders, the revamped Start menu tries to address some of the many complaints about it.

Luckily for people like me, third-party applications like Open Shell will always come to the rescue. Because that's the nature of the (Windows) beast – whether Microsoft likes it or not.