The Windows 10 start menu is one of the keys of the operating system, in addition to having been a great improvement over previous versions of it. Its design is better, it gives us access to great functions, and we also have the ability to customize many aspects of it. This is something that many users do not know, but that we are going to show next.
Thus, we will be able to modify aspects in this Windows 10 start menu to our liking. So that you can adjust it so that its use is more comfortable and simple for you on a day-to-day basis, which is something important in the experience of using our computer. Being able to do this is really simple.
The best thing is that we do not have to install anything, we can adjust everything on the computer itself. To do this, we are going to make use of the computer configuration, where we have the possibility to adjust these aspects. We go to the Windows 10 start menu and write there Start, and the startup configuration option will appear, which is the one we want.
Customize start menu
There we find a screen with various options, in addition to a menu in the left column, with which to be able to adjust various options of this Windows 10 start menu. We also have the possibility of adjusting aspects of the lock screen or the taskbar itself. Many customization options therefore.
On the screen we are on now, we find a series of options, to be able to customize the start menu. The options that come out are:
- Show more icons on startup: Thanks to this option we are going to expand the lateral extension of the menu, so that a greater number of icons will be placed on it in board mode.
- List of applications in the start menu: This option gives us the possibility to activate or deactivate the application area that appears in the start menu.
- Show recently added / used apps: Thanks to it, we will be able to configure that the applications that we use the most or those that we have recently installed appear at the top of the list. What would give us faster access to them.
- Use full screen startup: It is an ideal option for those who were followers of this start that we had in Windows 10, this way the menu is put in full screen on the computer. If you liked this option, we can activate it in this switch and so it will be displayed in full screen.
- Choose which folders appear on startup: We can even select which folders on our computer can appear in said menu, so that we will have faster access to them. We can include the Windows 10 folders that we use most frequently to make the process more comfortable.
Startup Settings
As we mentioned at the beginning, we have a left panel, where we find a series of additional options with which to customize this Windows 10 start menu. In each section of those that appear in that column, we will get options to be able to modify aspects that we want in it.
- Color: In this section we will be able to adjust the color we want the icons of the applications in the start menu to have. Also the colors that we are going to use in the operating system itself. All we have to do is select the color we want to use in the box that appears there with all the available colors. We can also adjust the transparency of the colors or icons.
- Themes: Allows us to change the theme, both in the start menu and on the screen. If there is one that interests us, we can change it easily.
- Fonts: A very simple way to change the fonts used on our Windows 10 computer. The system makes available a series of available fonts, in addition to being able to download others that we want.