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Start11 v2
Start11 v2 allows users to fully customize the Windows 10 and 11 Start menu experience with unique features, designs, and restore classic functionality from previous versions of Windows.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“To Disable Window Previews Thumbnails in Start11 v2 Press Win + R, type regedit, and press Enter. Go to this path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8 Create a String Value there named S11_HideTBPopups. Set its value to 1.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“An essential piece of software if you want a usable Start Menu in Windows 11. There is no free alternative that begins to match what this does, as I found out. I liked the Windows 10 menu where I could group all my graphics software together, my audio/video software together…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“I originally got this product to complete my windows 7/vista refurbish design on my copy of Windows 10 and while using it have had lots of problems. This program is at this point a buggy piece of legacy software. Given that it's stated purpose was to restore classic start menus,…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Start11 v 2.8 Released
Start11 v2.8 Changelog Released Date: 09/04/2026 Version UI: 2.8 File Version: 2.8.0.2 Changes Adds in support for the new Win11 26H2 taskbar updates to respect Windows settings. Positions are respect
Start11 v 2.74 Released
Start11 v2.74 Changelog Released Date: 07/28/2026 Version UI: 2.74 File Version: 2.7.4.0 Changes Fixes an issue with pinning to the taskbar for pinned menus etc on newer versions of Windows Addresses
Start11 v 2.72 Released
Start11 v2.72 Changelog Date: 06/01/2026 Version UI: 2.72 File Version: 2.7.2.0 Changes Addresses the issue with icons on secondary displays when to the left of the primary monitor and autohide is ena
Start11 2.7 Released
Start11 v2.7 Changelog Date: 04/22/2026 Version: UI: 2.7 File Version: 2.7.0.3 Changes Start Menu Resolved issue with Show recently installed apps not saving the setting for Windows 7/Modern styles wh
Start11 2.55 Released
Version UI: 2.55 Start11Config.exe: 2.5.5.4 Changes Resolves an issue with bad info in some control panel shortcuts (e.g. "Turn Windows features on and off"). Fixes an issue with taskbar thumbnail pop
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Utilities |
| Player tags | Utilities · Software · Singleplayer · Software Training · Game Development (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 / 11 Processor: Any Memory: 25 MB RAM Graphics: Any Storage: 50 MB available space