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Windows 11 For Dummies
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Windows 11 For Dummies

by Andy Rathbone
November 2021
Beginner
464 pages
11h 49m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 2

Starting with the Start Menu

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Starting Windows

Bullet Signing in to Windows

Bullet Understanding the Start menu

Bullet Switching among apps

Bullet Seeing all your apps and programs

Bullet Customizing the Start menu

Bullet Turning off your computer

The Windows 11 Start menu doesn’t look much like the Start menu in older versions of Windows. Instead of living in the bottom-left corner, it lives in the bottom center of your screen. But although its position and design have changed, the Start menu’s basic mechanics remain the same.

Click the Start button, and the Start menu rises, listing the apps and programs installed on your PC. Click an app or program, and it leaps to the screen, ready for action.

In this chapter, I explain how to figure out this odd new Start menu. Whether you’re using a tablet or ...

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