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Windows 10 Start Menu

This may be a silly question, but from all of my searching I could not find the solution anywhere else. I have just recently began using windows 10, but I prefer the look of the windows 7 start menu which is what I've been using up until now. 

This first picture is one I found online of how I would like to have my start menu look:

But this is a picture of how my start menu currently looks: 

I don't care about any of the tiles, thats why I unpinned them, but what I do want is for the text to appear next to the folders I have pinned there (documents, downloads, pictures, etc.) My only guess is that it could be due a difference in Windows versions? Currently running Windows 10 Home edition.

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Your guess is correct. In previous Windows 10 builds, labels appeared next to the icons on the start menu.  So your first picture is from a previous build, your second picture is from a current build.  But you stated that you prefer the look of the Windows 7 start menu; have you looked at the free Classic Shell or the $5 Start10 download?  Either one would allow you to customize your start menu as you wish, and even return you to a very "Windows-7-ish" appearance.  Not endorsing them, but if you're not happy with your current start menu, you do have a few options.

RD

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Last updated November 19, 2023 Views 567 Applies to: