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>Isn't the main start menu already a quick launcher? That was my first thought as well. I haven't really used Windows all that much since Windows 7, but at lea
by ginko 2y ago
>Isn't the main start menu already a quick launcher?
That was my first thought as well. I haven't really used Windows all that much since Windows 7, but at least then I found the start menu to work a lot better than anything we have in Linux land.
Simply press <Win> and type out what you need, be it some application or a system setting you want to change.
- Semaphor 2y agoIt works as long as you previously configured it properly (by default it shows websearches), and don’t need many configuration options or features in general. For most users it’s enough, power users might want more.
- thereisnospork 2y agoThe functionality has sadly gone significantly downhill since Windows 7 - which I concur worked quite well, type 2-3 letters and press enter and the obvious thing usually launched. Nowadays mostly I just get a prompt to search something on Bing which will of course disregard my browser preference and launch edge. Not that I ever want the start menu to launch a search anyway...
- alisonatwork 2y agoThis (awful) behavior can be disabled with a one line registry tweak, after which Windows 10 and 11 start menus more or less work the same as in previous versions. Search for DisableSearchBoxSuggestions.