Not happy with the Windows 10 Start menu? Open Shell is a free Start menu alternative worth trying.

Instead, if you want to open multiple programs from your Start menu (without it closing each time you do so), there’s a little trick you can use. And it’s absurdly easy.

Again, click the Start button, right-click on the All Programs entry and select Open to open a second File Explorer window showing the shortcuts for programs installed for your own account (Figure G).

Evening All,I've a friends' computer with a strange issue.Problem: On the Vista Start Menu, under the "All Programs" 'switch' - the majority of the Program folders have disappeared. Even the ...

The Windows Start menu is the master index to everything in the computer. When programs are installed normally, their names and logos are placed in the "All Programs" menu (see below).

TTGSteve asked the Windows forum to recommend a good Start Menu program for Windows 8.

Using this trick, you can launch or open two or multiple apps from the Windows Start Menu. We also show you how to open multiple instances of an app.

Both the All Users and the individual user Start Menu -> All Programs folders. The unnamed computer icon is (on both OSes,) in the user folder, not the All Users folder.<BR><BR>Any ideas?