In Windows, starting with Windows 95 and ending with Windows 7, the Start menu is a launching pad for all the applications and control panels in the computer. Application installation programs ...

This covers the Start menu in Windows 7. For the Windows 10 Start screens, see Win10 abc's and Win10 Start menu. The Windows Start menu is the master index to everything in the computer.

22621.4317.67.1 is now available on GitHub with fixes for the non-working Win X menu on certain Windows 11 builds, Start menu crashes when opening context menus, and other improvements.