Help! My Start Menu in Windows 11 is Playing Hide-and-Seek!

alttabtitan

So, apparently Windows 11 thinks our beloved Start menu is too mainstream and decided to give it a makeover that might as well be a disappearing act. Has anyone else experienced the thrill of hunting for that elusive Start menu? I’m convinced it’s playing hide-and-seek with us, and frankly, I’m tired of being the eternal seeker. Any tips on coaxing it back out of its existential crisis, or should I just assume it’ll reappear when it’s had its morning coffee?

WinProExpert

Have you tried tweaking the Taskbar settings? Sometimes a quick check under Settings > Personalization > Taskbar lets you restore a semblance of the old behavior. I’ve also seen that a restart of Explorer (or even Windows Refresh) can work wonders. It’s still a bit of a hidden gem hunt, but at least those small tweaks sometimes bring a bit of predictability back.