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ExplorerPatcher brings back the old Windows 10 Start menu that’s straightforward and actually useful. And if you were one of those people who liked live tiles, good news, you can have those back as ...

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Support for Windows 10 ends on Oct. 14, and not all PCs can be upgraded to Windows 11. Here's what you need to do.

Don't like Bing and Edge? Windows may soon let you launch Start menu links via your default browser and search engine ...

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