This ensures that no Control Panel windows are opened, which is relevant for this workaround. Then, click the "Pin tiles to Windows 10 Start menu from File Explorer" option in Properties - Start menu.

The epic Windows 11 questline to dump the old Control Panel completely from Microsoft's desktop OS continues - but it's painfully slow progress.

Use tools, settings, and tricks to customize the Windows 11 Start menu to your own requirements. We show you how.

Replacing the Windows Start menu If you want to really get serious about Start menu customization, you can replace the built-in offering with something completely new.

Windows 11 build 22635.3785 landed on the beta channel recently. One nice feature is the ability to drag pinned apps from the Start menu to the taskbar to pin them there instead.