Start Menu is an essential Windows 11 feature that allows users to launch apps, access Windows Settings, apply power options, and more. Basically, Windows users control their system through the Start ...

If your Windows 11 Start Menu search was acting weird for the past couple of days, Microsoft has finally acknowledged and fixed it via a server-side fix on April 8, 2026 (via Bleeping Computer).

This week a Microsoft senior official confirmed that the company is working to fix some of the most crucial UX/UI components on Windows 11, like the Settings app, File Explorer, and the Start menu.

What broke the Start Menu search in the first place? The culprit, quite ironically, was an update that was meant to make things better. It was a server-side Bing update designed to improve search ...