Overview
- Insider reports say Microsoft is developing options to place the taskbar at the top, bottom, left, or right edge of the screen and to adjust its thickness.
- Engineers are reportedly focusing on making taskbar flyouts such as the Start menu, notifications, and other menus adapt correctly in new orientations.
- Microsoft has not confirmed the features, and the reported timeline remains tentative and dependent on successful internal testing and public betas.
- Separately, recent Windows 11 updates (24H2 and 25H2) changed the Start menu so the full app list appears by simply scrolling rather than clicking All Apps.
- The revised Start menu can display eight icons across on larger displays and lets users disable ads and recommendations, though manual resizing is still not available.