{"id":182477,"date":"2025-11-04T10:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/?p=182477"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:57:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:57:54","slug":"bring-back-original-start-menu-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/bring-back-original-start-menu-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to bring back original Start menu on Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"sum\">\n<li>To restore the original Windows 11 Start menu, open Command Prompt (admin), navigate to the ViveTool folder, and run the <code>vivetool \/disable \/id:47205210<\/code>\u00a0command.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/tag\/windows-11\">Windows 11<\/a>, you restore the previous version of the Start menu, and in this guide, I&#8217;ll show you the steps to complete this configuration.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has officially rolled out the <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/windows-11-new-start-menu-layout\/\">new Start menu design for Windows 11<\/a> with the release of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/kb5067036-windows-11-november-2025-update\/\">November 2025 Security Update<\/a>. The new menu combines the &#8220;Pinned&#8221; and &#8220;Recommended&#8221; sections with the &#8220;All&#8221; menu into a single scrollable experience that automatically adapts to screen size.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, you can change the view of the &#8220;All&#8221; section with three options, including category, grid, and list. Furthermore, this new design finally allows you to <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/remove-start-recommended-windows-11\/\">remove the &#8220;Recommended&#8221; section<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although this menu is meant to improve the experience over the previous design, if you don&#8217;t like the new Start menu, you can still disable it\u00a0manually using <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/vivetool-enable-hidden-features-windows-11\/\">ViveTool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"custom-related-posts-wrapper\"><span class=\"custom-related-posts-heading\">Related<\/span><div class=\"custom-related-posts-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/hide-all-apps-list-start-menu-windows-11\/\" class=\"custom-related-post-item\" data-umami-event=\"related_inpost_clicked\" data-umami-event-name=\"How to hide the All apps list in the Start menu on Windows 11\"><div class=\"custom-related-post-thumbnail\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/windows-11-hide-all-apps-startmenu-hero_.webp?fit=300%2C188&#038;quality=78&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"How to hide the All apps list in the Start menu on Windows 11\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><span class=\"custom-related-post-title\">How to hide the All apps list in the Start menu on Windows 11<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/enable-new-start-menu-windows-11\/\" class=\"custom-related-post-item\" data-umami-event=\"related_inpost_clicked\" data-umami-event-name=\"How to enable new Start menu on Windows 11\"><div class=\"custom-related-post-thumbnail\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vivetool-enabled-new-start-menu-windows-11-hero.webp?fit=300%2C188&#038;quality=78&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"How to enable new Start menu on Windows 11\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div><span class=\"custom-related-post-title\">How to enable new Start menu on Windows 11<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/section>\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/tag\/how-to\">guide<\/a>, I&#8217;ll outline the steps to disable the menu on Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2.<\/p>\n<div id=\"tip-box\"><span><strong>Warning:<\/strong> While this command works at the time of writing, the new Start menu will eventually be permanently part of the operating system, making it impossible to deactivate. These steps are meant as a temporary solution.<\/span><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"enable_new_startmenu\">Restore the original Start menu design on Windows 11<\/h2>\n<p>To bring back the original Start menu for Windows 11,\u00a0follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/thebookisclosed\/ViVe\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open the <strong>GitHub<\/strong> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Download the <strong>ViveTool-vx.x.x.zip<\/strong> file to restore the new Start menu design.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Double-click the zip folder to open it with File Explorer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <strong>Extract all<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-166373\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vivetool-zip-extract.webp?resize=827%2C673&#038;quality=78&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Extract ViveTool zip file\" width=\"827\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vivetool-zip-extract.webp?w=910&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 910w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vivetool-zip-extract.webp?resize=300%2C244&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vivetool-zip-extract.webp?resize=706%2C574&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/vivetool-zip-extract.webp?resize=150%2C122&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <strong>Extract<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Copy the path to the folder.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Open <strong>Start<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Search for <strong>Command Prompt<\/strong>, right-click the top result, and select <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/run-app-administrator-windows\/\">the <strong>Run as administrator<\/strong> option<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Type the following command to navigate to the ViveTool folder and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<pre>cd c:\\folder\\path\\ViveTool-v0.x.x<\/pre>\n<p>In the command, remember to change the path to the folder with your path.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Type the following command to disable the Start menu design on Windows 11 and press <strong>Enter<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<pre>vivetool \/disable \/id:47205210<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Restart the computer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once you complete the steps, the system will restore the original Start menu on Windows 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you don&#8217;t like the new Start menu, it&#8217;s still possible to restore the original design with these steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[97,19,2715,2576],"class_list":["post-182477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-windows","tag-difficulty-level-advanced","tag-how-to","tag-windows-11","tag-windows-help"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to bring back original Start menu on Windows 11 - Pureinfotech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To restore the original Start menu on Windows 11, open CMD (admin), and run the &quot;vivetool \/disable \/id:47205210&quot; 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