Switch between the old and the new Start menu in Windows 10 Build 9926

Switch between the old and the new Start menu in Windows 10 Build 9926 -

In Windows 10 build 9978, Microsoft implemented a Start menu, which can be resized by the user and shown installed applications along with live tiles. In addition, the user is able to switch between the Start screen and the Start with a box menu box in the Taskbar Properties dialog box. However, in the recently released Windows 10 build 9926, it is again a new Start menu, formerly codenamed "Continuum." It replaces the previous version of the Start menu for now. In this article we will see how to switch between the old Start menu to the Start screen and the new "Continuum" from the Start menu.

Before you begin, you should know that the "Continuum" Start menu is activated by default intentionally. Microsoft wants you to test it. At the moment, it is very slow and buggy from the previous resizable menu. If you want to continue using the previous version of the Start menu in Windows 10 Build 9926, do the following:

1. Open the Registry Editor
2. Navigate to the following registry key :.

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER  Software  Microsoft  Windows  CurrentVersion  Explorer  Advanced 

   Tip :. See how to get to the desired registry key with one click

3. Create a new DWORD value named here EnableXamlStartMenu and leave his data 0. If you already have this value, just change its value data to 0. See the following screenshot:
   
4. Restart the Explorer shell.

You're done. Open the Start menu
Before :.

After

This will also restore the ability to switch between the Start screen and the Start menu through Taskbar Properties:

There.

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