New Windows 11 update is making the Start menu disappear for some users
Allegedly conflicting with the widgets bar
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Windows 11’s February feature update is causing issues for some users, where the Start menu disappears as soon as you hover over to it, thanks to a conflict with widgets trying to appear at the same time.
Theupdatebrought a preview option for Android apps on theMicrosoftStore, alongside dark mode in Notepad, the return of Windows Media Player, and more.
But there’s a growing number of users who are reporting issues with the Start menu, where it looks to be conflicting with the widgets in the Taskbar.
In our tests, we also found the same issue, while pressing the Windows key to keep the menu from disappearing, instead of using the mouse to click on the Start menu icon, seemed to fix the problem.
Analysis: a glaring bug that should have been fixed before release
It’s certainly a frustrating bug, and it raises the question of why wasn’t this fixed before the February update landed? The Taskbar and the Start menu have both seen polarizing changes sinceWindows 11was announced in June 2021.
This bug won’t help matters for - to have the Start menu disappear, especially when you want to quickly launch an app or a document, is going to frustrate many people.
But Microsoft is aware of the bug, according toWindows Latest, so we may not have to wait long for the next fix to arrive. But, in a time when a big change to a feature that’s been in Windows for almost thirty years is rendered useless because of a bug, it isn’t going to be a good advert for Windows 11.
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So the company has to act fast here and make sure that something like this doesn’t appear in the release update for all users in the future. But if you’re also experiencing the same or other issues, let Microsoft know in theFeedback Hub.
Daryl had been freelancing for 3 years before joining TechRadar, now reporting on everything software-related. In his spare time, he’s written a book, ‘The Making of Tomb Raider’. His second book, ‘50 Years of Boss Fights’, came out in 2024, with a third book coming in 2025. He also has a newsletter called ‘Springboard’. He’s usually found playing games old and new on his Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and MacBook Pro. If you have a story about an updated app, one that’s about to launch, or just anything Software-related, drop him a line.
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