The refreshed Windows 11 Start menu is more than a fresh coat of paint; In other words, whatever you want Windows to be, it can be. Even if you want Windows XP, as many still do.

Stardock's Start11 has finally come out of beta with the release of 1.0. The program also adds a way for Windows 10 users to make their taskbar and Start menu look a bit more Windows 11 if they want.

Stardock Software today debuts the 1.1 release of Start11, which allows you to tweak your Windows 11 taskbar and Start menu in ways the operating system does not.

Thanks to Stardock Software, however, you can have your Windows 8 cake and Start Menu too. The Start8 beta is a free download (it’ll be $5 when the final version ships) ...