If, after doing this, you want to cram more apps into each section of the Start menu-or add some more visual separation between sections-just head to Settings > Personalization > Start and enable “Show more tiles on Start.” This gives each section four columns instead of the usual three.
You can also make the Start menu taller by clicking and dragging up on the top edge. Give yourself more room to place your favorite app shortcuts by clicking the right edge of the Start menu, then dragging it out to the right. In Windows 10, I’ve never understood why the Start menu only takes up a sliver of the screen by default. To fully spread your windows, right-click on the taskbar, select “Taskbar settings,” and change “Combine taskbar buttons” to “Never.” Stretch out the Windows 10 Start menu That just adds more time and friction to the process of switching between windows, especially if you group web browsing tasks into separate windows like I do. This one might be a little contentious, but I’ve never liked the way Windows combines multiple windows from a single program behind one taskbar button.
