You can now unlock the NEW Windows 10 Start Menu on any PC!

Any Windows 10 user on the latest stable release can now unlock the updated Start Menu design. No preview program required! Doing this previously required being part of the preview program, but it now seems that it works without. Note, doing this will require some modifications to the registry. Although it works for me without any problems, you may still want to proceed at your own risk. The good part is that its very easy to set up. You can either do this manually, or you can download a .reg file that's provided below.

Before beginning, make sure you have updated to the latest version of Windows 10.

Easy Method

Download the zip here. It's safe, I promise. If you prefer not to download anything, follow the manual method below. Once downloaded, open up the zip and find the .reg file and run it. Click allow on all the prompts. Once completed, restart your computer and you should have a fresh new Start Menu.

Manual Method

Step 1:

On your keyboard press the Windows key and 'R' at the same time. After the run window pops up, type regedit and hit enter. Allow it to open. This will open the registry editor.

Step 2:

At the top of the window, paste

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides

Step 3:

Right-click in the Overrides key and hover over New and click Key. Name it 0 (yes, as in the number).

Step 4:

Make a new key within 0 and name it 2093230218

You should now have a structure that looks like this

Step 5:

Within that final key, right-click and click on New then DWORD. Name it EnabledState

Step 6:

Open up EnabledState and under Value Data, enter 2 then click OK

Step 7:

Create another new DWORD value as you did before, but this time call it EnabledStateOptions

Step 8:

Open up your newly created EnabledStateOptions value and type 0 if it isn't already, then click OK again.

You're done!

It should all look like this now. If everything looks good, restart your PC and you should see the new Start Menu

If this worked for you, let me know in the comments below! If you have any questions, you can leave them in the comments too.

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