Read on to find out how to resize your Windows 10’s Start menu in just a few moves.

How can I change the size of the Windows 10 Start menu?

1. Use your mouse

  1. Press the Windows key on your keyboard or click on the Start button on your taskbar.

  2. The Search menu window will open on the screen.

  3. Hover over the Start Menu’s borders with your mouse pointer until the double-sided arrow icon appears.

  4. Click on the edge of the window and drag it up, down or sideways, to change its size.

  5. When you finish, simply release your mouse. The changes to the Start menu will be automatically saved.

If you’re looking to resize your Windows 10’s Start menu, you need not look any further. You can make all the modifications directly from its window, by using your mouse. The Start menu can be resized in any way you want, and all you need to do is drag its edges to the desired location.

2. Tweak your Registry

There is another very easy tweak in the system and you can fix the Start menu resizable feature in Windows 10 in just five minutes of your time. For this solution, you will have to do some Registry modifications, as follows: If you can’t edit the Registry in order to apply this solution, check out our dedicated article to find out what to do. As a safety precaution, it is always a good idea to back up all your files and folders that you may need in case you get potential errors in the system. Also, for these changes to the registry editor, you will need to log in with your administrator account in order to be able to add a new DWORD to the system. At some point in time, it was impossible to resize the Start menu in Windows 10 with the traditional method previously mentioned. In a previous update of Windows 10, Microsoft disabled the resizable feature of the Start menu most users loved about the Windows operating systems. Therefore, editing the Registry was the only available solution. It can still be used in case you are using an older Windows 10 version and haven’t updated it. That’s all you have to do to configure your resizable Start menu in Windows 10. Feel free to use your preferred method. If you encountered any issues along the way in this tutorial, you can post a comment in the section below and I will help you as soon as possible.

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