Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Years with Windows 11

Re:Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Year... by pico303 on Saturday January 10, 2026 @12:26PM (#46567770)

I remember reading that even the Start menu is now a React app.

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Re:Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Year... by hshdhdhj4444 on Saturday January 10, 2026 @01:35PM (#46568568)

Apparently this is not entirely true. It’s just a section of the start menu that’s based on React/React Native.

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Re:Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Year... by zaruvi on Saturday January 10, 2026 @03:40PM (#46569708)

Regardless, at least a few of my colleagues using Windows have reported issues with the new start menu. It seems very slow, and sometimes you have to close & reopen it for content to appear.

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Re:Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Year... by lossyalgo on Saturday January 10, 2026 @04:50PM (#46570271)

Searching for things via the Start menu is also totally hit or miss, on 5 different PCs that I regularly use, especially trying to open "Add or Remove Programs" (as described in an earlier comment).

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Re:Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Year... by hshdhdhj4444 on Saturday January 10, 2026 @06:59PM (#46571263)

Oh completely agreed on the start menu being slower.

I don’t use it anymore. Fortunately since my windows usage is restricted only to work and I have an ultra wide monitor, I’m able to pin all the apps I need on the taskbar. With the Win + # shortcuts I can avoid the start menu completely.

In the past I didn’t use the taskbar at all and depended on Win + search entirely.

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Re:Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Year... by ziml77 on Saturday January 10, 2026 @12:28PM (#46567787)

React Native*

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