How to Enable New Windows 10 2004 Start Menu Now

Windows 10 will feature an improved start menu with transparency, new icons, and more. While not a significant change, it's just subtle enough to be a nice, modern improvement.

If you don't have Windows 10 Build 2004 with KB4568831 update, you can enable it by editing the registry. Usually, we'd add this to MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks, but eventually, the new Start Menu will be available to all.

You should back up your registry before proceeding.

The easiest way to enable the new Start Menu is to create a registry file.

1: Enable New Windows 10 2004 Start Menu With a Registry File

Open Notepad and copy and paste the following into Notepad:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\0\2093230218]
"EnabledState"=dword:00000002
"EnabledStateOptions"=dword:00000000

Save the file any name you like. We used Windows 10 2004 Start Menu.reg.

Double-click the new registry file, click Yes and Ok when prompted, and reboot.

2: Enable New Windows 10 2004 Start Menu by Editing the Registry

Open the Registry Editor.

Copy and paste Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\ into the address bar and make the following additions or changes:

Right-click on overrides and click on New > Key. Name it 0.

Right-click on 0 and click on New > Key. Name it 2093230218.

Right-click on 2093230218 and click on New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name it EnabledState with a Value Data of 2.

Right-click on 2093230218 and click on New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name it EnabledStateOptions with a Value Data of 0, which should be the default.

Reboot. If it didn't work, we suggest creating a registry file, as explained above. It's much simpler.

3: Disable New Windows 10 2004 Start Menu

Go back to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides and delete the 0 key.

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