An early look at certain new features that let you show recent website recommendations and turn off account-related notifications in the Start menu is available on Windows 11 build 23419.
Microsoft is currently testing (via @PhantomOfEarth) at least two options for the Start menu, including the Show websites from your browsing history and the Show account related notifications occasionally in Startoptions, if you have a device enrolled in the Dev Channel. When action is necessary, such as when applying an update, the second option allows or disables the orange badge notifications. The first option uses the Recommended section to recommend recent links.
ViveTool, a third-party tool developed by Rafael Rivera and Lucas on GitHub, can be used to activate the new feature on your PC if you want to get your hands dirty.
This tutorial will show you how to activate this new Windows 11 function.
Enable new Start menu settings on Windows 11
Follow these steps to activate the new settings control websites suggestions and badge notifications in the Start menu:
The website of OpenGitHub.
To activate the Dev Drive creation settings, download the ViveTool-vx.x.x.zip file.
To open the zip folder in File Explorer, double-click on it.
To extract all, click the button.
To extract, click the button.
Make a copy of the folder’s path.
LaunchStart.
Look up “Command Prompt,” then right-click on the first result and choose “Run as administrator.”
To access the ViveTool folder, type the following command and hit Enter:
Remember to update the path to the folder with your path in the command.
To enable the new settings to display suggestions for recent websites in Start, use the following command and hit Enter:
To enable the new settings to display suggestions for recent websites in Start, use the following command and hit Enter:
Restart the computer.
After completing the steps, you will see two new options on the Start settings page: Show websites from your browsing history, which uses the Recommended (For You) section to suggest recent links, and Show account related notifications occasionally, which disables the dot badge for updates and other notifications.
You can use the same steps to undo the changes if you change your mind, but in step 10, be sure to use the commands “vivetool /disable /id:42905461” and “vivetool /disable /id:41981645” before restarting the machine.