Windows 10: No left hand start menu!

I am using the windows insider edition, and I would like to get rid of the start menu that the windows flag opens without tiles in it and have the tiles float on the desktop. Can this be done? Me

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Can't Pin to Left Side of Start Menu

Still an issue and no official MS response. At the very least MS ought to justify the rationale behind the decision to remove this functionality.

It is further confusing to find web pages that explain how it can be achieved, that the system still (at time of writing) provides some indication that it works, and yet nothing happens.

At time of writing when dragging a short-cut to the Start button, the "Pin to Start Menu" message is displayed, but dropping the short-cut appears to do nothing. In previous builds this pinned to the left-hand menu, hence the existing web references to this
functionality.

My suggestion would be to reinstate left menu pins OR allow a "list view" style for the right-hand menu (columns would be a nice option, so that screen width can be utilized).

 

Left-hand side start menu true customisation?


Classic shell allows this. (Oh, and it's free...). Also overcomes the limit to the number of shortcuts that amazingly still exists on the Win 10 start menu, which means many of my shortcuts present in Classic Shell exactly as they should be are not shown.

On the other hand, as you'll be aware, jump lists appear for shortcuts that are on hte LHS of Win 10's start menu.. but as you say, you can't pin things to the LHS of that. (I haven't found a way of altering the universal app shortcuts there either- one is misbehaving).

 

Left handed mouse when docked and right handed touchpad when undocked

Hi,

I realize that you want the left handed mouse when docked and right handed touchpad when undocked. I will try to help you with this issue.

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  What is the make and model of the computer?
  

You can configure the mouse settings for left hand and set the touchpad for normal use.

Follow these steps to configure the mouse settings:

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  Press Windows key + I to get the Settings screen.
  
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  Click on Devices and then click on Mouse and Touchpad.
  

Keep us informed to help you further.

Thank you.