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What you oughta know

Pinning apps to the Windows 11 Taskbar could soon be a bit easier.

X (formerly Twitter) user phantomofearth discovered the change and shared a video of the feature in action.

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You may soon be able to add apps to the Taskbar by dragging them from Windows Search.

The most recent Canary build of Windows 11 includes the option.

The feature is also rolling out to the Dev and Beta channels.

The change is an undocumented one, so it may be a while before it ships to Windows 11.

Windows 11 File Explorer Hero

Microsoft could also decide against ever rolling it out.

That same Windows update makes a controversial change to the Start menu as well.

It is possible, however, to disable that behavior.

Start11 option to use vertical taskbars on Windows 11.

The Taskbar on Windows 11 has been through quite a journey.

As a result, some features that were only used by a small subset of users were removed.

The company has also rolled out new features that make the element of Windows more useful.

Windows 11 Start menu

Perhaps those at Microsoft were busy catching up on all the announcements fromIFA 2024.

Despite the lack of new builds, Windows 11 Insiders gained some new features, even if unnoted.

The Windows 11 Start menu apps list.

Windows 11 Official

Windows 11 system features

Windows 11 battery usage

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