Start Menu missing "All" button?

Rozplay · 2026-06-16T12:03:29+0200

After just reinstalling with NTLite and doing some app pinning, here's my start menu:

As you can see, it's missing something that was present before I formatted (below):

The "All >" button to show all apps.

Is this something I accidentally disabled? I don't believe I did, but I can't see any options for it in start:

nuhi · 2026-06-16T12:13:18+0200

NTLite has recently added these options, check them first:

Settings: 'Start menu - All apps' enable/disable options
Settings: 'Start menu - All apps view mode' start menu tweak (Win11 24H2+)

Load C:\Windows and go to Settings to see these.

Rozplay · 2026-06-16T23:39:22+0200

You're a legend.

Unfortunately I've already installed Windows, but I was smart enough to save the XML I used - quoted it below, I searched and didn't find either of those strings, unless they're named something different?

If you're aware of what the registry key is, I could possibly fix it that way - assuming this is actually my fault and not just a windows visual update.

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tistou77 · 2026-06-16T23:49:36+0200

These options are not in your preset.
You can check in NTLite which option is applied for these two parameters.

Rozplay · 2026-06-16T23:55:05+0200

tistou77 said:
These options are not in your preset.
You can check in NTLite which option is applied for these two parameters.

View attachment 16074

Thanks for your wise insight.

Unfortunately I generally only re-install NTlite immediately prior to formatting - I'm OCD like that with programs I don't use long-term. Is there a way to adjust these settings within windows, or check them? Registry, group policy, etc?

tistou77 · 2026-06-17T00:13:05+0200

Rozplay said:
Is there a way to adjust these settings within windows, or check them? Registry, group policy, etc?

Directly with NTLite, you load Windows (Windows 11 Pro for me)

You have the same options as when you mount an image, except for those that are "specific" to the image.

Rozplay · 2026-06-17T00:16:13+0200

tistou77 said:
Directly with NTLite, you load Windows (Windows 11 Pro for me)

View attachment 16075

You have the same options as when you mount an image, except for those that are "specific" to the image.

Apologies, let me rephrase - is there a way to investigate this without using NTLite? As surely it's a setting or registry item in Windows itself somewhere

Start Menu missing "All" button?

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