Solved "Most Used" apps not in start menu underneath the pinned apps

I have just noticed a minor problem that has probably been hanging around on my PC for some weeks now, and maybe since I did a completely
clean installation of Windows 11 a month or so ago.

Despite having Personalisation>Start>Show the Most Used Apps set to ON they do not appear under the pinned apps list. I can only see them if I perform another interaction and click on the "All" button at the top RHS of the menu , in which case the entire start menu is replaced with a scrollable list of all apps and the topmost six of them are the most used ones, appearing under the heading Most Used.

I have also used the Group Policy Editor to switch the corresponding options to supposedly enable the Most Used feature, but it makes no difference.

Now, I well appreciate that this is a minor problem, and just amounts to a matter of convenience, but I am pretty sure they used to appear directly under the pinned list.
Has anyone any comments?

Hello James,

Double check to make sure you also have Let Windows improve Start and search results by tracking app launches below turned on. It's required for Most Used apps.


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Hi Brink,
Thankyou for your reply.
I see that in the "Hide or Show Most Used Apps on Start Menu tutorial, the Most Used list only appears once the "All" button is pressed.
That is what appears for me - the 6 most often used apps appear at the top of the list.
I am probably wrong, but I thoight that the 'Most often used apps" would appear immediately on the start menu, under the pinned apps, just like the Recommended list.
Has this never been the case?
Anyway, the registry editing and Group Policy edits don't affect things for me, so I guess that the layout I want just isn't available, and I will have to make do with just clicking "All" and then selecting the app from the top 6.

jameswesthead said:

Hi Brink,
Thankyou for your reply.
I see that in the "Hide or Show Most Used Apps on Start Menu tutorial, the Most Used list only appears once the "All" button is pressed.
That is what appears for me - the 6 most often used apps appear at the top of the list.
I am probably wrong, but I thoight that the 'Most often used apps" would appear immediately on the start menu, under the pinned apps, just like the Recommended list.
Has this never been the case?
Anyway, the registry editing and Group Policy edits don't affect things for me, so I guess that the layout I want just isn't available, and I will have to make do with just clicking "All" and then selecting the app from the top 6.

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Maybe this is the Tutorial you're looking for?
Unfortunately, MS has added a whole bunch of useless stuff under "Recommended", besides just the... used Apps.




In every tutorial, there are "related tutorials" listed at the bottom of the first post in the tutorial you're looking at.
Many times, the tutorial you're looking for is in that "related tutorials" list.







Also, I gave you ten points just for filling out your computer specs.

@jameswesthead


Here's some other things that you may find useful...

jameswesthead said:

Hi Brink,
Thankyou for your reply.
I see that in the "Hide or Show Most Used Apps on Start Menu tutorial, the Most Used list only appears once the "All" button is pressed.
That is what appears for me - the 6 most often used apps appear at the top of the list.
I am probably wrong, but I thoight that the 'Most often used apps" would appear immediately on the start menu, under the pinned apps, just like the Recommended list.
Has this never been the case?
Anyway, the registry editing and Group Policy edits don't affect things for me, so I guess that the layout I want just isn't available, and I will have to make do with just clicking "All" and then selecting the app from the top 6.

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You can "Pin to Start" apps you use most often to make them easier to open, and you can group them into folders on Start if you like.

Thanks again. I appreciate your responses. I have used the grouping of apps (and websites) into folders in the Start Menu since I moved to Windows 11. I simply organise them alphabetically, which is probably not the best way - perhaps I should do it by function, or create a "most used" folder as well.

I'm glad that will work for you.