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Alternatively, you can configure the menu so it doesn’t respond to your activity at all. To do this, open the Start menu and go to Settings > Personalization.

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Windows adapts the Start menu based on your usage behavior, for example, by showing recently used programs and files. However, you can turn this feature off.