Don't forget they removed the start menu from Windows SERVER 2012 too, before they released Server 2012 R2 with the start menu, just like Windows 8.1.
It is still completely baffling to me, I know they would have focus tested it. Maybe it was an attempt to get rid of the old Windows MT control panel apps sooner, which it looks like Windows 11 is removing.
Don't forget they removed the start menu from Windows SERVER 2012 too, before they released Server 2012 R2 with the start menu, just like Windows 8.1.
It is still completely baffling to me, I know they would have focus tested it. Maybe it was an attempt to get rid of the old Windows MT control panel apps sooner, which it looks like Windows 11 is removing.