As it turned out, Microsoft is testing the idea of adding folders to the Recommended section in Windows 11’s Start menu, giving users access to more recently added applications and suggested files. The release notes do not mention the change, and enabling it requires a third-party app called ViVeTool.
I was forced to use Windows for a little while on a new laptop, and the current Start menu is an atrocious mess. Somehow I doubt adding folders to an already useless section of the Start menu is going to make it any less of a disaster.
The basic semantics are bad. I always think it must be offensive to users when their documents related to negative or traumatic life events inevitably appear in the “Recommended” section. Why not just call it Recents? Perhaps that doesn’t sound intelligent enough.