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Windows 11 hasn't been out for very long but we already have a second version of it.

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It's called 22H2 for, you know, the second half of 2022.

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And there's no time like the present to give you a quick rundown of the most important new

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features. Let's start with how Microsoft is making the start menu work a little bit more

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like your phone, but in a way that actually makes sense for desktop users. You can now put

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application shortcuts in folders in the pin section of the start menu, similar to how grouping apps

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on your phone works. Just drag a couple of apps you've already pinned together and give the resulting

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folder a name. And if you still don't have enough space after leveraging the folder feature,

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22H2 also allows you to expand the number of pins. Or if you don't really care about pinned

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apps at all, you can instead choose to get more recommendations for frequently accessed files

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and apps compared to the default view. Moving on from the start menu,

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let's talk about a long-awaited feature that might be a source of confusion

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if you don't see it on your system yet. Tabs in File Explorer. A separate window for each

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folder on your system has been the Windows standard going all the way back to the operating

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system's very early days. But it looks like web browser style tabs will finally become a reality.

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If you don't have the feature yet, don't worry, it wasn't pushed out with the initial 22H2 release

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but is available on the Release Preview channel as of the time we filmed this video.

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Here's something that we used to have, but Microsoft took it away for some reason,

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dragging and dropping to the taskbar. Windows 10 allowed users to drag files onto an app on the

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taskbar to automatically open the file with that app. But for some reason, this functionality was

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taken away as part of Windows 11's UI revamp. The good news, though, is that taskbar drag and

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open has been restored in 22H2 thanks to community demand. Another controversial change Microsoft

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made in the original release of Windows 11 was trimming down the default context menu that

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appears when you right-click on a file or folder. Instead, they replaced it with a simplified menu

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that gets rid of descriptions of common tasks and replaces them with icons requiring you to make

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another click to reveal all the options actually available to you. In 22H2, that is still the

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default behavior, but at least it's easier to bring up the classic menu. Just hold down Shift

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while you right-click and you'll see it. It's hard to ignore this next new feature. Anytime you move

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an application window around, you're going to see a small drop-down from the top of the screen.

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If you drag the window up to that drop-down, you'll be able to snap that window to a certain

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part of the screen using several presets, making it a bit easier to get all of your Windows arranged

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exactly how you want them. But, lest you think all the changes in 22H2 are UI related,

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there's a big one coming under the hood to help you save time. Suggested actions. If you copy a

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phone number, a date, or a time, Windows will bring up a shortcuts menu that will prompt you to make

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a call, create a calendar event, or send out invites. And there are other changes as well,

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notably a volume slider that flies in and out to make the desktop experience feel more modern.

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But we don't have time to cover all of them here, so if we missed one of your favorites,

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let us know in the comments what new features we didn't mention that you enjoyed the most.

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After all, the name of the channel isn't TechLengthy.