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Post by George on Sept 23, 2023 15:58:39 GMT -5
Hi,
Today I finally allowed the Win11 update to my Win10 system to go ahead. It went fairly well, total time about 80 mins (including download) . One hiccup, Win11 failed on its initial re-boot and it said to try again. I checked and it turned out I hadn't updated all my drivers for Win10. I did that, restarted the Win11 install and it went fine. Just doing tweaks nowto adapt to Win11's new taskbar support. Everything so far is running just fine.
George
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Post by Stefan on Sept 25, 2023 10:24:50 GMT -5
Yes, Win-11 has some foibles.
I tried it with the Apple-like 'centred-Taskbar' look but it drove me crazy. At least MS provide an option to align the taskbar to the left, as that is where my muscle memory expects to find it. Alas, no such option for the Windows Explorer right-click menu. I do like the group of CUT/COPY/PASTE/DELETE/etc icons, but I'm taking some time to get used to the fact that they appear at the top or the bottom of the menu depending on where the menu it is on the screen. It reduces mouse movement, but still catches me out.
Windows-11 Explorer also has issues that plagued previous versions but were fixed in Win-10. It becomes incredibly S..L...O....W when accessing known network-drives which are offline. Only circumvention I've found thus far is to create a Desktop shortcut \\<servername>\<drive>\.... instead. Still looking for something better.
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Post by Robert on Sept 25, 2023 10:47:40 GMT -5
I knew there was a reason I didn't like W11. I bought a laptop that had it, and I have spent months (off and on) trying to make it work like W10. On my desktop, I have firmly resisted every MS attempt to upgrade. They can take my W10 away when they pry it from my cold, dead hands. Of course, I said that about W7 too. I am sorry to report that every Windows "improvement" rarely actually improves anything. Of course, MS will say "we improved performance and security" but that is no justification for changing the UI. I really hate it when they do that.
R
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Post by George on Sept 25, 2023 12:31:29 GMT -5
Biggest loss for me was that W11 dropped support for the QuickLaunch Bar. I had used True Launch Bar for years but it depended on being a User QuickLaunch bar. There was a fudge to allow it to continue, but it created a few anomalies itself, so I dropped it.
I've managed to figure out the new Start menu and get it organized better (it mimics the Chromebook Start very closely in operation).
Biggest problem is that creating a File Shortcut is an incredibly manual process, it's beyond me how MS can screw up such simple stuff.
As for Explorer, I gave up on it many, many years ago. I've used DOpus (Directory Opus) ever since - worth every penny. I think it's about $50-60 US or 40-50 GBP. It's very powerful and flexible, I have only used a small part of its capabilities.
George
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Post by Stefan on Sept 27, 2023 2:30:46 GMT -5
Further to me previous post .... Windows-11 Explorer also has issues that plagued previous versions but were fixed in Win-10.
It becomes incredibly S..L...O....W when accessing known network-drives which are offline.
Only circumvention I've found thus far is to create a Desktop shortcut \\<servername>\<drive>\.... instead. Still looking for something better. ... there would appear to be another way. Initial(!) results look promising... 1) Map the drive in Explorer as usual 2) Open REGEDIT3) Navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network\4) Open the key for the drive letter in question 5) Add a REG_DWORD entry called ProviderFlags with a value of 16) Reboot.
Regarding the Win-11 START menu...
It's difficult to pin icons where you want them as Win-11 always fills each 'row' with 6 icons.
You can't pin related apps' (e.g strogae apps, music apps, etc) icons in a row if there are less or more than 6. I had to drag related apps together, building 'folders' and pin those folders in the top row of the Start menu.
George, You can pin a file to the start menu like this... 1) Create a shortcut to the file 2) Copy/Move said shortcut to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\
3) Open START menu 4) Click <ALL APPS> 5) Locate the the shortcut's name in the alphabetical list 6) Right click the name and Pin to Start
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Post by George on Sept 27, 2023 10:12:05 GMT -5
Stefan: I've done it similarly. I've created folders whose contents basically match what I used to have as menus in True Launch Bar. It's OK, but launching anything takes 3 clicks - the Start Button, the folder button and finally the App Icon. At least they're all single clicks. With TLB it was - hover over the menu button (hover time customizable) - the menu popped up and click on the App Icon, sooo much easier. It would be nice if they could get it working properly, but with QuickLaunch gone I doubt it.
The file shortcut method. Exactly! What a crock! It should be a right click on the file and Sent to Start Menu. MS blew that one.
George
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