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It's hard for me to emphasize just how much #Windows 11 is just a nasty lead paint coat over Windows 10. Still, I'll present you this nugget for your consideration: behind every round corner Windows 11 contextual menu, there's your good old square corner Windows 10 contextual menu with more options.

It isn't hidden, there's a contextual menu entry just to bring up the old menu! 🤯

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lucas
lucas  
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this is a prime example of "tell me you know your UI redesign sucks without telling me you know your UI redesign sucks"
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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Addendum: Here's a Microsoft Community answer about permanently restoring the "old" Windows 10 contextual menu in Windows 11:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/restore-old-right-click-context-menu-in-windows-11/a62e797c-eaf3-411b-aeec-e460e6e5a82a

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When Windows annoy me to the point I would need to enter " reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve"
to make it work as I want, then it means the time to install Linux on this machine is now...
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@:akko_angery: Kingu This isn't an option for me, what makes me upset about it is that Windows 10 was perfectly fine!
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I am curious, What are the things you need that only Microsoft provide?
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@:akko_angery: Kingu Most of my video game library was built against the Windows operating system. I know there are workarounds on Linux, and I'm glad they exist for the people who are using Linux on a daily basis, but they aren't for me.

As much as I enjoy it in a professional context, Linux doesn't have much on Windows in the "OS annoys me to the point I would need to enter an arbitrary command line" department.

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I don't understand the second part of your post 😞
Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@:akko_angery: Kingu What I mean is that Linux often needs several arbitrary command lines to be usable, even in the more UI-focused distributions. I don't think it's a non-starter issue, but it still more prevalent than in Windows.
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Andy H3
Andy H3  
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@Hypolite Petovan @:akko_angery: Kingu Maybe a decade or so ago that was the case. I think nowadays some distros proud themselves to easily pass the-grandma-test.
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This is not very true anymore, and when command are to be entered, they very rarely look like :

"HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32"

Andy H3
Andy H3  
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@Hypolite Petovan Have you ever tried these slimmed down Window's images made by enthusiasts/ community developers? I'm not sure what the legality is... I used some of them in the past to run inside a virtual machine. Massively reduced bloat and considerably less annoyance.
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Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@Andy H3 Thank you for the suggestion but no, I've only had very few problems with Windows given the time I've been using it, which doesn't really justify me investing time into potentially risky alternatives.
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silverwizard
silverwizard  
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@Hypolite Petovan every menu from every version of windows is probably buried inside windows

Bladerunner "I've seen things you wouldn't believe" clip here

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Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan  
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@silverwizard I've seen a video showing how deep the rabbit hole goes, and it almost goes all the way back to Windows 3.11 in the more obscure settings panels.
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Spencer
Spencer  
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I'd believe it.
Pinky Floyd
Pinky Floyd  
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i am happily consuming this content in win10...

it would be win2k if it weren't for marc andreesen and his bastardly https

nobody needs encryption.

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