ExplorerPatcher

I'm on https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher to make 11 bearable, but it's a bit of a rough ride every time an update hits. First time ever I went through with a "donate" link on some software, that's how bad 11 is!

These changes are a pain but i have mostly achieved a copy of my Windows 10 setup which is much needed to stay productive! Getting the old right-click menu back is done through a registry setting. Reverting the taskbar back to Win10/2000 style for things like ungrouping of task bar items, items in multiple rows, items with titles and a quick launch area i use this: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

At least ExplorerPatcher still works, it is one of the first things I install on new systems. I wish it was included in Ninite: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

This open-source project fixes Windows 11 back to sane Windows 10 functionalites: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases

This tool [1] can solve all of your Windows 11 problems. I simply refuse to use windows 11 without the full right click context menu. This open source program does that, and much, much more. Smaller task bar, grouping/ungrouping icons. So glad I found this. [1] https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

I use ExplorerPatcher so that on W11, I can still have a button per open application: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher It also brings other Windows 10 UI paradigm's back in.

Highly recommend ExplorerPatcher: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher Allows you to move taskbar to side or top of screen, as well as retoring a number of other Windows 10 features (e.g. old-style context menus): https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/wiki/All-features

Another alternative (to get a usable taskbar back without grouping of icons etc.) is https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher.

Start menu classic for the start menu replacement, probably not that important, but I like how it works. For getting the start bar back to a windows 10ish state (essential): https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher Then there was just a key via regedit to restore the old right click menu: https://pureinfotech.com/bring-back-classic-context-menu-win...

i have a hunch, if we started putting the taskbar/menu buttons to the side, in mobile devices and apps, we would see late adoption by microsoft. the menu buttons on the bottom is what mobile has been doing for more than a decade i think what doesnt quite add up is: "When it comes to something like actually being able to move the taskbar to different locations on the screen, there's a number of challenges with that," said Roth (via Neowin). "When you think about having the taskbar on the right or the left, all of a sudden the reflow and the work that all of the apps have to do to be able to understand the environment is just huge." This didnt seem to be too much of an issue, previously, but something fundamental has changed, to make this a challenge >> i took a look around and found this: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher not sure

Some Windows 11 GUI customization tools: Start All Back https://www.startallback.com Explorer Patcher https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher Open Shell https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu

This article nails a lot of the issues with Windows 11. I bit the bullet and upgraded to Windows 11 late last year thinking it must be an improvement over Windows 10. It turned out to be a big step backwards. - Changing the default browser is a lot of work instead of a single click. - I can't move the task bar to the side, even though almost every monitor nowadays has much more horizontal space than vertical. - All apps are not readily accessible from the start menu; I have to click another button to get to them. - I have a 2-in-1 laptop, and turning it into tablet mode is wonky. - I can't choose to not have grouped buttons on the taskbar. - The context menus UX is horrible. Some context menu items are now two clicks away instead of one. Also what's with the excessive rounded corners and slim selection padding? - The stacked notifications

Until this boneheaded mistake is fixed, we have ExplorerPatcher: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher