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>>beezle+(OP)
Windows 11 was an absolute downgrade to my Windows 10 experience. To the point that I went back to windows 10 in less than a day of Windows 11.

1. I can't ungroup the taskbar windows. So now I have to hoover the taskbar to see multiple instances of the same software;

2. Who the hell thought it was a great idea to couple all the commands like WiFi, power energy, etc under the same menu? On Windows 11 I needed to click the WiFi icon, select WiFi menu, select a WiFi to connect to. Whereas on windows 10 I just click on the WiFi symbol and choose the WiFi. I don't like my computer auto connecting to the Internet so I manually connect whenever I want and use this menu multiple times a day.

3. Speaking of great ideas, now all the right click useful stuff is behind a second menu... Pure genius move.

I know I can hack my way around these issues but I don't see the point of installing sketchy software or messing registry hacks to fix this mess. I will use Windows 10 until its end of life.

>>arepub+qP
It's still Windows, we can tweak everything exactly how we want it.

https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

https://ramensoftware.com/7-taskbar-tweaker-on-windows-11-wi...

I've been using 7taskbar for years, it's rock solid. ExplorerPatcher is a new requirement, works great and adds tons of features.

>>medlaz+tR
Honestly, if you're going to modify Windows, why not just go Linux? Monkeypatching Windows into a good (useable?) OS seems like more effort for less return than just picking up a distro. The only advantage I've heard people claim for Windows is that "it just works." If it can't even meet your workflow, why bother?

>>cybern+vW1
I like Windows. Any hardware just works. Many linux distros are nice but none I tried could handle the diversity of devices as Windows. To get some things done you even need to recompile the kernel, something unheard of in Windows land.

I customize the heck out of Windows with couple of PowerShell scripts. So to get my own "distribution" I need no more then hour or two wait and almost zero effort starting from default ISO install.

I usually have:

1. Recursive windows updater (handles updates and restarts until no updates are available)

2. 50+ Chocolatey packages ( cinst git pwsh vscode docker-desktop dbeaver dngrep everything doublecmd copyq signal slack viber autohotkey premotem flameshot paint.net krita conemu googlechrome thunderbird foobar2000 ... )

3. Run debloater that removes junk services and apps, everything from start menu and taskbar. This also kills Windows Defender.

4. I run ShutupW10 with almost all settings enabled.

Its basically done from there. Many of those tools also download their own settings on first run, such as vscode getting my config and extensions.

Such Windows environment is as productive as any Linux one for me. The only thing I really miss is decent window manager like i3 on Linux.

>>majkin+IK4
> To get some things done you even need to recompile the kernel

What things?