Reply to post: Re: Use Open Shell on Windows 10 (and I think 11)

The crime against humanity that is the modern OS desktop, and how to kill it

Antron Argaiv Silver badge
Linux

Re: Use Open Shell on Windows 10 (and I think 11)

Seconded.

Got a new Win10 lappy from work. Spent almost a day, turning off all MS's "helpful" cr@p and apps. Then, installed Classic Shell, and all my other fave apps (V41 rules) and turning off more "helpful" features that default to enabled (apparently, they haven't learned about defaulting autorun to off yet). And, then, all the cr@pware that comes with an HP laptop...my GOD! (and this was supposedly imaged by my company?)

Got it just the way I want it now, except for the periodic large blue boxes they pop up randomly when I'm trying to get something done, and require me to click their "got it" button. Apparently, they are "teaching tips", and they are seen as helpful, so there's no global way to shut them off.

Microsoft, having finally gotten Windows to the point where it's reliable enough to be usable, seems now to be working on making it as annoying impossible to use.

Dabbsy probably has something to say on the subject...

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