What Changes Have You Made To Windows 11 To Make It More Like Windows 10?

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I didn't switch to Windows 10 until about 4 years ago as I liked Windows 7 and it was fine for what I needed it for.

This time around I've upgraded to Windows 11 and there are some things that are not for me.

So far I have changed the 'right click menu' as there were too many options on it.

I have also changed the default photo opener to Windows Photo Viewer as it loads faster and I can scroll through with the left and right arrows on the keyboard quicker when browsing my eBay item photos.

Not to mention the built in options to put the start menu back on the left.

I was wondering what changes others may have made to give it a better look and feel to suit them?
 
Start Menu back on the left, disabled using Print screen key to open screen capture (accessibility settings), restored right click context menus, restored Image Preview on the context menu for images (though it doesn't work in 11 as well as 10), bunch of other stuff I can't remember off the top of my head.
 
At first I moved the start menu back to the left, but then forgot to change it on one of my machines and left it in the middle. I got used to it in the end and moved all my machines back to the middle.
 
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Correction to my opening post - the photo viewer change is something I originally had to use in Windows 10 as it was also hidden in that.

I probably won't make too many other changes - I like a lot of stuff with it.

The one thing that a month in I still don't seem to be getting used to is... the "new" button which appears in any folder that I have open and is located exactly where the 'back' button used to be, so am finding that when navigating back and forth through folders I keep pressing the new button! - the back button is right above it, it is so simple, yet I keep getting caught out by it :cry:
 
Jim99 said:
Call me a cynic, but I remember people trying to make Vista more like XP, 8 more like 7, and now 11 more like 10.

It feels to me like it's easier to just roll with it and stop fighting the changes, but probably not a popular opinion!
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If it doesn't work for you it doesn't work for you "just roll with it" doesn't really cut it or it wouldn't be a problem in the first place.

Trying to make 8 more like 7 made sense - there is a reason a lot of people like a Windows 7 style start menu, etc. most people didn't try to make 10 like 8 but some do try to make it more like 7. I don't recall people trying to make Vista more like XP that much - more people trying to optimise some areas where Vista was a bit less than streamlined for basic operations - something 7 fixed.
 
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Jim99 said:
Call me a cynic, but I remember people trying to make Vista more like XP, 8 more like 7, and now 11 more like 10.

It feels to me like it's easier to just roll with it and stop fighting the changes, but probably not a popular opinion!
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They keep messing with the GUI and making it worse and less efficient to do anything.
 
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