Windows 11 is garbage

[Vertigo]

So, as per some earlier posts, I'm in the process of commissioning a new machine, on which my dual-boot of two Win 10 OSes are being replaced with Win 11

Been at this on and off for about a week now and have come to the inescapable conclusion that Windows 11 is just garbage.

So much stuff has been nerfed, unnecessarily tweaked or just plain broken compared to 10. It feels like 10 reached a good level of maturity and now Microsoft felt the need to just mess with stuff to produce something "new" in Windows 11.

My biggest gripe so far is the nerfed start menu and task bar which are far less functional than before.
Folder grouping is also driving me insane. In Windows 10 you could disable this, apply to all folders and it just stuck. This is utterly broken in Windows 11 and just keeps re-enabling itself.
Several things now take additional clicks/selections compared to 10 which is a retrograde step.
Some annoying notifications simply can't be disabled.

I'm sure a myriad more "features" will come out of the woodwork as I progress.
Frankly I'd much prefer to stay with 10 but that's not a long-term solution.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

It feels like 10 reached a good level of maturity

It would, it’s been out far longer than 11. When 11 reaches end of life everything more than likely be fixed and everything will be ok.

Just in time for 12 to drop and break everything all over again.

Every day that has gone by since windows 95 same stuff every cycle.

 

[throwaway4372]

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[CaNsA]

I miss my quicklaunch toolbar.

 

[Vertigo]

Ah sorry, didn't see the general Windows 11 thread. Mods feel free to move or delete my whinings

 

[Rroff]

Yeah very poor OS, you can tweak or use 3rd party software to fix a lot of it but then at the mercy of whether it'll be compatible with updates and/or have to faff around doing it all over again.

I'm still laughing sadly at how the Start Menu is such an abortion while functionally, but sadly not reusable in that way, the Widgets thing has everything to make a proper Start Menu.

Some absolute clowns working on the development of the OS.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

If people learn to use it stock and stop remembering how stuff used to be it gets better the more you use it. I leave stuff alone and is much better and just works.

 

[Drizmod]

The thing that annoys me a lot is the removal of "Show all system tray icons"

 

[Rroff]

If people learn to use it stock and stop remembering how stuff used to be it gets better the more you use it. I leave stuff alone and is much better and just works.

It really doesn't work like that.

 

[ED209]

I miss my quicklaunch toolbar.

Use file explorer patcher, this restored everything back to Windows 10 along with the quick launch

GitHub - valinet/ExplorerPatcher: This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows

This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows - valinet/ExplorerPatcher

github.com

 

[Silicon Si]

Windows 11 = Spyware are us!

 

[Vertigo]

The thing that annoys me a lot is the removal of "Show all system tray icons"

Yep, that's another one!

 

[Armageus]

Use file explorer patcher, this restored everything back to Windows 10 along with the quick launch

GitHub - valinet/ExplorerPatcher: This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows

This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows - valinet/ExplorerPatcher

github.com

Except on the occasions when updates break it, and you boot to no desktop
Happened twice to me with different updates before switching to StartAllBack

(But again it would be better if it wasn't just **** in the first place)

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Microsoft thought the design of their applications was confusing. So after trying three different design languages.

They've now introduced a fourth.

 

[Vertigo]

Except on the occasions when updates break it, and you boot to no desktop
Happened twice to me with different updates before switching to StartAllBack

(But again it would be better if it wasn't just **** in the first place)

Yeah, there are numerous aftermarket gadgets aimed at restoring missing functionality, especially around the Start menu and task bar, the problem is they're not 100% reliable and are more than likely to break as the OS is updated.

I even had a nightmare installing the damn OS today. I'm installing two totally separate OSes for dual-boot. Installed the first last week using a 21H2 ISO and then updated to 23H2 absolutely fine. Today, doing the exact same process, it totally refused to offer me the 23H2 update or even 22H2 so I was stuck on 21H1.
In the end I had to wipe it and download a fresh ISO of 23H2.

Utter garbage Microsoft.

 

[The_Arbiter]

The thing that annoys me a lot is the removal of "Show all system tray icons"

Every time i read a Win11 thread there's something else i learn about that i know i'll hate. I'm still not over the annoyance of Win10 search being a downgrade on 7.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

It really doesn't work like that.

Really it does. Just use it how it is don’t customise it.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Microsoft thought the design of their applications was confusing. So after trying three different design languages.

They've now introduced a fourth.

There will be more don’t worry about that.

 

[Murphy]

Really it does. Just use it how it is don’t customise it.

Tell Microsoft that.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Tell Microsoft that.

I don’t need to I use their stuff without messing about. It’s others on here that should just go work for Microsoft. They can fix the problems that comes out every month, every year, every decade.