* *** WIN11_PROBLEMS TXT - 25 Jan 2023 16:01:10 - JGKNAUTH Design Retrogrades ------ ----------- 1) Win11 removed the ability to create a toolbar on the taskbar, so I cannot create my "X" popup with easy access to many facilities I use. See Windows_Use_Notes.htm#toolbars. 2) Windows borders are too skinny and cannot be visibly enlarged. This is an old problem, but it has been made worse in Win11 because File Explorer title bars have been removed, so cannot be highlighted with different colors to show the active/inactive status of the window. In Win11 you must now depend on the almost invisible border to see the active/inactive status of a window. 3) The Quick Access Toolbar has been deleted from File Explorer windows. 4) The ribbon has been deleted from File Explorer wondows. Once again we must search to see where old facilities have been moved (if they haven't been deleted completely). 5) Quick Actions has been removed from the facility that has replaced the Action Center. 6) Win-X now provides only Terminal (Powershell); it no longer allows Command Prompt. 7) It is now harder to specify default programs. Some Workarounds ---- ----------- 1) Poor format of Start menu and taskbar. ===> Start11 restores desirable formats. 2) Some frequently used items were moved from the context menu to a submenu (S-F10). ===> Registry patch restores old format: https://www.howtogeek.com/759449/how-to-get-full-context-menus-in-windows-11s-file-explorer/ 3) Windows does not remember windows placements and sizes. ===> Must use ShellFolderFix. Bugs ---- 1) Right-clicking on the titlebar of a File Explorer window and selecting "Move" produces the move crossbar icon, but dragging the icon doesn't move the window. Ditto if "Size" is selected. However Move/Size seem to work for non-folder windows. 2) Dragging an item to the taskbar no longer pins it to the taskbar or to File Explorer. "Pin to taskbar" is displayed, but that seems to be a lie. The item does not show up on the taskbar or in File Explorer's jump list or in Quick List. However selecting "Quick List" from an item's context menu does work. A workaround is to prefix the text "explorer " to the folder's location text in the Target field of a shortcut; then you can drag that shortcut to the taskbar. Poor. 3) Background colors, etc., cannot be changed on a CMD shortcut. The edit works in the shortcut, but when the CMD shortcut is doubleclicked, the resulting window still has the default configuration for colors, etc. 4) Personalizing the lock screen to show Windows Spotlight seems not to work reliably (hardly ever?). You just get the default blue wavey screen, either by timeout or by Windows-L to perform the lock.