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| From | Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: ?Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu? |
| Date | 2025-04-13 08:03 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 4/13/2025 6:52 AM, Peter Johnson wrote: > An interesting technique > I have the apps that I use most often, less than 20, on the task bar, > and just use the start menu for those that I rarely use. > I do similar. Using Explorer Patcher to get the Quick Launch toolbar back, my links don't take up much room and they don't get mixed up with open windows, the way that "pinned" links do. Though with Win10/11, I also keep a few links on the Desktop. In Win32-bit I made an Explorer Bar with common shortcuts in every folder window. I don't have a 64-bit version, so I've ended up puting folder links in the corner of the Desktop going to System, AppData, Firefox profile folder, etc. I also have about 8 items on my SendTo menu that point to VBScripts, which copy a given item to two redundant backup folders. And I have shortcuts to all data partitions, so that I can easily just drop files into one partition or another. And I have a cluster of shortcuts that I need frequently, like regedit. One of the few actually useful items in Active Desktop was the configurable folder window, which was actually a webpage in IE. Folder.htt. The files/folders were a listview control set on the webpage. That allowed anyone to make their own Explorer Bar equivalent with little more than HTML, for a truly customizable Explorer. All of that was rarely used. Then it was later removed. But I used to have a number of shortcuts, allowing me to quickly bop around to commonly used folders.
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“Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2025-04-08 14:56 -0500
Re: “Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu” Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-04-09 10:45 -0400
Re: “Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu” "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-04-09 15:06 -0400
Re: “Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu” Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-04-09 22:23 +0200
Re: ?Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-04-12 12:25 -0700
Re: ?Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-04-13 08:21 +0200
Re: ?Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu? Peter Johnson <peter@parksidewood.nospam> - 2025-04-13 11:52 +0100
Re: ?Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-04-13 08:03 -0400
Re: ?Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-04-13 16:28 +0200
Re: ?Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-04-15 21:48 +1000
Re: ?Microsoft is finally fixing my biggest issues with the Windows 11 Start menu? Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-04-15 08:03 -0400
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