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Re: Did Microsoft just add back the missing Windows 10 taskbar start (foldout) menu to Windows 11?

From Big Al <alan@invalid.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.microsoft.windows, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Did Microsoft just add back the missing Windows 10 taskbar start (foldout) menu to Windows 11?
Date 2024-07-28 08:52 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <v85ev4$3ua32$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <v843cm$m06$1@news.chmurka.net> <psubtm8i07ds$.dlg@v.nguard.lh>

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On 7/28/24 04:01 AM, VanguardLH wrote:
> Notes:
> - Topic is not related to Windows 10 to which the OP cross-posted.
>    alt.comp.os.windows-10 newsgroup was removed in my reply.
> - alt.comp.microsoft.windows is not peered to my Usenet server, but is
>    available on other servers, so I left it in the Newsgroups header.
> 
> Jan K. <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> wrote:
> 
>> I've been holding back on my Windows 10->11 upgrade mainly because MS
>> removed the cascade pullout hierarchical accordion menu in Windows 11.
>>
>> But does this news today imply that Microsoft is mending their errors?
>>
>> Shock move by Microsoft:
>> Company actually makes Windows 11 better with taskbar improvements
>> https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/shock-move-by-microsoft-company-actually-makes-windows-11-better-with-taskbar-improvements
> 
> I don't see the change mentioned in the article that you describe
> (cascade pullout hierarchical accordion Start Menu).
> 
> If you want the Win10 Start Menu style, follow the video below on a
> registry hack to change the style of the Start Menu:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcxAwNcm2lo
> 
> Besides tweaks already included in Windows 11 to modify the Taskbar's
> style, like moving from center to left side, there are many 3rd-party
> tools to provide an alternative Start Menu, like:
> 
> Stardock's Start11
> OpenShell
> StartAllBack
> Start Menu X
Like the ClassicMode menu.  It looks like Windows 8.1 IIRC, been too many years though.

As for the OP, all I saw about a 'pull out' was the mention of hovering over a toolbar icon and 
having the jump list popup without having to click on it.
-- 
Linux Mint 21.3, Cinnamon 6.0.4,  Kernel 5.15.0-117-generic
Al

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Did Microsoft just add back the missing Windows 10 taskbar start (foldout) menu to Windows 11? "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2024-07-28 02:29 +0200
  Re: Did Microsoft just add back the missing Windows 10 taskbar start (foldout) menu to Windows 11? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-07-28 03:01 -0500
    Re: Did Microsoft just add back the missing Windows 10 taskbar start (foldout) menu to Windows 11? Big Al <alan@invalid.com> - 2024-07-28 08:52 -0400
    Re: Did Microsoft just add back the missing Windows 10 taskbar start (foldout) menu to Windows 11? "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2024-07-28 20:25 +0200
      Re: Did Microsoft just add back the missing Windows 10 taskbar start (foldout) menu to Windows 11? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2024-07-28 20:52 +0100
        Re: Did Microsoft just add back the missing Windows 10 taskbar start (foldout) menu to Windows 11? "Jan K." <janicekoziol@nie.ma.spamu.prosze.com> - 2024-07-29 04:04 +0200
          Re: Did Microsoft just add back the missing Windows 10 taskbar start (foldout) menu to Windows 11? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2024-07-29 16:52 -0500
    Re: Did Microsoft just add back the missing Windows 10 taskbar start (foldout) menu to Windows 11? dbnnet <dbnnet@invalid.com> - 2024-08-10 07:57 +0200

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