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Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword

From Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword
Date 2025-02-03 08:37 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2/3/2025 5:35 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
> Newyana2 wrote:
> 
>> First, install Exporer Patcher.
>> https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases
>>
>> That seems to be a shell extension. It fixes the broken bits 
> 
> Do you really want to run a chimera of a taskbar/start menu stitched 
> together from parts of Win11 and Win10?

    Rather a strong opinion. :)

    Shell extensions are not monstrosities. And it's not stitched together.
The whole approach is designed by Microsoft as a way to customize
and enhance Windows. I've been using EP, and it works. Microsoft's
Win11 taskbar doesn't work properly. This fixes it. It fixes the problem
of the bar not fitting the icons. It fixes the problem of Quick Launch
not working. (QL provides a responsive, independent and closely packed
set of shortcuts, separate from the "badges" on the taskbar. To my mind,
integrating shortcut icons and badges is a confusing design flaw.)

   It's a bit ironic that you'd call normal functionality a chimera.
You think it's not a pasted-together monstrosity to have an irrelevant
Search bar half-covering the taskbar, with a News and Interests
icon that pops up a tabloid news window if you accidentally pass the
mouse over it? To each their own. Granted, you can read about last
night's Grammy's costumes without having to even open a browser.
Maybe that's an improvement in your mind? Or, like Winston, do you
just feel that Microsoft should be accepted as your master and that
it's disrespectful to customize? For me, Windows is a tool. A platform
to host software. Whatever works for me makes sense. (Don't tell
anyone, but I also sometime alter recipes in cookbooks. I'm a wild
and crazy guy.)

   The Start Menu is similar. Microsoft presents a confusing mess
of Metro/UWP advertising and complications where I expect
to just see a list of program links. Open Shell fixes that.

   I use these products because they work dependably and they improve
Windows. Open Shell changes the Start Menu from a late night TV
commercial on acid to what works: Links to programs I use and
Control Panel.

   Open Shell doesn't copy a Win10 Start Menu. More like 98/XP.
Or one can also have the initial infection if desired: Windows 7 with
the irrelevant extra panel. It can be as messy or as sane as you like.

   I've written shell extensions myself. Property pages and an Explorer
Bar. I'd be using my Explorer Bar still, but it's 32-bit only. If you're
not familiar with shell extensions then you might look it up. There's
an extensive and perfectly kosher API for them.

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WIN1  1One-line taskbar;   Starting wndwos without pasword micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-02 19:07 -0500
  Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-02 19:58 -0500
    Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-04 09:31 -0500
  Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-02 20:02 -0500
    Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-03 10:35 +0000
      Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-03 08:37 -0500
        Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-04 11:21 +0000
        Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-04 09:29 -0500
          Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-04 10:11 -0500
          Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-04 15:20 +0000
    Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-04 09:28 -0500
      Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-04 09:57 -0500
  Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-02-03 10:30 +0100
    Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Shinji Ikari <shinji@gmx.net> - 2025-02-03 11:57 +0100
      Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2025-02-03 12:25 +0100
        Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-03 13:03 +0000
        Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Shinji Ikari <shinji@gmx.net> - 2025-02-03 14:55 +0100
          Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-03 13:56 +0000
            Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Shinji Ikari <shinji@gmx.net> - 2025-02-03 17:14 +0100
      Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-02-03 13:19 +0000
    Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-05 06:33 -0500
      Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-05 10:12 -0500
        Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-10 12:02 -0500
          Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-10 13:23 -0500
            Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-10 14:38 -0700
      Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-06 13:19 +0000
        Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-10 11:35 -0500
          Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-10 19:16 +0000
            Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ  <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-10 15:13 -0700
              Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-11 11:02 +0000
          Re: WIN1 1One-line taskbar; Starting wndwos without pasword Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-10 17:14 -0500

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