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I'm on https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher to make 11 bearable, but it's a bit of a rough ride every time an u

by usrusr 4y ago

I'm on https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher to make 11 bearable, but it's a bit of a rough ride every time an update hits. First time ever I went through with a "donate" link on some software, that's how bad 11 is!

Semaphor 4y ago
Thanks to using Directory Opus [0] as my explorer replacement for 1.5 decades by now, I got never hit by the explorer annoyances ;) [0]: https://www.gpsoft.com.au/ https://www.gpsoft.com.au/
- mrandish 4y ago
  I used Directory Opus on my Amiga back in the early 90s. Couldn't live without it. Glad to see the same program is still alive and well.
  - Semaphor 4y ago
    Not only that, they are also still doing the traditional way of selling software for a fixed price, and not subscriptions
francislavoie 4y ago
My problem is that I need a left-screen-edge taskbar, which they totally removed as a feature in Win11. StartAllBack gives me that. Does ExplorerPatcher do that too?
- usrusr 4y ago
  Just checked, left/right is possible, with two settings (one for the display designated primary, the other for all other displays). Taking another look at StartIsBack I'm somewhat surprised that I preferred donating to ExplorerPatched over buying StartIsBack, I guess I didn't want to get used to something that I could not install on any new computer encounter without money getting involved. That, and the massive Google results dominance StartIsBack enjoyed while I was desperately looking for an 11-fix: at a certain level of SEO success the trust heuristics in my brain start screaming "scam" no matter what. In an objective level I really don't believe that StartIsBack is anything close to malware (doesn't even require admin, apparently (1)), but the SEO success and intense layman appeal of the site triggers all my fight or flight reflexes. Far too reminiscent of those old system cleaner tool traps. ((1) not that "no admin" would be a panacea: that might have been a difference back in the day when "taking over the system" was the only thing to really be concerned about, but these days on a typical personal computer there's plenty of valuable identity stuff that a piece of malware could harvest without ever escalating beyond user)
  - francislavoie 4y ago
    Yeah that's totally fair. I had the same reticence, I didn't want to pay for a fundamental fix. But I needed it and I found no better option so I installed it. And it's pretty impressive overall. I avoided paying for it as long as I could (90 days) and then told myself, yeah, definitely can't do without this still, and paid for it.
mrandish 4y ago
I ordered an MS Surface Pro 8 when orders went live on the MS site. It turns out it had the dubious honor of being the very first laptop to ship with Win11 pre-installed. There was no mention of this on the order page or way to opt out. So it was a surprise when it showed up. I rely heavily on taskbar features so ExplorerPatcher has been my savior and the only way I stil have Win11 installed on that machine. It was a little rough in the early days but it's gotten much more reliable, especially if you're not taking bleeding edge Win11 Insider builds from Microsoft.

by usrusr 4y ago

Semaphor 4y ago

Thanks to using Directory Opus [0] as my explorer replacement for 1.5 decades by now, I got never hit by the explorer annoyances ;) [0]: https://www.gpsoft.com.au/ https://www.gpsoft.com.au/

mrandish 4y ago
I used Directory Opus on my Amiga back in the early 90s. Couldn't live without it. Glad to see the same program is still alive and well.
- Semaphor 4y ago
  Not only that, they are also still doing the traditional way of selling software for a fixed price, and not subscriptions

francislavoie 4y ago

My problem is that I need a left-screen-edge taskbar, which they totally removed as a feature in Win11. StartAllBack gives me that. Does ExplorerPatcher do that too?

usrusr 4y ago
Just checked, left/right is possible, with two settings (one for the display designated primary, the other for all other displays). Taking another look at StartIsBack I'm somewhat surprised that I preferred donating to ExplorerPatched over buying StartIsBack, I guess I didn't want to get used to something that I could not install on any new computer encounter without money getting involved. That, and the massive Google results dominance StartIsBack enjoyed while I was desperately looking for an 11-fix: at a certain level of SEO success the trust heuristics in my brain start screaming "scam" no matter what. In an objective level I really don't believe that StartIsBack is anything close to malware (doesn't even require admin, apparently (1)), but the SEO success and intense layman appeal of the site triggers all my fight or flight reflexes. Far too reminiscent of those old system cleaner tool traps. ((1) not that "no admin" would be a panacea: that might have been a difference back in the day when "taking over the system" was the only thing to really be concerned about, but these days on a typical personal computer there's plenty of valuable identity stuff that a piece of malware could harvest without ever escalating beyond user)
- francislavoie 4y ago
  Yeah that's totally fair. I had the same reticence, I didn't want to pay for a fundamental fix. But I needed it and I found no better option so I installed it. And it's pretty impressive overall. I avoided paying for it as long as I could (90 days) and then told myself, yeah, definitely can't do without this still, and paid for it.

mrandish 4y ago

I ordered an MS Surface Pro 8 when orders went live on the MS site. It turns out it had the dubious honor of being the very first laptop to ship with Win11 pre-installed. There was no mention of this on the order page or way to opt out. So it was a surprise when it showed up. I rely heavily on taskbar features so ExplorerPatcher has been my savior and the only way I stil have Win11 installed on that machine. It was a little rough in the early days but it's gotten much more reliable, especially if you're not taking bleeding edge Win11 Insider builds from Microsoft.