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There are plenty of reasons to skewer Microsoft, but this isn't one of them. Microsoft isn't blocking all customization apps here, of course. They're blocking

There are plenty of reasons to skewer Microsoft, but this isn't one of them. Microsoft isn't blocking all customization apps here, of course. They're blocking known [1][2] unreliable, poorly written, high crash rate software that is extremely sensitive to OS changes, hotfixes, and/or upgrades due to the nature of the software (e.g. hooking functions, patching memory, etc). The block is geared towards a specific revision of the software. The authors will just need to fix the bugs, rev the executable version, and they're good to go. Again. [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/resolved-issues-windows-11-22h2#3029msgdesc https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-health/res... [2] https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/issues https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/issues

Havoc 3y ago
If they offered decent in house customisability then people wouldn’t need to resort to unreliable 3rd party solutions. Why can’t I have a vertical taskbar? Is that really beyond the combined technical ability of a three trillion corp? Obviously not so it’s a conscious choice to not give users options and control
eviks 3y ago
The other alternative to blocking is, of course, to offer good UI with robust customization capabilities so others could change "the nature of " their "software" to something more simple and less crash-prone
anal_reactor 3y ago
> They're blocking known [1][2] unreliable, poorly written, high crash rate software that is extremely sensitive to OS changes, hotfixes, and/or upgrades due to the nature of the software (e.g. hooking functions, patching memory, etc). That people still somehow prefer over native Windows. Makes you realize how bad Windows actually is.
josephcsible 3y ago
Is there any evidence that the software is actually poorly written? Isn't the only reason they use undocumented/unstable hacks that Microsoft refuses to provide a documented or stable way of doing what they want to do?
- withinrafael 3y ago
  I linked to the GitHub issue tracker and a documented instance of the software preventing users from booting up Windows.

Havoc 3y ago

If they offered decent in house customisability then people wouldn’t need to resort to unreliable 3rd party solutions. Why can’t I have a vertical taskbar? Is that really beyond the combined technical ability of a three trillion corp? Obviously not so it’s a conscious choice to not give users options and control

eviks 3y ago

The other alternative to blocking is, of course, to offer good UI with robust customization capabilities so others could change "the nature of " their "software" to something more simple and less crash-prone

anal_reactor 3y ago

> They're blocking known [1][2] unreliable, poorly written, high crash rate software that is extremely sensitive to OS changes, hotfixes, and/or upgrades due to the nature of the software (e.g. hooking functions, patching memory, etc). That people still somehow prefer over native Windows. Makes you realize how bad Windows actually is.

josephcsible 3y ago

Is there any evidence that the software is actually poorly written? Isn't the only reason they use undocumented/unstable hacks that Microsoft refuses to provide a documented or stable way of doing what they want to do?

withinrafael 3y ago
I linked to the GitHub issue tracker and a documented instance of the software preventing users from booting up Windows.