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MS hate aside, Windows 11 Explorer is a thing of beauty.

7bit 2y ago
The Windows 11 Explorer is also buggy as shit. They still haven't solved the issue where folders within the Download folder randomly enable grouping again. Or you know, where you could click on the address bar and see the full path to the download folder, instead you see the word Download. Great fucking Job. They butchered the W10 explorer, painted it gold, and tapped themselves on the shoulder.
- SirFatty 2y ago
  Well, and added tabs, which is really the best part.
  - Lammy 2y ago
    I have that on Windows 10 for all applications instead of just Explorer: https://www.stardock.com/products/groupy/ https://www.stardock.com/products/groupy/
    - samtheDamned 2y ago
      Reminds me of the Haiku window manager a little[1] 1. https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/gui.html https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/gui.html
    - SirFatty 2y ago
      Of course there are many (many) alternatives, Norton Commander being one of the first. I work in IT (for many, many years).. support hundreds of computers, and don't have the luxury of configuring each to my liking. I have to use the tools that are available and learned a long time ago to make due with with Windows explorer.
  - userbinator 2y ago
    Hell no. There's already a taskbar --- although that's another thing they've managed to screw up in Win11.
- pests 2y ago
  There is a setting (maybe on by default?) you just click in the location bar and it turns back into an editble text field like normal.
  - 7bit 2y ago
    Not what I mean
dole 2y ago
The newly hijacked right-click context menu I suspect is a new source of hangs, flickers and explorer.exe auto-restarts. Love they added a special “restart” context menu entry in Task Manager especially for it. Windows 10 Explorer was a perfect vehicle then they had to go and throw a shitty wrap and other afternarket trash on it. Edit: nevermind the times you have to manually hit F5 so the file you just renamed displays the new name, instead of auto-refreshing. What the sweet hell did they do?

7bit 2y ago

The Windows 11 Explorer is also buggy as shit. They still haven't solved the issue where folders within the Download folder randomly enable grouping again. Or you know, where you could click on the address bar and see the full path to the download folder, instead you see the word Download. Great fucking Job. They butchered the W10 explorer, painted it gold, and tapped themselves on the shoulder.

SirFatty 2y ago
Well, and added tabs, which is really the best part.
- Lammy 2y ago
  I have that on Windows 10 for all applications instead of just Explorer: https://www.stardock.com/products/groupy/ https://www.stardock.com/products/groupy/
  - samtheDamned 2y ago
    Reminds me of the Haiku window manager a little[1] 1. https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/gui.html https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/gui.html
  - SirFatty 2y ago
    Of course there are many (many) alternatives, Norton Commander being one of the first. I work in IT (for many, many years).. support hundreds of computers, and don't have the luxury of configuring each to my liking. I have to use the tools that are available and learned a long time ago to make due with with Windows explorer.
- userbinator 2y ago
  Hell no. There's already a taskbar --- although that's another thing they've managed to screw up in Win11.
pests 2y ago
There is a setting (maybe on by default?) you just click in the location bar and it turns back into an editble text field like normal.
- 7bit 2y ago
  Not what I mean

dole 2y ago

The newly hijacked right-click context menu I suspect is a new source of hangs, flickers and explorer.exe auto-restarts. Love they added a special “restart” context menu entry in Task Manager especially for it. Windows 10 Explorer was a perfect vehicle then they had to go and throw a shitty wrap and other afternarket trash on it. Edit: nevermind the times you have to manually hit F5 so the file you just renamed displays the new name, instead of auto-refreshing. What the sweet hell did they do?