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Ugh, I can no longer press win key and type "p a i enter". I now have to find the old paint manually.

by hydrogen7800 6mo ago

hilariously 6mo ago
win+r - mspaint - enter
- esafak 6mo ago
  They don't even do substring search??
  - xp84 6mo ago
    Apparently there’s a proper app launcher in PowerToys.
  - amlib 6mo ago
    Back in the 90s doing substring match was probably deemed way too expensive and so just calling the executable name directly was as optimized as it got... and it's beautiful :)
- hydrogen7800 6mo ago
  Thanks! Also useful for an old win10 machine I have, and probably shouldn't be using anymore, that no longer responds to clicking the start menu button...
  - catlikesshrimp 6mo ago
    Don't throw it away. Install windows 8, and the last offline version of office you can find. It makes for a great distraction free workstation and a monitor for your android (scrcpy). Or, you can install and reinstall linux distros and learn the ropes. You should be fine as long as you use a proper firewall device and access only manually withelisted websites, but it is always better to keep it offline. That said, it can become your next firewall device.
    - hydrogen7800 6mo ago
      I built it circa 2012 or 2013 and still have the physical win8 disc. I considered futzing with linux on it. The extent of my linux experience is via SSH to a raspberry pi kludging some docker containers for this and that. SSH/linux terminal feels like fumbling in a dark room flipping random switches until something works. >scrcpy I also have a pixel 5a whose screen doesn't work, but I think functions otherwise. Would this allow me to interface with it?
      - catlikesshrimp 6mo ago
        I think the pixel 5a can be connected to tv through an hdmi cable. If so, plug that and a mouse to setup adb (toggle enable adb and toggle debug permissions, then accept adb host)
        Grisu_FTP 6mo ago
        I may be wrong but i remember video output over usbc being added in the pixel 7 or 8
      - deleted 6mo ago
        [deleted]
    - UncleSlacky 6mo ago
      Or just install Win10 IoT LTSC, which is supported until 2032.
dataflow 6mo ago
Switch to Open-Shell's start menu and don't look back.
idle_processor 6mo ago
Give FlowLauncher[0] or Windows Powertoys Run[1] a shot. There are some amazing tools like that (and Everything[2], which replaces Windows' inferior search) that really change how one interacts with Windows. There are other tricks like putting scripts or shortcuts or executables in a directory referenced by your PATH variable, which can make the Win+R trick better too. [0] https://www.flowlauncher.com/ https://www.flowlauncher.com/ [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/run https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/run [2] https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com/

Ugh, I can no longer press win key and type "p a i enter". I now have to find the old paint manually.

hilariously 6mo ago

win+r - mspaint - enter

esafak 6mo ago
They don't even do substring search??
- xp84 6mo ago
  Apparently there’s a proper app launcher in PowerToys.
- amlib 6mo ago
  Back in the 90s doing substring match was probably deemed way too expensive and so just calling the executable name directly was as optimized as it got... and it's beautiful :)
hydrogen7800 6mo ago
Thanks! Also useful for an old win10 machine I have, and probably shouldn't be using anymore, that no longer responds to clicking the start menu button...
- catlikesshrimp 6mo ago
  Don't throw it away. Install windows 8, and the last offline version of office you can find. It makes for a great distraction free workstation and a monitor for your android (scrcpy). Or, you can install and reinstall linux distros and learn the ropes. You should be fine as long as you use a proper firewall device and access only manually withelisted websites, but it is always better to keep it offline. That said, it can become your next firewall device.
  - hydrogen7800 6mo ago
    I built it circa 2012 or 2013 and still have the physical win8 disc. I considered futzing with linux on it. The extent of my linux experience is via SSH to a raspberry pi kludging some docker containers for this and that. SSH/linux terminal feels like fumbling in a dark room flipping random switches until something works. >scrcpy I also have a pixel 5a whose screen doesn't work, but I think functions otherwise. Would this allow me to interface with it?
    - catlikesshrimp 6mo ago
      I think the pixel 5a can be connected to tv through an hdmi cable. If so, plug that and a mouse to setup adb (toggle enable adb and toggle debug permissions, then accept adb host)
      - Grisu_FTP 6mo ago
        I may be wrong but i remember video output over usbc being added in the pixel 7 or 8
    - deleted 6mo ago
      [deleted]
  - UncleSlacky 6mo ago
    Or just install Win10 IoT LTSC, which is supported until 2032.

dataflow 6mo ago

Switch to Open-Shell's start menu and don't look back.

idle_processor 6mo ago

Give FlowLauncher[0] or Windows Powertoys Run[1] a shot. There are some amazing tools like that (and Everything[2], which replaces Windows' inferior search) that really change how one interacts with Windows. There are other tricks like putting scripts or shortcuts or executables in a directory referenced by your PATH variable, which can make the Win+R trick better too. [0] https://www.flowlauncher.com/ https://www.flowlauncher.com/ [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/run https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/run [2] https://www.voidtools.com/ https://www.voidtools.com/