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I don’t want it back either. Mostly I just use the search whenever I need something. With most popular apps pin to the taskbar.
 
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Alvar "Miles" Udell said:
Giving us everything except what people want: The old Start back.
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I want a highly customizable Start Menu, where users can customize it however they wish, and share custom profiles on the web. How hard is it for Microsoft to make something like that? We need Bill back to set things in order. I really hate the new Windows Explorer though, but StartAllBack takes care of that.
 
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The XAML photo gallery is part of a new, experimental File Explorer based on Windows App SDK.

Latest Windows 11 Build Has Hidden Gallery Feature, Experimental File Explorer : Read more
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Late.

On KDE(Dolphin; Linux) I've had the ability to view photos in a very similar way as this in what seems to me like forever. And I don't even have to go edit some conf files or regedit switches or type in commands in the cmd window or whatever wonky way this was needed to be enabled. It's just standard. I go into the preferences control panel and just click on some check boxes with the mouse. And what is this ViVEtool? Why is that required?

When did Linux and Windows switch so that Linux is the easier operating system for users to use than Windows?
 
Windows Explorer is useless. So is the Windows 11 Start menu and task bar.

I use Directory Opus as a replacement for Windows Explorer. Before I switched back to Windows 10 I used Stardock's Start11 to replace the Windows 11 Start menu.
 
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I don't get the hate for the Win11 start menu, either. Been using the search function of the start menu (not taskbar, hate that one since it was introduced) for several years and OS now. So much faster and easier. Taskbar functions as always. Those really aren't the things people should be complaining about with 11...
 
"the WASDK File Explorer is not stable and, during my testing, crashed a couple of times."

File Explorer is already unstable and crashes for me on a pretty regular basis. It doesn't need an update that will inevitably add more bugs, especially if the bugs are the only new "features" (having that little pizza icon sounds pretty dope tho).

Every time I hear about a Win11 UI tweak a get just excited enough to feel disappointed, especially because I HATE the Win11 taskbar and the way it forces you to use icons instead of setting it to never collapse labels. Having a button on the taskbar for each window you have open, which I thought was a trivial thing since MS had been doing things that way since, iirc, Win95, but got tossed from Win11. Hovering over an icon and waiting for little thumbnails of that program's open windows to pop up totally breaks my thought flow and feels straight up unnatural. Started using a second monitor just to be able to seperate open windows into 2 groups and avoid minimizing things as often.
In fact, the code for the taskbar has actually been moving in a direction that makes it harder to customize things on there, literally adding unneeded and often untested code and is not even consistent across the various Win11 versions, doing stuff like adding code branches and jumps, but maybe only for the Win11Pro flavor, etc. However, I've been assured ever since the pre-release builds that they're aware of this "feature request" (open programs being only available as collapsed icons is technically working as designed so it isn't a "problem" which gets higher priority. In my mind, they had something that worked but changed/broke it in a way that degrades the experience and usability, that's a ptoblem). I think I went off topic though.
 
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USAFRet said:
Interestingly, File Explorer has never crashed on me.
Win 11, 10, 8, 7, whatever, across multiple systems.
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It's possible I've convinced it to do something it doesn't want to then. I've got crashes happening across multiple systems. It goes ahead and crashes the taskbar and start menu while it's at it. "explorer.exe" has more or less a persistent place as the default entry for "run new program" in the task manager.
I tend to be pretty consistent with the way I set that stuff up and explorer has been iffy in Win10 and 11, but my Windows Server instances have no problems exploring files. I don't remember if Win 7 or 8 had problems, was running the equivalent Windows server as my daily driver for most of those OS's lives.
 
kyzarvs said:
Probably off topic - but directory opus as in the tool originally written for the Amiga in the 90's? I didn't realise that was a thing - must have had a lot of development!
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Yeah...it was originally written for Amiga, but now it's the best replacement for Windows Explorer. It's a little pricey, but in my opinion, worth every penny.

Directory Opus
 
USAFRet said:
What features does this give beyond the regular File Explorer?
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Here's some features from their site:

  • Single or dual file displays, with single or dual trees, make navigating and manipulating files a breeze
  • Folder tabs let you keep multiple folders open and switch quickly between them
  • Unique Explorer Replacement mode provides a full replacement for Windows Explorer
  • Integrated viewer pane lets you preview many common image and document file formats
  • View and edit file metadata (EXIF, MP3, PDF, etc)
  • Sorting, grouping, filtering and searching has never been easier
  • Color code or assign status icons, star ratings, tags and descriptions to your files and folders to make them easier to find
  • Batch renaming including easy-to-use keyboard macros, and the option for a fully scripted rename using metadata
  • Support for FTP, Zip, 7-Zip, RAR and many other archive formats
  • Access content on portable devices like phones, tablets and cameras
  • Built-in tools including synchronize, duplicate file finder, image converter and uploader and more
  • Print or export folder listings, copy file listings to the clipboard, calculate folder sizes
  • Queue multiple file copies for improved performance
  • Support for CD/DVD burning
  • Support for the latest Windows features including jumplists and indexed search
  • Fully configurable user interface - colors, fonts, toolbars, keyboard hotkeys and much more can be tailored to suit your needs
  • Full scripting interface supports VBScript, JScript or any compatible installed Active Scripting language
  • Efficient, multi-threaded, modern design - native 32 and 64 bit versions
  • Supports high DPI monitors natively - crisp, clear interface in 4K or 5K without blurring or tiny icons
Directory Opus Features
 
I use Total Commander but only to sync directories

I don’t need any of those functions listed anyway lol why would I spend so much time in my file system? I’ve got work to do.
 
I’ve seen file explorer crash, but then again, I’ve seen almost everything crash. It all depends on what your system is doing or what you may be trying to do that’s not kosher perhaps. But explorer always fires right back up on the rare occasion that it does go down.
 
froggx said:
You should prolly not buy this. Some people do stuff like use files tho.
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Of course I use Files. I just don’t monkey with them in a direct way. What would be the point of messing with files in a direct way? I use applications to modify files and save them to locations. Why do I need to monkey with them?
 
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