Recent content by schmibble

Interesting. If all it does is affect the Windows default user folders (my docs, pictures, etc), then unfortunately no, as I never use those. I have a nicely organized data setup on my second drive, completely outside the Windows schema . This video commentary sums it up nicely, although I had...

Hey folks, very grateful for this attempt, but should I assume that the effort didn't pan out and I should get used to Explorer++ on Win11?

Hi web gurus, I just stumbled on this article Microsoft’s TCP mess, how to optimize in Windows 10/11 with recommended solution being GitHub - MysticFoxDE/WINDOWS-OPTIMIZATIONS: SKRIPTS FOR WINDOWS DESUBOPTIMIZATION . I'm thinking of trying it but before doing so I thought I'd ask whether the...

Nice of you to offer, but it would also have to prevent auto-refresh for subfolders I would also drag in; and would need to prevent auto-refresh from happening after any folders/files are renamed as well. So might be more difficult than you thought. But I've got a strong incentive to be selfish...

Many thanks. Unfortunately didn't work. (Rebooted system just to make sure.) So I'm using Explorer++ again. At least its auto-refresh prevention is as solid as ever, even in the ever-evolving Windows 11 horror movie.

dacrone, that's exactly the behavior I want. I don't care about rearranging files and having them stay that way; I just don't want Windows to automatically arrange them when I drag them in the first time or when I rename a file. There are lots of times when that behavior screws up...

Yup, I know that. I'm saying that Auto-arrange is always on. Period. The folder is open. Staring me in the face. Winsetview is set to XP and Auto-arrange unchecked. I drag a file into the folder. Instead of appending itself to the bottom of the file list (expected behavior if Auto-arrange is...

I take the general inactivity of this thread as a sign of how well Winsetview does its job, and I'm loathe to disturb the still waters. But I've had an annoying issue for quite a while and am not sure what might be the culprit. Curiously, I've had a similar issue before, though not on the same...

Stumbled across this thread and have to comment even though it's old. Akelpad is sheer awesomeness. For some reason Notepad++ seems to be the most popular Notepad replacement, but having used both, let me state categorically that Akelpad is just as good at doing anything Notepad++ can do, at...

Ok, no answers after exactly a month today, so I'm declaring this issue resolved in the negative. Making the lock-screen and the log-in screen (login screen) different is not possible natively in Windows 11, nor is there any third-party utility that confers such functionality. (trying to include...

Tried to edit previous response but apparently there's a 60-minute limit on editing a message. On the issue of Windows updates I wanted to give credit where credit is due and acknowledge your previous post here , but I don't want to have to monitor every little update and handle it individually...

Suh-weet! Worked a treat. Thanks very much. Oh, I'm sure it'll continue working for a while on some builds. But I want to future-proof my current system configuration as much as possible, take a final image, and then have done with the OS for as long as possible. WAU Manager helps, but...

I'm a major fan of the theory behind directions. University tech-writing courses usually teach students to include theory when writing instructions, but in a parallel to the behavior you note, most tech writers don't bother. That's no good because readers aren't drones and if they have a little...

Hey Garlin, you are awesome. Full answers are the only real answers--right down to the tip about not taking ownership. No sweat, I've got Rightclicktools installed and it'll open a Trustedinstaller regedit, but I might have gone the other way without your caution. Thanks!