Win 11 - Likes and Dislikes (so far)

Superfly · Jun 30, 2021

This?

johnlgalt · Jun 30, 2021

badrobot said:
Are you able to open Windows & Security tab? Mine doesn't do anything after clicking on it.

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Yup - it takes me to SuperFly's screen, and the button at the top takes me to the actual Security at a glance app - same as double clicking on the Defender icon in Notification area.

badrobot · Jun 30, 2021

Superfly said:
This?
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Ok. Apparently, it works fine on my clean installed machine but not the upgraded Win 10 Insider Preview.
It seems that the upgrade path is still not very seamless then.

Superfly · Jun 30, 2021

badrobot said:
Ok. Apparently, it works fine on my clean installed machine but not the upgraded Win 10 Insider Preview.
It seems that the upgrade path is still not very seamless then.

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Cool! I'm not a big upgrade fan - I did initially but then clean installed once I knew this latest version worked ok.

badrobot · Jun 30, 2021

Superfly said:
Cool! I'm not a big upgrade fan - I did initially but then clean installed once I knew this latest version worked ok.

I also found out how to disable animation. But it didn't solve the stuttering or delay issue in opening up "Settings" window.
So basically, it is an issue with the OS itself.

Superfly · Jun 30, 2021

Thanx - I think I can use that setting in my apps now as well :wink:

johnlgalt · Jun 30, 2021

badrobot said:
Ok. Apparently, it works fine on my clean installed machine but not the upgraded Win 10 Insider Preview.
It seems that the upgrade path is still not very seamless then.

Odd. Mine is upgrade and it works.

However, as for upgrade path not being seamless - yes, I could not upgrade from 21996.1 to 22000.51, but others could. It took over an hour to upgrade from 19043.1081 to 22000.51 via WU - but others said it took very little time.

ShamrockRig · Jun 30, 2021

Auto HDR has been a big plus for me :)

badrobot · Jun 30, 2021

Another feature I really like is the Snap Layout.
It is very convenient when you have wide screens. I find it very useful on my 34" monitor. Although this monitor came with a split screen software, the Windows 11 snap layout is a lot easier to use. Hover and click... no more resizing or dragging windows to snap in one place.

plat · Jul 2, 2021

Still running very well but a couple of minor things. I will continue to fumble around trying to fix but if anyone has a better grasp than me, please feel free to say something.

Or, if there's a dedicated section to these types of issues, pls. move this post accordingly. I did look prior to posting but maybe something escaped my notice.

1. Several icons are now missing in the Search app. How does one restore them? Rebuild a cache or something?

Edit: hmm, maybe my cleaner is a little too gung-ho about cleaning the icon cache. I will see what can be done about it in the cleaner's settings. Haven't had this problem in Windows 10 and I haven't changed the cleaner's settings.

2. When I wake the machine from sleep and then click on the lock-screen to sign in, if I click too closely to my acct. name in the center, the Start Menu pops up as soon as the desktop loads.

johnlgalt · Jul 3, 2021

plat said:
Still running very well but a couple of minor things. I will continue to fumble around trying to fix but if anyone has a better grasp than me, please feel free to say something. Or, if there's a dedicated section to these types of issues, pls. move this post accordingly. I did look prior to posting but maybe something escaped my notice.

1. Several icons are now missing in the Search app. How does one restore them? Rebuild a cache or something?

Edit: hmm, maybe my cleaner is a little too gung-ho about cleaning the icon cache. I will see what can be done about it in the cleaner's settings. Haven't had this problem in Windows 10 and I haven't changed the cleaner's settings.

2. When I wake the machine from sleep and then click on the lock-screen to sign in, if I click too closely to my acct. name in the center, the Start Menu pops up as soon as the desktop loads.

That second one is odd. I use the setting to force CTRL + ALT + DEL to login in, so I cannot replicate it. But yeah, having it pop up like that for no reason can be irksome, for sure.

I'm just trying to wrap my head around *why* that happens.

ShamrockRig · Jul 3, 2021

I just cant wait for them to add in a working taskbar with icons on my 2nd monitor instead of only the one, but i understand its a dev build so things will take some time, Very stable otherwise with a few little hitches, the slow colour change in personalisation being one, but being honest i changed that once and leave it there. An odd little thing where loading into games the screen would go like green and then back to normal but i think it might have been a driver issue, reinstall of those fixed it.

johnlgalt · Jul 3, 2021

Yeah, I haven't used it in a long time, but I did buy DisplayFusion a while back, and I'm almost tempted to throw it on here, both to have a second taskbar working (if that works in Win11 yet), but also to have separate WPs - I could do it easily in 10, but Win11 isn't giving me the option to pick more than one for each monitor.....

ShamrockRig · Jul 3, 2021

johnlgalt said:
Yeah, I haven't used it in a long time, but I did buy DisplayFusion a while back, and I'm almost tempted to throw it on here, both to have a second taskbar working (if that works in Win11 yet), but also to have separate WPs - I could do it easily in 10, but Win11 isn't giving me the option to pick more than one for each monitor.....

Yeah i think the option is there in windows but it doesnt work fully, it just gives a blank taskbar with no icons and i cant add any either, But they did say itll be a future thing

johnlgalt · Jul 3, 2021

Yup - I also enabled it - and nothing but a solid taskbar line. No apps, no start button, nothing.

badrobot · Jul 15, 2021

If all future updates will be this fast and easy.... I like Windows 11!

OvenMaster · Jul 15, 2021

badrobot said:
I'll start.

I am not a big fan of the new icon based "Start" menu. It is just like opening a "folder".
I still like and miss the multi-functional classic start menu.

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And just to satisfy my "Like", I installed the Classic Shell app and it still looks so good and offers more options. It is like a one-stop-shop place for me. I wish there is a built-in options for start menu.

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EDIT:

Ok, my first dislike is officially resolved. Thanks @Brink for the tut.
I can live with the Win 10 start menu...

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I'm just glad/relieved/happy that ClassicShell works on 11! Thank you for that bit of good news.

Steve C · Jul 16, 2021

OvenMaster said:
I'm just glad/relieved/happy that ClassicShell works on 11! Thank you for that bit of good news.

I like to use Classic Shell with mouse hover set to open the menu. This setting doesn't work for me in W11. Otherwise I can open Classic Shell using the Windows key and it works fine. Can you check if you can get Classic Shell to open using mouse hover over the start icon?

badrobot · Jul 26, 2021

Another like...

I did another clean install using 22000.51 ISO and I noticed that towards the end of installation, it is updating to the latest version already (22000.100). That's nice!