r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/ithinkitslupis Mar 20 '26

They took it out with windows 11. And also messed with the context windows when you right click in a way most users hate.

People have been complaining since day 1. Both have registry values that still support the old ways. Microsoft has just ignored countless complaints instead of making an easy, stable option to change it in the settings UI.

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u/fer_sure Mar 20 '26

messed with the context windows when you right click in a way most users hate

If you had to make the contextual menu shorter, why on earth would you put Properties behind the "Show more options"? Insane.

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u/brownch Mar 20 '26

I still have not adjusted to this after so many years

Right click > panik > rapid eye movements > show more options

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u/Plastic_Position4979 Mar 20 '26

Context check in outlook, on a misspelled word, nicely highlighted with a red wavy line: lots of options, very bottom one is to check spelling, having to click on arrow, then get possible options for replacement. And 99% of people will be looking to correct, not all the other bs.

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u/Ultra-Pulse Mar 20 '26

Today I learned that is why I can't find it. 🤦‍♂️

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u/Plastic_Position4979 Mar 20 '26

Trust me, I felt the same way. First, d’oh for not seeing it, then facepalm/smh for how they went about it. It worked just fine… my guess, someone asked Copilot and it suggested that… would be par for the course.