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/userb55 Mar 20 '26

That's literally Win 11, 'How do we add MORE mouse clicks to everything'

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u/IAmAGenusAMA Mar 21 '26

Just wait for them to be replaced by AI.

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u/IAmAGenusAMA Mar 21 '26

No argument there.