'Tis the Last Day for free Win 10 upgrade

[Scourge]

The only thing I don't like is the dumbed down Windows 8 style control panel options. Setting up a VPN connection for example is painful . I know you can mostly use the old style ones, but they're more burred away

Right click on the start button and 7 style Control Panel is right there.

[PhoeniX]

The VPN stuff still uses the new style menu though unfortunately. I don't have to do it very often, but still!

[Tsakali]

The only reason I got it is for dx12 games. Suppose to give 5 to 10 fps performance boost compared to dx11, relatively speaking.

U can only use dx12 with Windows 10.. I ain't mad about that, since it's free.

[SoM]

what's wrong with the new start menu?

I banged in all my shortcuts and it was all like bob's me momma's bro

get yourself ClassicShell

[CZghost]

Go back to MS-DOS - problem with Start menu solved

[losCHUNK]

why?

Cos you moaned about the menu and classic shell is a better alternative ?

[losCHUNK]

Then you're the only one that likes it ;p

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VS

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Plus the stupidity of having 2 groups of shortcuts right next to each other in the same pane

Plus Classicshell gives you context / cascade menus

[shaft]

People still use a start menu?

[losCHUNK]

Where else do you keep your shortcuts ?, I don't like clutter on the desktop or in the start bar.

Plus search, which I use all the time.

[MKJ]

winkey, type first three letters, click app. yknow, like spotlight.

classic start menu is so classic.

[losCHUNK]

Aye, that's how I use it. Or winkey > select shortcut / shortcuts context menu.

Classic menu makes sense to me cos you have all your shortcuts on the left pane and system shortcuts on the right pane. Win10 clutters that up and my goal would be to get it roughly back to that basic set up, so might aswell go grab the classic shell.

Have been doing this since XP so if you guys get around your desktop in a better way then lemme know.

[CZghost]

winkey+r > type in cmd, press enter > then navigate in files using cd and dir commands > like a boss

[seremtan]

pin shortcuts to taskbar

no more start menu

[losCHUNK]

Then you have start bar clutter, that's a space for active shit

[SoM]

i sometimes use god mode

make a new folder on your desktop and rename it to

.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

all settings under one ruf

[CZghost]

What does it?

[losCHUNK]

Pin 'em to start menu then.

I still don't see the difference to the old one, other than being able to group shit better now.

That's what I do, only there was another shortcut pane that I assume to be designed for touch screen where before I used to have a nice menu containing system folders (documents, C drive etc) which I use quite frequently.

Why I said instead of customising the options I might aswell skip straight to classic shell seeing as my goal would be to recreate it. There's no way you'd need that many shortcuts, you might aswell click 'all programs' instead of creating the clutter.

[AndyW]

I liked the win-xp look, especially for the start-menu.

[phantasmagoria]

I have my start menu really nicely set out for work, I love it: All my most used applications organised into relevant groups. Takes a while to get it all setup, but it's really efficient to not have to go to desktop in order to launch another program, and the rightclick document list on each icon is super useful too.

Still not upgraded my home PC, probably won't until games start demanding it.

[seremtan]

Then you have start bar clutter, that's a space for active shit

what clutter? i have icons for the programs i actually use on a task bar that auto-hides. couldn't be less clutter

[losCHUNK]

Autohide is for noobs.

It's for what you currently have opened.

So if I'm not using Afterburner there's no need for it to be there and cluttering my workspace otherwise.

I just realised all MS have done is move the 'all programs' to the right pane and made it icon only

[Whiskey 7]

winkey, type first three letters, click app. yknow, like spotlight.

classic start menu is so classic.

winkey, type first three letters, click app - Well I never knew that one
Thanks

[seremtan]

Autohide is for noobs.

It's for what you currently have opened.

So if I'm not using Afterburner there's no need for it to be there and cluttering my workspace otherwise.

I just realised all MS have done is move the 'all programs' to the right pane and made it icon only

basically, you're anal

[mrd]

Still rawkin' XP. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[losCHUNK]

Autohide is for noobs.

It's for what you currently have opened.

So if I'm not using Afterburner there's no need for it to be there and cluttering my workspace otherwise.

I just realised all MS have done is move the 'all programs' to the right pane and made it icon only

basically, you're anal

Well think about it, if I got 10 shortcuts and migrate them to the start bar you aint gonna be using them all at once and thats alot of clutter