How to Make Windows 11 Look and Feel More Like Windows 10

[maroon1]

The extra clicks started with Windows 8. Shut down on W7 was two clicks, or pressing the power button. On Windows 8.x,10,11 it turned to 3+ clicks, or pressing the power button. Not many people know they can shut down their PC with a soft press of the power button, after it's set to do that in Power options. By itself this doesn't seem bad. The problem is "modern" changes only made things worse. People get used to more clicks and pointless white space over time.

Click ALT + F4 then shut down. Easy.

I always used this even when I had windows 7

 

[Thretosix]

Simple solution to the problem, revert back to Windows 10 while you can. Or never downgrade to Windows 11 in the first place.

 

[Archean]

Can they just bring back windows 7?

Well, with Steam doubling down on bringing Steamdeck to market, and steadily accelerating development of ProtonDB; I guess Linux is fast becoming an excellent alternative. Provided one is not afraid of learning few new things. Also, the choice of various DE's is just nice to have; add to this option of setting up a box with (light on memory) WMs e.g. i3 or DWM or Xmonad etc. making the OS just not get in your way or entertainment, for that matter.

 

[yRaz]

Well, with Steam doubling down on bringing Steamdeck to market, and steadily accelerating development of ProtonDB; I guess Linux is fast becoming an excellent alternative. Provided one is not afraid of learning few new things. Also, the choice of various DE's is just nice to have; add to this option of setting up a box with (light on memory) WMs e.g. i3 or DWM or Xmonad etc. making the OS just not get in your way or entertainment, for that matter.

I daily drive Linux mint and use Debian when I feel like a masochist. Only time I boot into windows is when a program's DRM doesn't play well with Linux. I've dabbled in Linux since ~2003 but I really have to thank Microsoft for making me move over and actually learn it. Windows 7 was the last good OS that MS came out with. Windows 10 is "tolerable." I will likely never install Windows 11. My days with windows will end when Windows 10 support does.

 

[amghwk]

Windows 10 made me move all my systems to Linux. Though, I still keep Windows in a smaller partition or a lower spec SSD just for some oddball games that refuse to work or have major issues under WINE or Proton. But sooner or later will kick out Windows completely. These oddballs are not worth keeping up with the degradation of Windows. Windows is dead. Long live Windows 3.1, Windows9x, Windows XP and Windows 7.

I actually bought used older Thinkpads to be able to use XP and 7 natively. Still have Linux in them too, though. For going online.

Most of my systems have Arch Linux and openSUSE. The rest have Mint.

 

[yRaz]

Win 10 is atrocious , and I would bet the house 11 is going to be just as horrific . They would need to completely gut it for me to like it .

What they need to do is make a completely customizable GUI and give us the power to make it look how we want to. They're taking away user choice so they can collect user data and push their own software. Surely Microsoft has to see how shortsighted this is.

 

[ZedRM]

Why the hell would anyone want to make Win11 look like Win10? What a silly notion.

 

[cliffordcooley]

Why the hell would anyone want to make Win11 look like Win10? What a silly notion.

For the very same notion that MS thought it necessary to make each Windows look different to begin with. Not allowing the consumer an experience they want is THE silly notion.

 

[ZedRM]

For the very same notion that MS thought it necessary to make each Windows look different to begin with. Not allowing the consumer an experience they want is THE silly notion.

Windows 11 is a much better UI experience than 10. Granted, Windows 7 is the best Windows UI ever offered by Microsoft, but they seem to stubborn and obstinant to shift back to what was well loved..

 

[HyperPete]

Windows 11 is a much better UI experience than 10. Granted, Windows 7 is the best Windows UI ever offered by Microsoft, but they seem to stubborn and obstinant to shift back to what was well loved..

All I want back is my speaker icon in the system tray

 

[ZedRM]

All I want back is my speaker icon in the system tray

Windows 11 has that. It's right next to the network icon...

 

[HyperPete]

Windows 11 has that. It's right next to the network icon...

Ah yes, just looked again. My beef is being unable to hide the battery icon!
Sorry for my confusion.

Also, I'm still waiting to be able to run my phone apps natively, without mirroring my phone.
This was supposed to be included in the gold release.

 

[ZedRM]

Ah yes, just looked again. My beef is being unable to hide the battery icon!
Sorry for my confusion.

Seems like a minor complaint, but ok.

Also, I'm still waiting to be able to run my phone apps natively, without mirroring my phone.
This was supposed to be included in the gold release.

Yeah, this is Windows, not Android. To me another minor complaint. It seems like you're nit-picking a little bit and missing the point of what make Windows 11 better than 10.

 

[HyperPete]

Seems like a minor complaint, but ok.

Yeah, this is Windows, not Android. To me another minor complaint. It seems like you're nit-picking a little bit and missing the point of what make Windows 11 better than 10.

No, I don't think so.
First, concerning the battery icon, why do I need to waste system tray space with battery info on my desktop?

Secondly, Microsoft promised the Application access well before releasing Win11. It is a feature that was promised.
Microsoft has been bragging about cross system compatibility with the Linux subsystem, and now Android integration through my phone.

Why are you so willing to give them a free pass for failing to deliver on their promises?

This kind of behavior dates back to when I was beta testing Windows 95 (Promising features and not delivering.)

 

[ZedRM]

First, concerning the battery icon, why do I need to waste system tray space with battery info on my desktop?

The battery icon only shows up on laptops & tablets, it does not show on desktop systems.

Secondly, Microsoft promised the Application access well before releasing Win11.

No they said they were working on it. They did not promise anything.

Why are you so willing to give them a free pass for failing to deliver on their promises?

Because I can read and understand context? If you bother to read many of the comment I leave here in TechSpot, you'd know that I'm no friend of MS. But I'm also not a going to hold them accountable for things they either did not promise or did not do.

Your complaints are not very serious because they are either minor problems that shouldn't deal-breakers or they have no merit.

 

[HyperPete]

The battery icon only shows up on laptops & tablets, it does not show on desktop systems.

No they said they were working on it. They did not promise anything.

Because I can read and understand context? If you bother to read many of the comment I leave here in TechSpot, you'd know that I'm no friend of MS. But I'm also not a going to hold them accountable for things they either did not promise or did no do.

You complaint are not very serious because they are either minor problems that shouldn't deal-breakers or they have no merit.

True, they are minor. Truer still, if I didn't want a fancy bloated OS like Windows 11, I would just run any of the dozens of free Linux distros.

Do I need to send to a shot of the battery icon on my windows 11 desktop PC for you to believe me, or can you simply accept that it does exist, and I cannot disable it? Perhaps the OS is mistaking my UPS for a battery in my PC? That would be pretty lame, but I will disconnect it to see if the battery disappears and report a bug if it does.

The Android application direct access was promised, perhaps even flaunted, and STILL has not been delivered. Mirroring my phone screen is a non-solution.

Concerning your ability to "read and comprehend" and "all of your posts", I'm not going to give you the medal you're whining for. I don't give a rat's @$$ about your internet credentials. Who exactly do you think you are to decide what issues "have merit"?
Get a life, dude. People like you, with a warped & inflated superiority complex are consistent with the millennial sense of entitlement.
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