Hate Windows 11? Try these fixes.
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Windows 11 has a reputation for making a lot of changes that makes life more difficult for Windows 10 users. But there has always been a community effort to make tools that ruin Microsoft’s vision…
StartAllBack - startallback.com/
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RoundedTB - github.com/torchgm/RoundedTB
Win11DisableOrRestoreRoundedCorners - github.com/valinet/Win11Disab...
(RIP) EdgeDeflector - www.ctrl.blog/entry/edgedefle...
EdgeDeflector alternative: MSEdgeRedirect - github.com/rcmaehl/MSEdgeRedi...
AltDrag - stefansundin.github.io/altdrag/
Sizer - www.brianapps.net/sizer4/
Twinkle Tray - twinkletray.com/
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Winaero Tweaker (registry hacks) - winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/
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0:00 Intro
0:44 StartAllBack
2:17 Start11
3:14 Simpler, free tweaks
3:36 RoundedTB and TaskbarX
4:11 Live Tiles Anywhere and un-rounding corners
5:26 EdgeDeflector (RIP - Use MSEdgeRedirect)
6:11 Useful tools that aren't Windows 11 specific
8:18 What are your favourite tools? - Věda a technologie
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Anthony: "Let me show you how to decrapify Windows 11"
Loads MS-DOS
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@@meow8797 no
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@meow reported in every comment you placed it currently on your 9th report. fight fire with fire
Unfortunately windows is not DE as it was in 3.1
Terminator Anthony is just regular Anthony without disguise.
Best Anthony
With*
Terminator would melt in the sight of Raging Anthony
@TimeLapses Especially if the terminator runs on windows
Yes
I love how basically every fix for windows 11 is to just change things back to how they were in windows 10.
MS could have made Win 11 like Win 10 but more colorful like Win 7 with more customizable features and it would have been a hit.
@plsdontbanmeagainyoulibtards, that username!😄Funny that when I worked for a local College about 10 yrs ago they were just upgrading most systems from Xp to W7 just as W10 was about to be released out despite W7 having been out for 7 yrs already. My fave OS was W7 Pro. What I'm puzzled by is that MS moved right along to "W11" which they're pushing everywhere when Gates had suggested W10 was going to be the final major version.
@@zenithperigee7442 I have no clue why they said Win 10 was going to be the last. Microsoft is a big company, they aren't going anywhere. Did they really think they wouldn't make an upgraded OS to push on everyone for the next century at the VERY least.
I upgraded to Windows 11 on my work laptop, and then spent the next 2 days fighting with the UI, including using some of the tools mentioned in this video. I got no work done during that time. In the end, I found the most effective tool for restoring productivity was to go back to Windows 10.
I can't stand Apple as a company, but they do seem to have mastered the art of delivering a consistent UX across devices and OS versions. I think it mostly boils down to the fact that they don't see a need to completely change usability and design paradigms every time they change underwear. Why the hell can't Microsoft do the same?
And to those who would say to use Linux, I quote Tom Scott: "No."
Yeah, at first I hate Win 10 Start and UI, now I already attached to it, and Microsoft change it again in Win11, what a joke I will Win11 but maybe later next year, there's no need to upgrade it at least for now.
I'll wait until I cant wait anymore to go to win11. I've set up my rig as I like with win10, I constantly keep update a usb key with a ninite installer, driver and whatever I deem essential and another with the files to reinstall win10.
I've even managed to write myself a program to backup my firefox user folder every week on a third usb that's always connected.
AND I have 3 hard disk: a ssd for the OS (250GB), an HDD for the programs folder (2TB) and a second HDD for the windows related folder (download, desktop, documents on a 1TB). No need to make an emergency backup (in wich you always forget to put something important) if I've to format the OS: just format the SSD, install win10, hook up the windows folders from the 2nd HDD, erase what you dont like/need from the fist and reinstall what you need. Couple of hours and the rig is ready to rumble again.
Just pointing out this: you can choose in wich drive you can download the games from steam and most other launcher. It's a bit hidden and the load speed is lower, but it work. And it mean you dont have to redownload those 200GB/1TB in games. Of course, nowdays 2TB SSD are becoming cheaper so the load speed wont be a problem for much longer.
This said, let's talk about linux: while linux is a GREAT so, fast, lightweight and absolutelly not hungry of resource, if you need a gaming rig linux isnt still there. While there are lotsa of compatible games, some of the best truth to be said, as soon as a game have an anticheat you are outta luck. Doom eternal fans can attest to that. So I get where do you come from.
linux is superior in every way, the only selling point of Windows is that its popular and has a lot of software written by it. Thats why I've always admired and liked Bil Gates, he managed to force a way inferior product onto the entire world. The man is a genious.
@@comradenoob8511 Betamax was technologically superior to VHS, yet VHS won the format war primarily due to ease-of-use (I can fit an entire sports program onto one tape) and eventually greater market penetration with more content. In the end, it's not whether a product is technically superior that determines its overall success - rather, it is that product's ability to fulfill a market demand and build a useful/desirable ecosystem around it that draws users. The best system in the world might as well be a rock if you can't do anything with it.
Perfection is the enemy of "good enough."
Linux has come a very long way, but it still suffers from a high barrier to entry in the form of both segmentation (too many distros and choices to be made just to get started), and information overload (you can customize everything, and pretty much everything needs to be customized). Not everybody wants to deal with all that knob twiddling and lever pulling on a regular basis...and unfortunately the average person couldn't give two shakes about open vs. closed source.
Linux today is as good desktop as windows or Os X! The main problem with Linux (in my case) lack of software!
Hear me out... In my case i use LuminarAi and TopazAi photo programs and there is nothing for Linux even remotely as good as this software for Linux!
But i really hop Linux get it so i can dump windows for ever
YES MAKE THIS A REGULAR THING. This is exactly what I need. All the power tools and quality of life tweaks and bits and things. This is my favorite LTT video of the year.
Agree wholeheartedly! LTT is bloody excellent! Anthony forever!
Get a better OS. Windows peaked over a decade ago with Windows 7 and has been on the decline ever since. I'm glad I've never had to experience MS trying to force Edge down my throat like that (I like Edge okay, but those shenanigans to change your default browser are messed TF up).
The best Windows 11 tweak I've found is staying on Windows 10.
That's nice, except for the fact Microsoft will end support for it in 4 years.
You mean the worst? Windows 10 has none of the Windows 11 benefits lol
Eh, I kinda like windows 11
And to be honest, Windows 11 is the FIRST WINDOWS version I am avoiding to upgrade the moment it came out. (I always been an Beta user of Windows (Or adopted early in case of XP, I think I even betad that one, cannot remember), Windows 11 was the first I avoided.) Not for the TPM 2.0 reason but for all the things they done. (Centered Bar, Non-alignable, even if I use standard pos, start menu, etcetra)
People were saying the same with XP/Vista and 7/8.
I love the "can't move taskbar around" feature of Windows 11. Thanks, M$. Been looking for this functionality for a while. This, along with making desktop context menu harder yet another click away from usefulness, as well as outright removing the taskbar's context menu, makes me sooooo happy.
Just got a laptop with win11.. Trying to get my workflow back to same as with win10. Impossible. This is unusable!
The only reason I decided to get startallback was to make the taskbar icons smaller. I hate the large icons and it baffles me that microsoft would go out of their way to remove such a simple feature.
big icons makes you think you have a kids toy
Another channel seems to suggest you can adjust size by selecting, pressing control key and using scroll on mouse. I can't try it out as I don't have win 11 yet
Anthony: "Hate Windows 11? Try this." **aggressively installs Linux**
No regrets.
**Installs Linux with malicious intent**
That's what I did. Feels good to be on Linux again.
No joke literally done the same as soon as I got the Win11 install is ready notification
@@MarcusMoji I just downloaded window 10
This man is so good. Packs so much good info into every presentation.
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Anthony is certainly one of the gems of LTT and of the internet!
he's after linus' job i think
@@eduj I hope ... he is good man. Linus is annoying.
I'd love to see a dedicated video on a bunch of the "extra" Microsoft tools, (many of which you quickly mentioned in this video). e.g. many of the PowerToys (Windows Terminal, Mouse Utilities, Color Picker, Fancy Zones, ), Garage (Mouse without borders, Eye Control) and any other interesting ones you can find!
It’s worth mentioning explorer patcher which lets you make your taskbar and start menu look exactly like windows 10 again, for free. It also has a lot of other tweaks like degrouping the control center and setting the volume, battery, etc flyouts to the windows 10 or windows 7 ones
Came here to say this. Explorer Patcher is a great solution and it’s only getting better.
And if you use OpenShell ExplorerPatcher fixes the buttion
I was expecting this to be a full video from Anthony pitching everyone to switch to Linux haha. These tweaks are pretty neat!
ye me too lol
Yeah but deep down he knows Linux is unusable shit.
I mean, he technically already did make that video before 11 was even out.
@@livelongandprosper70 yes, 60background tasks not running in the task manager and everything u search not going to microsoft totally makes linux unusable lmao, like just define how its unusable
@@livelongandprosper70 I would much rather not give all my data to Microsoft
2:32 "as well as a modern style that looks nothing like Microsoft has done to date"
sir, that is just the Windows XP start menu with acrylic
Accurate
Still sweet!
That's why it looked familiar 🤔😅
Actually, I have only 2 issues with win 11: Missing tasbar ability to add folder toolbars as well as missing ability to always show all tray icons.
i saw this video when it first came out and keep coming back for the live tiles anywhere program. thank you so much!
I'd love to have this as a regular series. Actual Tech Tips! XD
u mean software tech tips... does merit its own separate channel... linux, mac os, windows os, chrome os, android, android 12L, wear os, iot softwares... there are so many...
"Hate Windows 11? Try this."
Me: Stays on Windows 10, issue solved
Exactly lol
you're just like me lol
Owns a Google Pixel 4a Unlocked Update available for Android 12
Me: Stays on Android 11
problem is support ends in 3 years and few months or so
Yep, got the notification to upgrade, that's a NO for me.
No way I'm dealing with all the bugs and inconveniences that W11 brings.
Maybe in a year or 2.
Better yet, install Linux and you're done
From one big guy to another... I adore you and I love your tips and videos. (I'm really not sure how I'm missing this "old" video from 2 years ago, but I'm glad that I've found it.)
This could be a great series, after a year, could we have an update on the state of W11 problems? or any new tools that can help us?
So, Microsoft just intentionally broke EdgeDeflector with their latest update; plus the way Firefox was circumventing the default browser nonsense
Use MSEdgeRedirect.
But yeah it is so much crap and screams antitrust how intensely MS is again forcing their own webbrowser down the users throats.
Even worse than back in the IE days.
Why I will probably never change (I _refuse_ to call it 'upgrade') to Win 11. Probably going to bite the bullet and run Linux with Win10 in a VM.
That's a nogo. Won't upgrade.
Yeah recently they did, and no response yet about that. Though new Edge is indeed better and more people actually liking it, I don't know why they need this tactic anyway. Some people will just keep using alternative Web browser regardless how good Edge already is.
@@chrisw1462 Why not just use windows 10 then?
Because a Windows 10 VM still needs Windows 10 to run funny enough, a Linux VM for Windows 10 is just Windows 10 with extra steps...
If you also want linux, dual boot, it's much less effort, and gives the best of both worlds
Funny this comes out today, right when Microsoft breaks EdgeDeflector.
There's supposedly already another app the unbreaks the break MS released. I'm not upgrading to Windows 11 though on any of my existing devices.
Microsoft doesn’t want redirects from Edge. Why have a default browser and in Windows 11, that’s gonna be Edge.
@@berto1014 By the time I watched they had put it into the video chapters, it's MSEdgeRedirect apparently. Chapter title is now "EdgeDeflector (RIP - Use MSEdgeRedirect)"
Windows 11 can suck it. Microsoft, be ashamed.
Yeah, this highlights a fairly major problem not really emphasized in the video, and applies to all those people who say "you can just use program X to fix that, it's no big deal" every time MS decides to shaft us. All those programs can break at any time, any time MS decides to change something, and each time there's no guarantee there will be a fix.
I wish people would stop giving MS an easy ride with the excuse that you can "fix" something with 3rd party software, it's not a stable solution, it might not be performant, and they can break other features as well.
With OpenShell/ClassicShell.
We can customize on which all instances/actions the default or the old style Start Menu shows up.
It can be Mouse Click, Windows or Shift + Windows.
Elevenclock is a must have for multi-monitor users IMO. Essentially all it does is puts the clock in the corner of all taskbars like in Win10 instead of it only being on the main display.
Please do more software recommendations, I love them and they're very useful
Very much agreed
Anthony's confidence is absolutely through the roof. Proud of how far he's come!
Came to say this, as someone who hasn't usually been an Anthony fan, I am loving this video!
He has improved quite a bit
I've always enjoyed Anthony's brain in action, but seeing the confidence along with the intelligence makes him pop like a collar
Same
Anthony is awesome :)
Thank you so much, I was so annoyed with the taskbar being on the bottom and it was driving me crazy how there wasn't an option to change it's location. When I used StartAllBack I literally ascended
I updated to 11 a few hours ago and I am going to fix them by rolling back to 10 🤣😂
The new start is nice if you are on a tablet or something but for a desktop, it just sucks to do anything with it. I had games in one place, editing tools in onother, work stuff separate, now it's just an endless scrolling icon list. So yes, roll back...
EDIT: it only took 4 minutes for the roll back...
😂 I did the same for the same reasons.
Thanks LTT and Anthony for mentioning One Commander. I am updating it weekly and am open to suggestions for improvements.
Awesome! I'm going to give it a whirl.
Hi Milos. Can i have the sidebar on both sides of one commander?
@@olegyamleq7796 At this time another pane is planned on the right side but for some other functionality. I might add ability for users to choose what to show in each sidebar but I don't have a timeline for that yet
@@MilosParipovic OK, thanks. I will keep a look out for upcoming updates. Thanks!!! :-)
Would love for you guys to do more software stuff like this, maybe even going deeper in detail about some specific ones and comparisons of features like you did with StartAllBack vs Start11 here. Tons of good tools out there and always some neat ways to improve or change your workflow. A few I use: ShareX, Bulk Rename Utility, Mp3tag, Unlocker, Process Explorer, and plenty more.
Bulk Rename Utility is one of my favorites!
yeah this kind of tool is so simple to use that a mild techie can properly utilize it
but it's so "obscure" because no one ever advertise for it except for productivity tips video
having a big youtube show how easy it is to use and how useful it is, even if you're using it once per 2 months or smth
probably will bring a lot more eyeball to the software, and hopefully, also interested developer
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That was very helpful! I really liked the new look of Win 11, but after enjoying it for a few months I decided do go back and clean install Win 10 because some of my older programs (like scanner software) stopped working and I had a lot of issues with USB and bluetooth drivers suddenly missing, then reappear out of nowhere after few days, which honestly rendered my laptop useless.
Just got a new Lenovo 5 gaming laptop with Windows 11. The laptop itself owns! but Windows 11 start menu and taskbar was souring my new favourite toy.. you have saved me my man! Downloaded and installed StartAllBack, and wow, what a nifty program, I totally paid the $5 license fee, worth every penny! Thanks heaps!
Moment I saw this I grabbed my laptop and did most of these tweaks because they are exactly what I needed. Amazing as always Anthony, never fail to deliver.
well grab yourself some Linux partner...yeeeeehaaaawwww!!!! and say goodbye to Windows
How are there no comments
@@dbunik44 Ewww
@@theninjamaster67 have you tried Linux?
@@dbunik44 Yes and for my purposes of having a struggle free gaming experience it's just not for me but I probably wouldn't mind using it if I just used it for general use of watching CZcams videos or something but I do a tonnnnnn of gaming on my computer and having basically a plug and play experience with Windows 10 is nice where as with Linux for basically anything outside of Steam it's a bit of a struggle.
This isn't Linux Level customization, but it still makes windows 11 look dam good!
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Exactly what I was thinking. This is the reason windows is the best middle ground between macOS and linux.
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windows is the worst os ever!
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On Win11, I used winaero tweaker to revert to the win10 taskbar (yes, it's still there, hidden, and you can bring it back, with some minor issues though) and then I used open-shell since the win11 start menu doesn't work on classic win10 taskbar But I didn't find any usefulness on win11 start menu. Actually, I use a classic winXP style of openshell menu, because I like it more retro instead of searching. Although there is a search box there.
I also moved my taskbar to the left, again using winaero tweaker, like I had it on Win10. It actually modifies registry keys.
I think winaero can bring back classic search on searching locally instead of using bing search and a lot more.
Both winaero tweaker and open-shell are free to use and are in the description. Although, be sure to make a restore point before letting an app tweaking your windows registry, cause we all know sometimes this can go south!
ExplorerPatcher is the best program for fixing the Windows 11 taskbar to be like Windows 10 except more customizable, it’s free and open-source, and it works with all other programs. I use it with Open-Shell Menu and 7+ Taskbar Tweaker which are also free and open-source, to have a classic style start menu and taskbar customized exactly how I want it. It has a bunch of neat tweaks and basically you can restore pretty much everything in Windows 11 to be like Windows 10 such as right-click menus, square corners for windows, etc., and ExplorerPatcher enables taskbar/start menu customization tools that work on Windows 10 like Open-Shell Menu, 7+ Taskbar Tweaker, and many others to work on Windows 11 too. It will be like you never left Windows 10.
I was expecting Anthony to say “let’s install linux” xD
There isn’t really a Linux alternative to windows for the average user.
Linux is shit for home use. Windows is shit for servers.
@@vigilante_stark linux can be really good for home use if you take the time to get familiar with it
@@GanerRL Not for me. I've taken more than enough time and distros and it still is incomparable to windows for a home pc. The worst part are the drivers, which is ridiculous because the whole OS was based on supporting a lot of hardware.
@@vigilante_stark Woah woah hold on mate, you don't wanna wake up the Linux diehards. Though for my use case Pop!_OS has been fairly good for home use.
I’d love this to become a series.
Yes!
Might be easier to forget Windows at this point, seems like a dead end
It's a clickbait video for people refusing to get used to things that makes sense.
absolutely. There's way too much information for one video. EZ content and super useful
I searched for this comment!
I added all start and love I can resize my taskbar again, Thank you Anthony
I don't mind any of the visual changes, I can live with them and get used to them. My biggest issue is how missing features affect my productivity, like custom toolbars (to navigate my hard drive on the fly), icon labels and separate app instances with clear labels and wider for ample clicking real estate (don't want to be hovering and searching for the right instance every time I need to switch), and lastly, dragging to taskbar. Although I'm not crazy about some of the other changes, I can live with them.
If anyone has tweaks for those, especially wide rectangular icons with text labels and app instances ungrouped, I'd appreciate it, otherwise, I'll have to ride my current system until they drop support or I find a good solution.
As a 100% Linux user, I still didn't feel like my time was wasted while watching this video. Anthony is pure magic.
Same
Same.
Same! Not sure why, but I still feel like my time was well spent.
Same
Linux is love
Microsoft: With every new update, we'll make more and more decisions for you, whether you like it or not.
People who don’t work in IT don’t understand most users are stupid.
Change just for the sake of making it different, not better...
And you'll still have BSODs
@@Smaylik03 Not caring about IT doesnt make you stupid. Most people just need a computer to run basic programs. There are smarter people out there that doesn't care about IT
BTW, I wrote this comment when they said that even if you change your browser, some links will still open in Edge, which sounds just crazy to me and like Microsoft is just shoving their browser in your face without your consent
I've been using 7+ Taskbar Tweaker for years now, it lets me adjust some of the taskbar customization with regards to grouping and combining that isn't possible through the taskbar settings, as well as add functionality like middle click close (like it is in browsers) and other things.
Just found this, thanks for the links. Trying to find a way to revert the scroll bars so they don't fade out.
Any tweaks for that?
The biggest thing for me is SO minor: You can't by default have a centered taskbar, but left-aligned start menu. It's annoying as hell, because UI wise, the start button being the bottom-left corner is IMPORTANT. That effectively makes the start button infinitely large, as no matter how far you drag to the bottom and left, you will reach it. You can slam your cursor into the corner as hard as you like and it will hover over the Start Button.
And visually, the centered task bar looks really sleek. So it's would just be logical to let me pick and choose.
That way of thinking is also why Macs have the menu bar at the top of the screen regardless of the app being used. The active app's menu bar will always be there unless it's in full screen.
Jup. My though exactly once I saw that horrible design.
Yeah, by all means, the app icons being centered makes sense, but why, oh why, did you steal my edge start button?
I guess I use the windows key most of the time anyways, but it's still a real fail in UX design.
This is how I used the taskbar on Windows 10 (with taskbarx)
@@9SMTM6 it makes sense in a tablet setting though which this os now seems to be mostly aimed at. why doesnt ms learn from windows 8 that most of us dont use tablets. just make two modes and be done with it it worked in 10 why cant it now?
@@TalesOfWar I found that feature to be one of the most obnoxious UX design in history. You already have a bar, that top bar to reach specific window settings just trashes your productivity...
So excited to switch to Winodws 11 in like 2023 with fully-developed, tested and stable tools to fix all its nonsense. Without all the nonsense it seems like a pretty good OS. Curse of every second Microsoft being bad broken?
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Ready to change to Windows 11... Never 🤣 I like Linux more I'll only use the vm when I feel like using something Windows does significantly better
"Without all the nonsense it seems like a pretty good OS." - so your saying if it didn't suck, it would be good?? Lol
I’m crossing my fingers that by 2025 Linux will have caught up for gaming. They have come a long way the last 5 years so maybe in another 5 it will be better than windows?
More like 2025
Thanks bro. Really helpful tweaks. Know any tweaks that will fix the, now useless, taskbar calendar?
video was very informative. thank you. Is there a way to edit what items are in the start menu Pinned area by using PowerShell?
Underrated tool: Chris Titus' debloat script. You guys should really feature it (well ask him first maybe), because it's awesome and he's always working on it. Real gem.
I used to debloat every windows 10 install. I find 11 is super quick and responsive though so I don't bother
Hah... TITUS
@ALL HANDS ON STEAM DECK damn 😂
Does this work on Win 11?
@@EvanWasHere yes
You had me at separating the internet from the volume icons, and giving me the full right click menu by default.
I'm fine with virtually everything else.
Me too!
My current solution to the W11 taskbar and start problem is retrobar combined with open shell. Retrobar is a complete taskbar replacement that doesn't even need explorer, and it has lots of customization, including a windows Vista aero taskbar theme! And open shell makes a good vista/7 start menu. I also use Win11DisableRoundedCorners, to fix the horid rounded corners. I think the best solution to the W11 issue is just install gnome, cinnamon, kde, or something like that via wsl to replace explorer.
i mean staying ¨on windows 10 is way better and no updates so no annoyances plus the cpu guys will ofc still support 10 and put in updates
I use Classic Shell, and have done since Metro was forced on us. Fully replaces start, taskbar, and explorer. Can be customised to look and function like anything between win95 and win8, and the rubik's cube animation I replaced the start button with just makes me smile every time I see it.
That said, I do have a question for Lord Anthony :
How can people turn off S mode without going online, and without using a live account (not even a temporary one)?
So far I've just been giving people Ameliorated to replace it with, but this question is coming up more and more, I notice.
I love using the registry hack "Take Ownership" to take control back of stubborn files. It should be built-into every Windows installation because of how handy it is.
wait wait wait, what. please explain this some more! I've had stubborn file problems before!
@@alexmattucci8507 Search for "winaero tweaker take ownership context" on Google (first link),
or use Winaero Tweaker itself to add/remove the "Take Ownership" button.
@@guilhermesilveira6025 Yooo thanks, gonna do some research when I get home!
Best intro ever! Anthony "no mercy edition" is the best Anthony I've seen!
This video is being added to my favourites for when I get a PC compatible with Windows 11 or my friends/family utterly despise one of the issues you just explained how to fix
I like the New Tab in Explorer. *But what I really hate is in the Download folder in how it sorts the files inside is ridicules!!!* You can adjust it according when your viewing it in Explorer, but you can't when you want to open or save file ...
Microsoft ways of doing things these days is making things so bad that people start fixing it for free.
The Bethesda of computers...
True that!
Thank you for suggesting Start11, I am now a happy windows 11 user with a user friendly start menu. I even got my own favorite logo as the start button and it looks amazing. Thanks again! totally worth the 8 euro's I paid to get this helpful program.
TransparentTB is on the Microsoft store on Win 10 & it works great, been using it for years, hopefully it has no issues on Win 11
i just discovered edge deflector not too long ago and its amazing, i can actually use the windows search bar normally now lol
It is going to be broken with optional update releasing next week. Someone developed another utility now that should work. Sorry I don't remember the name.
@@_sumitdh you know this… how?
@@dubbynelson TechLinked baby
@@dubbynelson the power of the internet. And windows has betas
Totally crappy that they don't give you choice but to be honest Edge is bloody good so why bother?
Hey Anthony, just want to say that the work you've put in to hosting these films really shows! And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who thinks that. Listen up, Linus, the world wants more Anthony (and he wants a payrise 😀 )
Yea! More Anthony!
I agree... But... Anthony? Is that you?
One tool I ALWAYS install is Process Hacker, I highly recommend it as it allows not just Admin mode, but a KERNEL MODE DRIVER to monitor and/or kill rogue processes running as the kernel itself.
I'm using "Classic Start" found on ninite for free and have replaced the stock windows icon with a spinning globe the covers the the standard, so when I click it or press the windows key, I get a windows 7 style start menu. If I hold down the shift key and click the globe or press the windows key, I get windows 11 start menu. I've chosen the left screen for the menus.
"90 degree corners, just like God intended" couldnt agree more
optimization issues and this, this are reasons why win11 sucks and yeah, cause it's not linux
@@aryanmn1569 yeah windows is not insecure like linux.
@@xenon7124 bro you've got your os families mixed up: windows is by far the most targeted system by malware and that's not getting into the malware that comes with it, while linux makes you actually input your user password for important things
@@xenon7124 I wonder why most prominent hackers and security experts run linux on their machine, windows MUST be more secure lol
The round corners are hideous! They might want to give people the option to have a choice as it makes the OS look like a babies toy...
Explorer Patcher is a nice tool to restore the Windows 10 UI
Informative vid. Well done 👍🏼
"Never combine taskbar buttons" is not covered!
It is the biggest problem (even in productivity) I think.
True...i need only NEVER combine Taskbar buttons...
StartAllBack has it
@@allenqueen Just got it and yes it works great. It also enables the task bar so you can add quick launch toolbar
One thousand times, THIS!
My taskbar icons cover like 1/3 of my taskbar, with temperatures of each proc core and such. Very practical, for me at least.
I love how linus phoned in that advertisement.
LMFAO. I was looking for this comment.
I miss the task bar in 10. Start menu I'll get used to, but larger open program icons, and drag objects to focus on program features I really miss. Especially on my laptop.
As someone who uses Spanned triple monitors. Yeah fancyzones is essential for productivity. It allows me to essentially use my monitors as if they where individual displays. Even though my GPU treats them as a single 48:9 display
As an ultrawide user, the fancyzones with powertoys is ABOLUTELY AMAZING!
Definitely! I have one that I use when I'm in a watch party, it sizes my zoom and browser perfectly 👌
For real, it's such a useful tool, it makes everything so much easier on my TV setup!
Please make this into a monthly/bimonthly segment. I've been holding off on win11 but if I can get kept up to date on this kind of thing I'll switch eventually
I'm probably in the lowest skill set demographic that frequents your videos ... and this video is exactly the kind of stuff I'm looking for. Keep 'em coming!
Incredibly useful video, thank you so much! And yes, more of these types of videos would be fantastic!
I would love to see this as a regular series to find new tweaks and utilities. Anthony FTW
Now, I always want an agressive Beat when Anthony makes the Intro :D. That was sick ;)
The problem I have is that I use a 32:9 monitor, and play alot of games windowed. If the game window reaches the bottom of the screen, it'll enable the mouse cursor when you point the mouse down far enough in the game(has so far happened in all games I've ran in windowed mode) and activate the hidden taskbar. If you don't hide the taskbar, it'll still enable the mouse cursor when you get down there and just wonk up the game.
I use windows ink workspace all the time.
Downloaded 11, a few tweaks and no WIW.
Then folders. I like having the folders that when having different things in them they look like a book with mini images of what is in there. So if I have a folder with many other folders in I can see by sight which folder I want, not having to read the labels.
Switched back.
Anthony is the kind of guy that would be able to re-release Windows XP with full up to date support as a hobby. You sir are a legend!
Win XP had rounded corners as well, and was massively hated upon launch ;) I guess zoomers just don't know that :)
@@justinandout it was considered the most stable / user friendly (as in games ran and everything) after sp2, i changed from win2k as many others after sp2. so its not wrong that xp was one of the (if not the) most liked windows to date. more than win7 imo.
@@bencze465 right, "after SP2", but we're talking about launch - and everyone hated XP when it launched - colorful rounded mess if compared to 98/2000.
What I'm saying - is nothing is new here - ppl. tend to hate every new version of windows, just to praise it as being "the best version" several years later ;)
@@justinandout I'm a 90's kid, and I didn't pick up on that, mostly because I don't remember it haha
@@justinandout You could switch to the classic theme in 2 clicks. And also, I just went back to look at it, and I have to say, Its nowhere as obnoxious as Windows 11 with its floating start menu.
I love the intro
Love the info, but where are the links to the applications that you talked about?????
I'm thinking of picking up a new computer at some point soon and finally moving on from Windows 7, and I was unsure between Windows 10 or 11, but with StartAllBack being a thing, I don't think a move to 11 would be as big of a deal as I first thought. Especially because I would rather not go through the hassle of running a soon to be unsupported version of Windows again lol
ElevenClock allows you to display the taskbar clock on multiple displays, a small feature I sorely missed when I switched
Wow, Twinkle Tray sounds awesome!! I never thought there was a way to control the brightness of external displays with software. That's really useful!
I've been doing research in preparation for writing my own small utility just for this purpose, and worrying I'll never find the time to actually do it... Never thought there would already be a tool for it, that's awesome!
I use (on Win 10):
Everything (a _really_ good filebrowser)
Shutup10 (a tool to decrapify Windows)
Rainmeter (For CPU, RAM, Network and GPU usage)
AutoHotkey (For key remapping, CapsLock for Discord mute without actually activating CapsLock for example)
Wallpaper Engine (for animated wallpapers)
Use ExplorerPatcher for Win11 to restore taskbar functionality, found on github.
Files app on the Microsoft Store adds the ability to use tabs and other functions in File explorer
I have a 32:9 ultrawide and I agree with your assessment of powertoys' fancyzones. It is not an option, it's a requirement.
Wow. Sure Win95 will look like shit on your computer
Love this type of video from you guys. I had no idea you could control external monitor brightness with PC software, that's sick! Downloaded Twinkle Tray to my laptop pronto and now I can dial in my brightness painlessly. Thanks so much!
Yeah! I also downloaded Twinkle Tray because of this video! So handy!
I stubbornly used tools like Classic Shell to make Win10 into Win7 as much possible for a few years. Then I realized that I could increase my productivity (and inconveniences with new installations) by simply using and adjusting to Win10's UI and functionality out of the box. After a few months adjusting, I realized Win10's UI is actually superior to Win7 (except for the fact that the entire OS is still less responsive than Win7). For several months, I tried very hard to do the same thing and adjust to Win11, and I came to the realization that it is not possible with Win11, because much of the unnecessary menu nesting and organization is simply BADLY DESIGNED. Even once you're accustomed to it, the Win11 UI is overall a usability regression from Win10. I decided that I am not going to go down the route of using tools to make Win11 into Win10, and if Win11 is a usability regression from Win10, then I will go back to and remain on Win10.
EXACTLY!! This time it's different. The older versions of "bad windows" are just more bloated and different in styles without messing with functionality.
Windows 11 though... it's just an abomination made by living garbages who didn't know how windows have been functioning so far, and they made it uglier too as a bonus.
I have two important tools. One is the new terminal application and one is the new Powertoys. Both are great upgrades to the current usable techs. They should be available for other versions of windows too, but I've grown to like the windows 11. Powertoys rename and run have been so handy for productivity!
PowerToys is or at least was available on Win10 too
Important tweaks are preventing Windows from updating mandatorily and tweaks that turn off all telemetry and privacy-invading features in the operating system.
Entirely uncertain why those were not mentioned.
because at that point you just switch to Linux and Anthony doesn't have to be held hostage anymore
O&O Shut Up is essential
Probably because he never mentioned WinAero Tweaker, which does all of them things, as well as most the other stuff he mentioned 🤔
yea just switch to linux this will get worse with every update ms makes to 11 and they are already working on ways to kill these tools
Thanks for the Twinkle Tray recommendation. I thought I was the only one that wanted something like this and was planning on making something like it. Now I don't have to and this has much more features than I would have made :D
Hi,but can you put the preview of the photos inside the folders back? How was it on windows 10?
When Windows 8 came out I started using a tip to just make a taskbar shortcut to a folder where I keep shortcuts to my most used programs. I was a big time Start Menu user up to 7 but gave up on it. Oddly, you have to pin a random program from the start menu to the taskbar then edit it to point to a folder. You can't drag anything to the taskbar anymore without a hack.
Man, I'm loving this Power Toys thing, thank you so much!
Best segue ever… 8:40 ! Hah loved it. Seriously though, Anthony knows what he is talking about. This was well prepared and he presented with the authority of genuine personal experience.
Great video Anthony I’ll be looking for more of these type of videos in the future !!! Thanks for your time and your effort. 👍👍 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Anthony…you solved all the reason for which I’m still on W10. I’ll be upgrading tomorrow thanks to this!
One of my favorite tweak-esque things is rainmeter. I’ve been using it for years and the levels of customization you can get are awesome.
before you install rainmeter be warned because you will spend hours of your time messing around with different skins and layouts
@@glyphosate5592 And all the custom setups on r/rainmeter will inevitably include 'Do I Need a Jacket?', which will be a cruel joke as you sweat it out in a tropical country...
That goodness someone out there has some love for vertical tssk bars. I've had mine on the right hand side so it's centered between my two monitors.