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|    Paul to All    |
|    Re: Windows 11 improvements    |
|    16 Jan 26 13:15:58    |
      From: nospam@needed.invalid              On Thu, 1/15/2026 11:37 PM, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:       > knuttle wrote on 1/15/2026 4:01 PM:       >> I found another Windows 11 improvement. In Windows 10 when I wanted to       run a infrequently used program, I would open the Start menu, click All,       scroll down the list and click what I wanted. about 5 to 10 seconds.       >>       >> In Windows 11 with the improved start menu, I click on the Start, spend 15       seconds trying to guess which folder my program was in, spend another 15 to 20       seconds opening different folder looking for my program, and when I finally       find the folder,        clicking my program.       >>       >> That is quite an improvement over Windows 11.       >       > Multiple methods using the Start Menu to access seldom used programs and       apps.       > As VGH noted, click Start button, begin typing name of program, select and       run.       >       > A savvy person might even do more...Create a group on the Start       Menu(labeled e.g. Seldom Use), pin the program to the Start Menu, drag to the       group. A few clicks(less than 10 seconds, less than 5 after wrote learning) is       all that is necessary.       >       > Bottom line - learn how to use the features whether the os and its features       are liked or not liked.       >              In Windows 7, it too had a search, but if you typed enough       of the name, the "visual clutter" was much reduced.              I'm lucky, that most of the time I'm looking for "Agent Ransack",       and since it begins at the beginning of the alphabet,       I don't have to go through a ceremony to get it.               [Picture] On PostImage use "Download Original" to avoid the adverts               https://i.postimg.cc/1zm8xKgs/GUI-design.gif               https://imgur.com/a/1KAYsFu               Paul              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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