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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.   
      
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