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Hi,
I'm really upset of the new address bar because I can't drag and drop anymore files to parent folder like in old file explorer address bar
Can you fix the problem in a close future update or tell me how to change this back to old version (exist in windows 11 file explorer)
The new address bar is above the tools bar (New - Cut - Copy - etc), the old one is bellow
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Wow!! Thank you so much. I'll give the SwitchExplorer tool a whirl. I really appreciate it. The changes to Windows 11 (the "strategy" of moving everything under submenus) is ridiculous. Give us a way to unclutter the context/right-click menus, but don't make multiple clicks necessary to do the most obvious actions. Grr!
:)
Thanks for letting me vent. I'll look forward to trying out the SwitchExplorer tool tomorrow!
I just got my right click useability removed today, apparently by a Windows update. No registry edit feature will restore the old right click ability to copy, cut, paste, move, etc...
How is the new way of doing this more effective or efficient than simply right clicking? (Ps. I also prefer words over Microsoft's icons). There was nothing wrong with the older (and quicker) way of doing these simple tasks.
Now: highlight the file with one left click, go all the way up to the "address bar" and select what you want to do, go to the folder you want to paste/move to and left click, then go back to the address bar and select paste. How is this better than right click over file or folder, menu pops up near the file, mouse to command (copy, cut, etc...) and left click, go to destination folder and left click then right click, menu pops up, and left click to paste. Way less mouse movement up and down with the old way.
Now it's back today??? (3-10-24) Maybe the reg edit script worked on the second reboot?
Here is what I used: How to open the full right-click menu by default on Windows 11 (xda-developers.com)
Or: How to restore cut and paste right click availability in windows 11 - Microsoft Community
Windows 11 entire purpose : The New UI/UX
Also Windows 11 : Removes one of the most useful UX feature of Windows for managing your files
Guess I'm reverting back to Windows 10 then. There are pretty much no interesting added features but definitely a lot of removed ones so far.
(Seriously I don't understand)
Mr. Shade, a spokesman for Microsoft, announced a new operating system called Eldorado. It is simple, stable, and you can even use it to run old software that you used to like. Furthermore, if users find a flaw in it, Microsoft will correct that flaw quickly.
A Boomer I know asked Mr. Shade, "Where can I find Eldorado?"
‘Over the Mountains Of the Moon,Down the Valley of the Shadow,Ride, boldly ride,’The shade replied,—‘If you seek for Eldorado!’
Wait so is the poem like a java script cuz I don't really know scripting or hacking cuz I'm really just a basic Gen X Windows 3.0 user and lack brain elasticity to learn new things at my age. So maybe anything that doesn't work and maybe DID work previously is just early onset dementia and I should get used to it. I should have had kids.
