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Who did this and why do they do it (see picture below)? The File Explorer right-click menu has had the options: Cut, Copy, Paste, Rename, Delete listed (as words) in this menu FOREVER and now some genius decided that after all these years, Windows users are too dumb to read. The words were replaced with icons. THIS IS SO ANNOYING. THE MUSCLE MEMORY IN MY HANDS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO RETRAIN AFTER YEARS OF THE MENU BEING THE SAME WAY. Now I have to stop and think about something that I've done instinctively for years. I can get to the ORIGINAL right-click menu by selecting "Show More Options," shown in the photo below, but WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO, THAT'S AN EXTRA STEP? If I am intelligent enough to boot up a computer, then certainly I can read the words: Cut, Copy, Paste, Rename and Delete. I don't need you to create icons to represent those functions. IF IT'S NOT BROKEN THEN DON'T TRY TO FIX IT. STOP DUMBING DOWN THE SOFTWARE AND MAKING THINGS HARDER PLEASE.
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I agree, with this person's response to dumbing down something that worked for years. I suppose there are a hundred people making hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to justify their existence. Should at least give the option to set up the way we want.
This is easily the most infuriating thing in Windows
30 years of right click Copy/Paste ..which intern that had only ever used a Mac decided this was a good idea
Didn't work for me - still the annoying icons
I did find a fix for this - I tested and it works:
https://www.pcgamer.com/windows-11-context-menu-fix-right-click/
Do you have a link or screenshot of how to do this that isn't pcgamer.com.
Org doesn't like that website and has it blocked. Thanks.
Nah, what is annoying is those who want that everything remain the same even if it isn't well-designed in first place... the new menu is great and could be better but the old one is really very limited and retro.
