Windows 11 File Explorer Right-click Menu was changed to include icons

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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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2022-02-09T17:15:00+00:00

Yup. This is SO ANNOYING. I'll never understand Microsoft. Do they think that by moving something around to a new location and giving it a different name, that somehow they've upgraded the software? It's almost like they're trying to handicap those who already know how to use a computer so those just learning don't feel so left behind. This is a really bad idea. I found this post because I'm looking for a way to CHANGE this back to words... THIS IS SO LAME. I'll probably just move back to Linux for my main systems, but I have to work on this stupid OS all day long.
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