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

Anonymous
2021-12-06T15:53:47+00:00

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.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-09-12T20:20:32+00:00

    What version are you running?

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-12T20:30:49+00:00

    Not sure which part you need, but it shows Windows 11 Pro, version is 21H2.

    Also says OS Build: 22000.795 and Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22000.795.0

    Our IT group has just started giving out replacement laptops with Windows 11 so there are just a handful of us as guinea pigs.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-12T20:39:25+00:00

    ******@gmail.com

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    2022-09-12T20:39:35+00:00

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