Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off File Explorer Advertising

Re:Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off File Explorer Advertising by throwanem on Friday March 10, 2017 @05:30AM (#13837622)

I'm about to have to switch from 7 to 10 at work. I haven't used 10 before. What's going to piss me off most?

(You'd think there would be an answer to this somewhere, but I haven't found one that is more than a puff piece.)

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Re:Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off File Explorer Advertising by ohashi on Friday March 10, 2017 @05:46AM (#13837681)

Cortana, the tighter integrations of microsoft bullshit you don't want. Having to search a dozen times for how to disable/turn off things.

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Re:Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off File Explorer Advertising by roryisok on Friday March 10, 2017 @06:48AM (#13837902)

Probably the settings app which is there to replace the control panel of old. It's very dumbed down, and frequently has to launch cpls itself to allow you to do more complex things.

FYI you can still get the control panel, just hit windows key and type "control panel". (Note, it appears for me after just CON, so you probably won't have to type the whole word, depending on what you have installed)

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Re:Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off File Explorer Advertising by runjake on Friday March 10, 2017 @11:24AM (#13839727)

Or just hit 'WIN+x', then 'p' to bring up the Control Panel.

WIN+x, e for Explorer

WIN+x, c for CMD (but configurable to launch Powershell instead)

WIN+x, r to bring up the Run dialog.

And so on...

Learn to love WIN+X+Key... until Microsoft takes it away or otherwise nerfs it.

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Re:Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off File Explorer Advertising by cobalt on Friday March 10, 2017 @12:46PM (#13840448)

seeing as how its a new (and advertised) power feature to windows 8, why would they nerf it?

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Re:Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off File Explorer Advertising by vetinari on Friday March 10, 2017 @09:25AM (#13838759)

Control panel and some of it's applets are available also by right-clicking the start menu. Since w8.1/2012r2, even.

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Re:Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off File Explorer Advertising by chrisper on Friday March 10, 2017 @10:47AM (#13839448)

They removed that in the newest beta build. Now it has a menu option to the new settings app. Pretty stupid. They haven't even finished transferring everything yet.

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Re:Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off File Explorer Advertising by criddell on Friday March 10, 2017 @09:43AM (#13838886)

I get most pissed off at the crapware that keeps getting re-installed. I don't want Microsoft's weather, news, money, music, contacts, calendar, etc... You can uninstall most of them by right clicking and choosing install but others require a PowerShell script.

My advice - do it all by script and keep the script because you are going to need it again when Microsoft decides to re-install all of it.

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