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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by vyrotek on Thursday January 20, 2022 @11:28PM (#30019166)
I was frustrated with it as well. I turned to Power Toys Run and never use the default search anymore.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/run

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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by manapause on Thursday January 20, 2022 @11:43PM (#30019269)
Powertoys is terrific, and open Source!

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/blob/main/README.md

For the fastest searching possible on Windows, I use the Journal-indexing "Everything" search.

https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/

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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by xmprt on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:07AM (#30019396)
Why is this not the default in Windows?! I've been looking for something like this since I installed Windows 10
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Re:The Windows 11 taskbar is an annoying step backward by Someone1234 on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:23AM (#30019877)
> Why is this not the default in Windows?!

Because Microsoft is a giant dysfunctional bureaucracy and getting anything approved within the org takes ten years of meetings and tons of political capital. Whereas a non-Windows side project can run under the radar and just make cool stuff.

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