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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by mangecoeur on Monday April 24, 2023 @06:49AM (#35685917)
But is this fixed in win11? From what others tell me the win11 is actually just another skin on the same code. You can still find plenty of UI styles from previous windows in win11
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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by doodlesdev on Monday April 24, 2023 @07:59AM (#35686517)
Most of Windows 11 is indeed just a reskin, however the taskbar has been completely rewritten and isn't coupled to explorer.exe anymore, being it's own WinUI application.
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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by accoil on Monday April 24, 2023 @04:15PM (#35692568)
Oh, that's nice. explorer.exe crashing and taking out the taskbar is common enough for me to just sigh when it happens (and then launch the task manager via ctrl+shift+esc). I'm not sure if that's a Windows issue, or corporate malware issue, but maybe that'd mitigate it.
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Re:Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never ... by DaiPlusPlus on Monday April 24, 2023 @11:54AM (#35689222)
Win11 uses a new taskbar and start-menu that was originally never intended for desktop use: it was for a phablet UI for "Windows X" - which got killed-off and the code ported over to the main Windows codebase. I have no idea why.
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