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Re:Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Con... by WarOnPrivacy on Friday August 23, 2024 @03:23PM (#41332213)
> If you ever tried using Settings and search.

First commands I run on a new install/user.

    :: Disable Web from Taskbar Search
    reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search /v BingSearchEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
    reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search /v BingSearchEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
    reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows /v DisableSearchBoxSuggestions /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
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Re:Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Con... by kirenida on Friday August 23, 2024 @03:43PM (#41332394)
You forgot

reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve

To enable the classic right-click menu :)

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Re:Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Con... by rqtwteye on Friday August 23, 2024 @03:55PM (#41332528)
The new menu would actually be quite ok if you could configure what’s on the main menu and what’s on “More”. The old menu has a ton of stuff I never use so in theory it would be nice to push that to a secondary menu. But the UX geniuses have decided it’s better to have random stuff I never use in the shorter first menu and the stuff I really need is on the second. It would be so easy to configure this. What are these geniuses thinking? (I guess they don’t think much….)
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Re:Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Con... by kirenida on Friday August 23, 2024 @04:20PM (#41332750)
And all that without even mentioning that they put cut/copy/paste on top in icon form (afaik).
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Re:Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Con... by vel0city on Saturday August 24, 2024 @09:25AM (#41338145)
Putting the things I use the most closest to my mouse. It's great. I spent two seconds figuring out the icons the first time I encountered it and now it's faster for me.
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Re:Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Con... by kasabali on Sunday August 25, 2024 @02:58AM (#41345064)
> I spent two seconds figuring out the icons the first time I encountered it and now it's faster for me.

You're definitely sharper than me. I spend 2 seconds every time I encountered it.

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Re:Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Con... by mjevans on Friday August 23, 2024 @03:31PM (#41332277)
Did you mean to add the bingsearchdisabled twice to work around some issue where it persists like a virus, or was that a typo for E.G. the computer rather than the user?
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Re:Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Con... by WarOnPrivacy on Friday August 23, 2024 @06:33PM (#41333657)
No I messed up somewhere. I remember I did have 3 regedits at one time (in this part of the decrapify list). The count was right so I didn't pay attention.

Looks like it's time to audit the lists.

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