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remir | 3 months ago

I wish there was a "power user" mode in Windows that you could activate and you'd get the ability to have classic themes (my MS themselves), classic Control Panel, no constant nudging, no weather/Xbox/Solitaire apps, etc...

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anthk|3 months ago

Windows' GOD mode CLSID:

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/create-master-control-panel-g...

Dennip|3 months ago

THe settings siutation is so annoying, there are still so many options locked away inside control panel and the new settings app has a few that dont exist in control panel, its so fragmented.

accrual|3 months ago

I find myself reaching for the Control Panel all the time in Windows 11. I won't go into the main settings panel unless it's the only way.

estebank|3 months ago

They tried that during the Chicago development and discarded the idea due to multiple problems with how humans work.

Two different UIs meant that you had to learn them separately, you didn't have a slow ramp from one to the other, one familiar with one could get stuck on the other with no knowledge of how to get back, divided efforts between the two, etc.

Not quite what you are asking for, but closer to Win95 shipping with progman.exe which could allow someone to cosplay Win3.11 while running Win95.

senorrib|3 months ago

And yet they seem to have lost all that knowledge from Win8 onwards. WinForms, WPF, UWP, WinUI, MAUI... All of these with their own metaphores, design language, and they all feel half-baked, full of bugs.