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Had to revert to 8.1.
Ouch.
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I'd like to add a few annoyance regarding the new start menu:
0) The left pane is not wide enough and can't be resized. Both my SQL Server 2008r2 and 2014 simply show up as 'Microsoft SQL Server 20..'. I've now pinned them to the right-side 'tile' start menu and to the taskbar to get around it, still I have other programs like multiple VS where I can't see which is which.
1) Pinning to the start menu is confusing and only seemed to take effect after a reboot.
2) Removing an item from the list of 'Recently added' doesn't remove the item immediately and sometimes not at all.
I still like it better than 8, but not as much as 7. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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0) Can you not just rename the shortcuts to 'MS SQL etc.' or am I missing something?
1) No it isn't and no it doesn't ... on my desktop at least!
2) Dunno. Haven't felt the need to do it.
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No, you cannot rename them. In fact, right-click has no effect at all, there's not context menu. The whole All Apps list is built on a database rather than the file system like in the past (what's even worse is the fact that this database is limited to 512 entries, so if you got a lot of programs installed, with links and subfolders, some of them might not show up at all).
This start menu is a joke.
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Actually it's a bit more complicated than that ...
Folders on the all apps list have no context menu and cannot be renamed (or can they? *)
MS 'universal' apps have a limited context menu (pin/unpin) and cannot be renamed (or can they? **)
Individual shortcuts have an extended context menu and can be renamed by going to file location and simply doing it the old fashioned way.
Individual shortcuts can be moved out of a folder (found in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs) and will then take their place in the alphabetical listing accordingly. If the folder is left empty after this move it will no longer show on the All Apps list. So ....
* Yes they can! If you rename the empty folder and then drag all the shortcuts back into it it will reappear on the All Apps list in the correct alphabetical place according to its new name.
** Well, no they can't! but there's only so much good news a man can hand on in a day!
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I installed Start10 immediately. Tiled start menu? What tiled start menu? 
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Add to the list periodic failures of the indexed search for desktop apps and having to left click "open in new tab" after right clicking a link while in Edge to pull up the options list. The old IE used to accept a right click in the options list.
The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.
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- Wouldn't know. Never felt the need to do that.
- My VPN connection takes zero clicks as it operates as a service. Changing the server takes two clicks still. Not sure that MS can take the blame is what I'm saying.
- Huh?
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- What's an area?
- I'll add to that not being able to sort the Desktop menu in the tray icon when you bring up the context menu and select Sort By Name.
- Edge not allowing you to modify the bookmarks easily. You have to go to the manager to change them. Almost anything with Edge is still problematic.
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Only 3? Seriously! Only 3 were found until now?  Seems like you are busy these days.
Microsoft just released something, anything. I don't find what has changed or updated. It is the same thing, changing the UI isn't an upgrade to the OS.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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1. The 512 start menu item limit bug(not sure if that is an upgrade issue or always an issue)
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
:Smile:
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Chris Maunder wrote: No area. I know it's in there, buried, but so far I've not had any luck enabling it.
What's an area?
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Ugh, I meant Aero.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Oh okay 
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Hey Chris although this might not necessarily be a Windows 10 (Microsoft-related) problem but I've had a dickens of a time getting drivers for my HP laptop. Other than that once the initial batch of Microsoft updates came through, performance has been good so far...
Thanks for the post! Cheers!
"... having only that moment finished a vigorous game of Wiff-Waff and eaten a tartiflet." - Henry Minute
"Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!" - gavindon
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. - gavindon
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Have you tried re-installing drivers in compatibility mode?
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Ahhhh...  No, indeed I haven't; but sure will now...
Guess that's why you make the big bucks, Chris!
Thanks and Cheers Friend
"... having only that moment finished a vigorous game of Wiff-Waff and eaten a tartiflet." - Henry Minute
"Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!" - gavindon
Programming is a race between programmers trying to build bigger and better idiot proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots, so far... the universe is winning. - gavindon
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Chris Maunder wrote:
No areaAero. I know it's in there, buried, but so far I've not had any luck enabling it.
It's not buried, it's not in there. The only way to get it back for now is a third-party tool called "glass8" that brings back the glass effect using DLL injection into the DWM process. Only the license agreement and donation policy of this guy/developer is a little fishy (at least it has been in the past; for example, he kind of promised to grant access to the full/unlocked version if people donated a certain amount of money but never named a limit, so it was more like betting than donating).
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This[^] seems to suggest it's pretty straightforward.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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This post is pretty old in regards to the Windows 10 development cycle, but Aero Lite is still there, but this theme never had the glass effect. (Maybe I just misunderstand here something? I mean, it really depends on what are you referring to by "Aero").
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It doesn't give the cascading perspectives of the windows with {windowkey]-Tab; you just get a tiled effect of min-windows, similar to the line of mini-windows with Alt-Tab. (Just checked - the same happens with the default aero.theme as well). I liked the cascade as it gave you something meaningless to do which waiting.
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You're referring to "Aero Flip" here. Well, unfortunately that's gone since Windows 8 as far as I remember. TBH, I completely forgot about that, every time people complain about "missing Aero" it's only about the window transparency.
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Chris Maunder wrote: ...and if that's all I can find to complain about then something went right somewhere.
How much are they paying you for this? 
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I bought a Lenovo all in one for my everyday email and surfing, and upgraded to 10. When the machine is shut down, carefully clicking shutdown on the start menu, it will restart after some random time from 4 or 5 minutes to around an hour.
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Check Settings > System > Power & Sleep > Additional Power Settings for any anomalies before kicking up an almighty fuss with Lenovo!
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