Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more (Discussion)

I've done that as well. The registry edits still seem to work for that but the one for File Explorer had not been working for me anymore.

 

Nice. I see I have to add these to my list of things to check out.

@xxJackxx Thanks man. Is that the only tweak you are using?

 

I'm also using the Add Restart Explorer to context menu:
Add Restart Explorer Context Menu in Windows 11 | Windows 11 Forum
and Add Safe Mode to context menu (both of these work in 10 and 11):
Add Safe Mode to Desktop Context Menu in Windows 10 | Tutorials

 

Nice ones. I have not tweaked anything on my machine which is a first for me lol.

 

I'm seeing issues with wireless mice on a desktop and a laptop in the office. Both Windows 11. The mouse pointer will skip around and freeze and trigger gestures. This started yesterday and continues today. There haven't been any updates on the last 24 hours that I can find unless it is somehow related to Edge, which is not running. I've seen this before with a previous cumulative update but again, I have not seen any updates in the last couple of days. A wired mouse seems to work fine. No solution yet. Is anyone else seeing this?

 

I was seeing similar things going on with my wife's old Inspiron notebook this afternoon. Her laptop has Windows 10, but it sounds like she was having similar issues. I could restart Windows and it seemed to be okay, but a few minutes later it would start going crazy. I ended up restoring an image, and so far it appears to be behaving normally. I did run Windows Update until all updates had been installed. So far, so good....

 

Thanks for confirming. Sounds similar with a reboot clearing it up, for a short while. This happened a few months back with a particular Windows update (can't name it without a lot of digging) but this time it's been a bit since there was one and uninstalling the last one doesn't fix it. I'm not wanting to wipe machines until I can positively identify what it is. It's doesn't affect most of the PCs but its the same on the ones it does.

 

Wireless mice in both cases. One desktop and one a laptop. Laptop has a trackpad. Turning it off helps but does not completely resolve it. Using a wired mouse on the desktop seems to stop it. Having Logitech Options installed seems to make it worse. It would seem that gestures are being triggered without actually doing the things that should trigger them.

 

I had similar issues with KB5048667 back in December. It makes me feel like they have slipped in an update somewhere that breaks things again. It wasn't KB5055627 as uninstalling it did nothing. It just came out of nowhere last week on machines that were working fine previously. Strangely my laptop works fine and is seemingly unaffected. I don't know if it matters that the machines having issues are Dells.

 

Boo! Notepad isn't Notepad anymore. It looks like if I want to strip the formatting from text Notepad will no longer be an option. I'm still wondering why they killed Wordpad and now they are turning Notepad into it.

 

I read about this at How-to Geek this morning, and my reaction was similar to xxJackxx's. Thankfully, Notepad++ is still around and, so far as I know, the following still works:

https://winaero.com/classic-notepad-for-windows-11/

 

I have a VM on the Canary channel. I had the version of Notepad specified and didn't see any options related to those settings. I checked for updates and got 11.2504.52.0 and still see nothing. That said I pasted in formatted text and it pasted as plain text so it appears this change is not rolled out by version number alone.

 

Windows 11, periodic check, 24H2 update, and lots of fail

Here's something nice. And by that, I mean, not. This is my periodic review of Windows 11 following June 2024 patching, including a long and messy update process with failed updates and version 24H2 installation and setup, privacy baseline, new unwanted uninstallable apps, removal of said apps from a Linux session, AI components, optional components, numerous issues in the Administrator account like messed up visuals, missing save dialog windows and right-click functionality, unsuccessful system repair attempt, blocked drivers, some other observations, and more. Take a look, if you like.

https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-11-june-2025-update-results.html

P.S. An article on new vs old Notepad coming soon, too.


Cheers,
Mrk