Jarred Walton has been a PC and gaming enthusiast for over 30 years.
Context menus now require an extra click to get at the menu I actually wanted, but what’s worse is the way some functionality is simply gone. I may be the exception, but I want all my system tray icons to always be visible. I’ve encountered far too many PCs where more than a dozen ‘utilities’ are running in the background sucking down system resources. Even worse, some malware sits in the system tray, and hiding icons by default is a terrible idea. On Windows 10 and earlier, there’s a simple toggle to show all icons, but Windows 11 killed it.
Other things have changed as well, such as the Microsoft Store—which was updated for Windows 10 users too. Changing the default installation drive used to be easier. Now, I’m not even sure how to move a Store app to a different drive. I didn’t like the Microsoft Store before, but the new version if anything feels worse. And there are a few games that require me to use the Store app.