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Very specific questions about Windows 10 features.
Folks,
I have a number of questions about how much "sanity" has been restored in Windows 10. Since I can't seem to find anything about these while searching, I thought I would register and ask here. So, if you can help, I would appreciate it.
1. I have been generally horrified with Windows 8, and to a great extent, "All I want is my Windows XP back." So, here's the first question: I don't WANT the new-fangled "tiles" in the Start Menu. I don't even want the "second column" of stuff in the Windows 7 Start Menu. So, with Windows 10, can I just have a simple, one-column Start Menu which I can populate with the programs of MY choice, and then with a cascading second "Programs" menu? You know, like Windows XP?
2. The very "sharpest knife" for my needs is to launch actual FILES, and not necessarily PROGRAMS. I don't want to launch Excel and then open up a specific file every single time I launch Excel -- I want to launch that one file every single time I start Excel. This is something that the Windows 7 menu utterly destroyed, so has "sanity" restored, and can I actually specify a FILE in the Start Menu, or am I limited to launching only PROGRAMS?
3. Once upon a time, I actually had the POWER to specify what color I wanted to use for Active Window Title Bars, and Inactive Window Title Bars, the Menu background, and everything else I might want to DECIDE FOR MYSELF what color to use. Of course, Windows 8 threw that out with the bathwater. So, will Windows 10 bring back the "Windows Color and Appearance" dialog box (launched from the "Advanced appearance settings..." link in Windows 7), or will Microsoft decide what colors I must use?
4. I dumped Internet Explorer for Firefox after Microsoft decided that You Must Search From The URL Box -- I'm sorry, but I want to search from a separate Search box. So, will the new-fangled whatever-it's-called web browser bring back a separate search box?
Believe it or not, that's just a very simple list of very simple things I want back, which Microsoft in its infinite wisdom decided to take away from me. So, before I take the plunge into Windows 10, I would sure like to know if Microsoft has decided to make my life easier, instead of more difficult. Thanks for your help in advance!
thoots