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Hi there.
What made it almost unuseable for me was the modified start menu with a non functioning search. A member on this Forum (Thanks Dave44) suggested a reg hack to get the menu back to the resizeable version of the previous build with the search bar (that works).
Endless scrolling whether vertically or horizontally is NOT what I want or need on any type of OS - least of all on a Desktop OS. The menu fix has now made the latest build really OK for me in spite of some mis givings like the still cackhanded division of functions between the Control panel and Pc settings -- I understand why the control panel needs to be changed over a period but Windows could start integrating the functions much better by making the Control panel in a way that it was at least LAUNCED from the PC settings. That way the functionality would at least START from a common point for PC settings.
So I've decided to keep on with it -- currently my only real gripes now are probably not actually in Ms's domain -- VMWARE 11 and VMPLAYER 7 don't enable 3D (VMware 10 does so I might revert back) and Unity mode (aka "Desktop Integration or rather like "XP Mode") doesn't work properly with this build.
I would prefer to keep VMware 11 as it uses DYNAMIC RAM for VM's (very useful feature) and if you convert the VM's to WKS 11 format then they run very much more efficiently. I can live without the 3D for a while for what I do on VM's but I miss Unity mode. Still undecided about reverting back to using Workstation 10.
(@ Kari I'm NOT using HYPER-V as I run the same VM's on both Windows and Linux Hosts. The identical VM with its configuration file runs on either LINUX or WINDOWS HOSTS without change in any way - just open the vm and power it on using either OS as HOST).
Anyway here's the old menu back again with a screenshot of the (IMO useless) new version as well. On the old one I can just type in WORD 2010 and Word starts for example rather than having to scroll down the entire menu list with the new version.
For those that want the previous (resizeable) menu back here's a link to Dave44's thread : (note - if you apply the fix you won't be able to expand the menu to the start screen - so think what suits you before making the choice).
https://www.tenforums.com/general-dis...tart-menu.html
Cheers
jimbo