Microsoft finally lets Windows 11 users rebuild the right-click menu
Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines
A preview update, KB5127936, hands Windows 11 users a customize menu button to toggle, reorder, and resurface right-click commands that Microsoft had buried behind icons and a Show more options submenu. The same build adds Cloud Rebuild, which reinstalls Windows from Windows Update when a PC won't boot, though it wipes apps and files. The timing stings: Windows OEM revenue fell 27 percent as CFO Amy Hood warned the slide will continue.
Windows OEM revenue was below expectations and decreased 27% and 28% in constant currency, driven by the Windows 10 end of support demand in the prior year, inventory drawdowns by OEM and channel partners and weaker PC market demand.
- mrheosuper
As long as they still require online account to install, nope, not for me. That's stupid requirement.
- jswelker
Way too little way too late Microsoft. After 30 years I will never choose Windows again. Got on Windows with 3.1 and off the train with 11. It's not me--it's you.
- DaiPlusPlus
Meh. It's been 3 years and *gestures broadly* so much else of the Windows 11 UX still leaves much to be desired: making the context-menu slightly-less-awful isn't going to bring me back to the fold when so many other aspects of Win11 are not just unappealing, but actually off-putting.
(I maintain that Windows 11's bad UX is a consequence of MS having to make a single UI for everyone, which means it'll be too dumbed-down, simplified, or inflexible for power-users (XP, Win8, Win11); or too complicated and intimidating for everyone else (Win7, Win10), or just bad for everyone (Vista)).
If Microsoft wants me to willingly buy into Windows 12, then I want the option to keep the Windows 10 UI (File Explorer, Taskbar, Start Menu, and Window Management) - I know it can be done in theory[1], I just want proper support.