Windows 10: Paul Thurrott: Here are the Top User Requests for Windows

Sorry Ken, that MDL link keeps changing.

Try this: Microsoft services

 

What about changing the font face (without Registry hacks)?

Does W10TP support "long path names" by default?

A twin pane, multi-tab File Explorer would be nice.

Windows has had the "Lock Screen" feature since at least XP (that is exactly what "Window key + L" does in W7 and XP).

W8 added a pretty picture and the ability to see some icons and the clock.

 

Well put, I have accidentally deleted PC Settings along with metro apps, so I can not access it now. *Rolleyes

 

Thanks for that. Jumped from 98SE to Vista, then to 7 asap. Never knew it was a feature in any of those. *Redface

I guess 8 brought it to my attention since it boots to it. Any which way, it's quicker than logging out. I see in 10 that it exposes one's email address, which is not very safe!

 

Correction on this. Just learned today that indeed one can configure OneDrive to leave a hard copy of files within it's folder in 10.

OneDrive - Available Offline or Online in Windows 8.1

 

I find it weird that there is a long list of apps in the Start Menu that I cannot remove from there. These are the "metro" apps and they are not shown in the usual location (C:\Users\.......\Start Menu\Programs). The list is useless to me and I want them removed. In general, the personalization options for the Start Menu are rather poor, but perhaps this is just in the technical preview. Changing colors is weirdly hard, the choice is poor and the icons are horrible. But perhaps this eye candy will come later.

I also don't get doubling of some features (I'm on Desktop; could not care less about tablets). I don't need PC Settings app when I have the control panel.

 

But the top 10 list I find childish ...

 

Even if you use OneDrive, it stays on your machine unless you specifically tell it to not sync files already stored on OneDrive to your computer, then delete the local copy. Personally, I sync everything on my OneDrive to my computer, and I keep all my documents, pictures, videos, etc. saved to my OneDrive folder, so I have access to literally all my files anywhere, at anytime. If I have my computer, but no internet, I have the local copy. If I have internet but not my personal computer, I have OneDrive. Its very useful.

 

Perhaps you overlooked my correction in post 18.

It doesn't leave a hard copy on a drive unless one configures it to do so, of which I just learned.

I've been using OneDrive since I bought my Lumia WP8.1 back after the first of the year, so I know how useful it is. In fact I'm speaking into the phone writing this post in a Word file via OneDrive on my Lumia to copy/paste into the forums text box while enjoying the afternoon sun on my patio deck. *Smile

More info:

https://www.tenforums.com/general-dis...account-2.html

 

If you consider "4" to be a "long list", I suppose. You can remove them from the menu via group policy. Everyone is so quick to start hacking the OS to do things when the OS itself already gives you the tools to do what you want in many cases.

 

Take a look at the screenshots. I'm talking about the long list of apps on the left of the Start Menu. I'm not trying to hack anything, but it's not at all obvious how to remove them from there. Both screenshots are from the same Start Menu, you have to scroll down to get to something useful.

The background color is also rather ugly. So far I only found a way to choose out of a dozen solid colors like that.

 

Yes, all of those apps can be uninstalled, except for 4 of them. Those 4 can be hidden.

 

Aren't those from "All Apps" and right ones from Start Screen ?

 

Windows 10 really needs to sort out Control Panel and PC Settings. Perhaps Control Panel is no longer so relevant? I could do without it, if PC Settings really provided the same functionality.
I'd like more of the feeling I have with 8.1 that the Modern UI parts of Windows are the 'workings' of the OS, behind the scenes of the Desktop and applications.

I'm surprised that better personalisation isn't on that list, though.

 

Control panel is more of a hardware oriented than PC Settings, I would be lost without it even with "God Mode" nearby.