Hate is a strong word, but I don't like Windows 11

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I regretted installing Win11 from the very start. It seemed slow, buggy, and lacked some Win10 features I liked and used. What, I can't put a taskbar where I like it (on the left side of the screen)? Why is File Explorer so slow? What is this annoying clicking while I resume the audio and why the blutooth latency suddenly got so noticeable? Why do I have to wait so long for a contextual menu to show up? What's with those unreadable new emojis? Why it randomly restart when I simply shut it down? The list just kept going, small inconveniences piled up. Enough is Enough For months now I thought hey, easy, Urara. It will get better with time and updates, right?Right...?Two days ago, a START menu just stopped working. At first, I couldn't believe it. Restart didn't help. After a few attempts of making it work and failing, I was at my breaking point. I know I could make it work eventually, but at that point I was just simply too tired of this system.So, I decided to downgrade to Windows 10. Deep Cleaning Unfortunately, downgrading meant a need for a clean install. Those are always huge pain in the ass, but okay, whatever - being unemployed comes with some benefits, one of which being time for tedious tasks like that.I moved the most important stuff to my external drive and decided to basically wipe everything else. Not a bad idea to do some deep cleaning every once in a while - I had a lot of files, unused software and already completed and forgotten games just wasting my space.I created the backup of all my important data (writing, art, projects, photos, documents) on external drive and cloud services. I usually keep them separately on a D: drive, so there was no need to dig for them. Then, I exported my browser’s bookmarks — just in case, as they normally sync after logging in. I also copied the folder of my Steam saves, again, just in case, as they should be in the could. In the end, I made a list of all the essential software (like Scrivener, Notepad++ VSC, VLC, Anki,...

First seen: 2026-01-21 19:40

Last seen: 2026-01-21 19:40