![]() ![]() This specific sidebar layout (“Show All Folders” under Options->View) is the one that most closely matches the old Windows XP folder tree layout.I also find these to be exceptionally user-hostile, in that they also needlessly duplicate content in a highly confusing manner. ![]() I have completely disabled/neutered and removed the Quick Access, Library, & Home folders.He has become deeply confused as to where he actually is in the file system due to this needless and extremely user-hostile duplication of folders. Unfortunately, Windows 11 has introduced an ungodly mess to the Windows Explorer sidebar.Īnd by ungodly mess, I mean an absolute UI clusterf**k, in that all the icons that you see directly within the folder tree (and beside/visually-above “This PC”) is also found within the user profile directory, which also sits at that same level. Up to this point, I have been able to tweak the various versions of Windows to look remarkably like Windows XP, which is what he is most familiar with and enjoys. And with Windows 10 EOL coming in 2025, there is a reasonably high probability that he will have to move to Windows 11 eventually anyhow. ![]() Unfortunately, a new laptop purchase means that he is now “stuck” on Windows 11. He ain’t got the time nor the inclination to learn a new OS. And of course, setting the right-click menu to default to the classic style, since the new one lacks a lot of functionality without having to click the "more options" entry first.My father is turning 84 this year. Though there's a lot of unnecessary whitespace around the icons above the address bar, so I'd be more interested in getting rid of those entirely, and just having the address bar containing several buttons, and advanced functionality reserved for the right-click menu or a drop-down list. I sometimes use the back, forward and up directory buttons, and those are still there. Honestly though, the Ribbon UI was a mess, and a waste of screen real-estate, full of clutter that most would rarely use, or that could be accessed just as easily through the right-click menu or keyboard shortcuts. And of course, Windows 11 isn't even releasing until later in the year, with the current, feature-incomplete pre-release only available for beta-testing, so it can't be considered a finished product at this stage. Do you need to install 3rd-party audio drivers too? I'm just glad I'm at a point now where I don't 'need' Windows for anything other than PC gaming.So, what do you use? Linux, where you need to search for some obscure console command or manually edit config files to accomplish similar things? Or other operating systems, where you might not even get the option to revert changes to the interface?Īnd in this case, as has been pointed out, there's apparently an option right in the settings to revert to the old style, so no registry editing was even required. Anyway, someone else deserves credit for finding this one.I'm just passing it along. I saw it somewhere else two days ago, but now I cannot recall where I found it. No need to edit the registry.īTW, this isn't something I came up with. If you want to switch back to the abbreviated Windows 11 icons instead of the Windows 10 ribbon, just reverse the process and uncheck the "Launch folder windows in a separate process box" so that it is unchecked.Įasy peasy. Re-launch (or open) File Explorer again and voila' you will have your old Windows 10 ribbon in Windows 11. ![]() MAKE SURE THE BOX IS CHECKED, and then click on "Apply" and then click on "OK" and close Windows File Explorer. Scroll down the list of items and look for "Launch folder windows in a separate process": Select "View" again from the three tabs available in "Folder Optinon" (i.e., from General, View and Search). Open Windows File Explorer and select the "View" menu (File, Home, Share View, etc.).pick "View" When running Window 11, you can get the Windows 10 ribbon by simply unchecking a box in the "View" menu of "Folder Options". It is definitely not necessary to edit the registry. ![]()
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