Microsoft blocks even more customization apps in Windows 11 version 24H2
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Microsoft appears to be blocking even more apps for customizing the user interface in Windows 11 24H2. Users noticed that ExplorerPatcher joined the recently blocked StartAllBack app.

TLDR: StartAllBack, ExplorerPatcher and some other projects are being blocked on 24H2.

One more reason to switch to Linux

  • DdCno1@kbin.social
    7837·
    6 months ago

    Good news hidden in the article:

    Like in the case of StartAllBack, you can bypass the block by simply renaming the executable to something else. If you want to upgrade to a newer build, delete the app, update your system, and then launch it using a renamed executable.

    @OP: People who are modifying Windows this deeply are not going to switch to Linux. If you’re going through this much trouble, you’ve already tried Linux several times and left disillusioned every time. Linux does not compete with Windows as a desktop operating system and I doubt it ever will. It simply does not offer the compatibility and ease of use (including for power users) that Windows - for all its faults - has.

    • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
      341·
      6 months ago

      People who are modifying Windows this deeply are not going to switch to Linux

      Yeah. Not just to avoid a quick file rename.

      Although, I started out as someone who modified Windows that deeply, and I ended up on Linux.

      One of my reasons for switching was when my favorite Windows mod stopped working, and there was no recourse.

      This sounds like it goes beyond that and the Windows team is actively pushing modders out?

      I think this will have an effect, and we will get more migrations.

      • quantumcog@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        242·
        6 months ago

        Yep, Microsoft is also blocking some github scripts for disabling telemetry,etc. They are just making it worse for themselves

      • vodka@lemm.eeEnglish
        191·
        6 months ago

        I switched when a Windows update for the third time in a month forcibly changed the default pdf and html file association to edge.

        That was like 5 years ago, and I’ve never looked back.

    • arf@lemmy.todayEnglish
      318·
      6 months ago

      Anyone could just as easily say:

      Windows does not compete with macOS as a desktop operating system and I doubt it ever will. It simply does not offer the compatibility and ease of use (including for power users) that macOS - for all its faults - has.

      Windows isn’t compatible with Final Cut Pro, has a lackluster implementation of Adobe Photoshop comparatively, and has no support for common cli shells such as bash or zsh (without creating an emulated subsystem ala Cygwin or WSL). Setting up a Windows desktop for my day-to-day tasks is a huge pain as opposed to macOS or a Linux-based desktop OS.

      • HerzogVonWiesel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        91·
        6 months ago

        You are right about some points, though what the original comment meant by compatibility is probably industry software.

    • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      I think a lot of people have a few killer apps that just don’t work on Linux even with WINE. Hell, I’ve heard that VR is not worth it on Linux. There are edge cases like that, that need to be sorted some way. Hopefully whatever Valve is doing wrt their supposed standalone VR headset helps there.

    • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1610·
      6 months ago

      This comment is simply wrong. Linux doesn’t compete with Windows desktop because it’s already ahead of it.

    • experbia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      People who are modifying Windows this deeply are not going to switch to Linux

      I did. I was a heavy Windows customizer and deeply understand it as an operating system and target for application development. I left because, at some point, I realized the OS I (one way or another) paid for was treating me like a product instead of a user, and I resent that. I don’t like the feeling of slowly losing grip on the OS as it slides into becoming adtech tooling for marketing interests instead of the thing that runs programs for me. Despite my entrenched Windows knowledge, none of my primary personal computers run it anymore, including my gaming PC. Adaptation is a lot easier than most people expect, in my opinion.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
      117·
      6 months ago

      Linux does not compete with Windows as a desktop operating system and I doubt it ever will.

      Surely it doesn’t, the former is a good system, the latter is monopolistic shit supported by people with duckling syndrome and those who know no better.

      EDIT:

      does not offer the compatibility and ease of use (including for power users) that Windows - for all its faults - has.

      I hope you don’t mean those google-fu masters by “power users”, but otherwise this wouldn’t make any sense.

      • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        31·
        6 months ago

        There’s a wide gulf between googlers and power users, and between power users and the “truly skilled”. I’m a Systems “Engineer” with nearly a decade experience in Tech Support, SysAdmin work, building custom system integrations/interop layers, and building custom automations.

        Got no problem doing deep troubleshooting, compiling from source, finding issues in open source code bases, fixing them, submitting pull requests, etc.

        Doesn’t mean I want to have to do all that regularly when I have other shit to get done.

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      43·
      6 months ago

      Power users are the exact people who would get the most benefit out of Linux, though. Speaking as one of them who got sick and tired of Windows’ bullshit. I’d argue Linux already very much competes with Windows, and has many advantages sourced from it being an open and not profit driven operating system.

      Finally do I have an operating system that actually tries to work with me to get what I want, rather than tries to obstruct me every part of the way because “it knows best” or whatever windows tries to do.