I keep an old XP in the cellar for a back up, and use a newer laptop running W-7.
The W7 is fast and stable enough, but I really dislike the way the file menues present and the difficulty of selecting a file without missing the window a little with the cursor and having the menu disappear and having to start over again.
Having to scroll around looking for my file is a pain as well, and the list keeps popping up and down making it frustrating to catch a file even after I find it.
I can’t seem to maneuver up and down the filepath from explorer like I used to on XP.
W-XP was a lot more stable and intuitive.
Looking for some way to modify / retrofit W7 to operate more like XP, I found a program to do it (Windows will only offer it for PRO versions, which I don’t have) but it’s complexity scared me off.
Any suggestions?
I am one of millions who am fine with XP and would not change except for being forced. For that matter I have other computers purposed for certain applications that run even older OS Really WinME worked quite well for me.
I was lucky to buy Win7Pro authentic upgrade disks through a university.
Microsoft offers great prices to educational and OEM but outrageous retail pricing.
One reason I and others like Dell computers is the availability of physical restore disks.But you do need a valid COA sticker.
The focus shifts to the window you selected by mistake, bringing it in front of your old window. You can rotate through your windows by holding the Alt key down and pressing the tab key.
I can’t seem to maneuver up and down the filepath from explorer like I used to on XP.
I prefer the file manager in Free Commander to that in post-XP Windows Explorer:
Looking for some way to modify / retrofit W7 to operate more like XP
Try Classic Shell.