Windows 7 Taskforce

Run window should have "Run as administrator" checkbox

Submitted by AllUltima on February 14, 2010 to Annoyance, Legacy, Usability

Problem: "Run" used to be the "quick and dirty" way to run stuff FAST (i.e. I could Run cmd and get a command prompt). But under UAC I typically need an ELEVATED command prompt, which requires me to find/make an elevated shortcut for. If it (more...)

Solution: Add "Run as Administrator" in the Run Window under the Open: [path] combo-box. Require the user to manually toggle the box for security reasons consistent with UAC.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(12 comments)

Open With...

Submitted by bernard on February 18, 2010 to Legacy

Problem: Although Microsoft tried hard to get rid of plenty of legacy UI components in Windows 7, it did miss a few. This one comes up when you try to open a file extension that Windows does not recognize. Usually, selecting the "Use the Web..." option (more...)

Solution: One of two solutions:
1. Aero-ize this dialog box, giving it the nice, big-button layouts that you see across other areas in Windows 7 (e.g. Aero Wizards, file transfer conflicts, etc.)
2. Nix the dialog box completely and take me straight (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(8 comments)

Fix This Problem! Windows 7 Media Center Volume Control is Global

Submitted by john_mon on February 13, 2010 to Usability

Problem: This problem was pointed out here in a March 29, 2009 posting, and again in a Feb 1, 2010 posting.

There is no way to turn down the volume in Media Center without effecting the entire PC. I thought multitasking was sort the goal here (more...)

Solution: Look at any other commercial video application. They all have volume control that is specific to the application. Any!

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(4 comments)

Windows Photo Viewer decreases quality and size of files when rotated

Submitted by kiwiant on February 23, 2010 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

Problem: When you rotate an image in Windows Photo Viewer it overwrites the previous file with one of lower quality. For example, a file that was origionally 76,470 bytes in size is decreased to 60,129 bytes after a single rotate and 59,889 bytes after 3 rotates. (more...)

Solution: Use the orientation attribute in the EXIF data to store rotation information and render appropriatley.

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(5 comments)

Blu-ray drive icon should have the disc blue.

Submitted by .Chris on February 14, 2010 to Icons

Problem: While the actual disks are not blue, it would be nice to have the icon blue, so those who may have dual drives, one being a blu-ray and one being a normal DVD drive can tell the difference,.

Solution: image from: http://rocketdock.com/addon/icons/20163

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(7 comments)

CD Error when Autolaunch program still active & CD ejected

Submitted by Daemonmonkey on March 10, 2010 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: When an autostarted program is active after you inserted a CD with Autoplay, and then you eject the CD without ending the program and then try to end/continue program the error notification pops up, telling you (correctly) that the CD i s missing.
(more...)

Solution: Make the dialog supreme and if I click Cancel that means the CD is not there so end the program.

Severity: Medium

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

Allow Windows Photo Viewer to rotate read-only files

Submitted by kiwiant on February 23, 2010 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: When opening faxes in tiff format from Outlook, Outlook saves to the Temporary Internet Files folder and makes the file read-only. When viewing in Windows Photo Viewer (the default viewer for tiff files) the image cannot be rotated.

Solution: Allow images opened with Windows Photo Viewer to be rotated but just warn the user (without the use of a dialog box) that the rotation will not be saved.

Severity: Low

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

Windows explorer (left pane) : ability to expand folders with a single click

Submitted by Frosty on March 1, 2010 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: In Windows 7 / Vista, unlike Windows XP's explorer, a "heavy" action is required each time I want expand a folder in the folder tree : either double clicking, striking the '+' key, or pointing more or less successfully at the (more...)

Solution: Please add the ability, in the folders options, to switch back to XP behavior (expand folders with a single click on their name, in the folders pane).

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

Maximise after restore incorrectly placed when task bar is at the top

Submitted by ReeceDunn on February 22, 2010 to Annoyance, Bug, Usability

Problem: 1. Position the task bar at the top of the screen (Taskbar > Properties > Taskbar location on screen = Top)
2. Run a command prompt (Start > "cmd")
3. Maximise the command prompt
4. Minimise the command prompt
(more...)

Solution: Fix the window restore logic to handle the case where the task bar is docked at the top.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)

Information icons in CardSpace doesn't look good

Submitted by nyp on February 28, 2010 to Aesthetics, Icons

Problem: When you want to back up your cards in CardSpace, the information icons at there looks a little jaggy.

Solution: Replace them with the native icons.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(3 comments)

Gadget should lock in place; do not automatically 'snap' on restart

Submitted by koli on February 15, 2010 to Aesthetics, Annoyance

Problem: I like to have my gadgets flush with the sides of the screen. To move them like so, I need disable the 'snap to' feature by pressing Shift while moving the gadget. The problem is on restart; the gadgets will automatically 'snap' (more...)

Solution: solution 1: If the worry is that user will forget how to access the gadget menu to the right of the gadget, or god forbid learn how to right-click, the visual menu could be moved to the left if it would be moved off-screen.

Solution 2: (more...)

Severity: Medium

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(2 comments)

Pointless warning when deleting .exe files in Windows Explorer using the "Organize" menu

Submitted by broccauley on March 2, 2010 to Bug

Problem: - Select an unsigned *.exe file to delete in Windows Explorer.
- Click on the Organize menu and choose delete
- A pointless window titled "Open File - Security Warning" will appear telling you that "The publisher could not (more...)

Solution: - Remove this pointless warning. It doesn't appear if you press the delete key on your keyboard, nor if you right-click to delete.

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(16 comments)

WMP12 default color suckitude

Submitted by 4BoltMain on March 6, 2010 to Aesthetics

Problem: The media player color can not be changed.

Solution: Allow the player to be customized to suit the users taste.

I have a rather large LCD monitor and I would prefer that my eyes were not blasted with light (as well as the room) when listening to music in low light conditions.

Severity: High

Impact: High

Status: Not fixed

(10 comments)

Stop the "Safely remove hardware" icon from jumping around.

Submitted by xombie on February 27, 2010 to Annoyance, Usability

Problem: Try this if you have more than one removable device.

Plug them in. Now move the remove hardware icon to any position except the leftmost.

Click on it and remove one device. The icon will jump to the left to show a notification. (more...)

Solution: Don't make it change position just to show a notification.

Severity: Medium

Impact: Medium

Status: Not fixed

Where do custom sound schemes go?

Submitted by bernard on February 23, 2010 to Usability

Problem: Windows has given you the ability to create custom sound schemes since Windows 9x. It's not easy to locate where these custom schemes go once you create them, though. So for example it's not easy to backup and restore your schemes, and it's (more...)

Severity: Low

Impact: Low

Status: Not fixed

(1 comments)