Most popular submissions in 'Annoyance' for the past 12 months
Option to pause (and resume) a file transfer
Sometimes a file transfer can take up a lot of resources so I think it would be useful if you could pause it and resume it again at a later time.
Add a pause button on the file copy dialog.
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Closing laptop should NOT hibernate after shutdown has been ordered
When I physically close my laptop computer, Windows goes into hibernation, which is a good thing since it saves battery power.
However, this also happens if I close the laptop shortly AFTER ordering it to shut down. The shutdown is interrupted (more...)
Once a system shutdown has been ordered, disable the service that puts the system into hibernation when the laptop is being physically closed.
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"Folder in Use" dialog doesn't specify which program is using the folder
"Folder in Use" dialog says "The action can't be completed because the folder is open in another program. Close the program and try again"
The problem is that it doesn't specify which program, so the user may (more...)
Specify the program or process where the folder is open. This allows the user to easily identify it to take proper action.
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Better multi-monitor support for Taskbar
When you have multiple monitors, currently you only get one taskbar on the primary monitor, and desktop is repilicated between them. You really have no control over where apps appear when you launch them, where dialogs appear, or any ability to utilize (more...)
It would be nice if you could have the option to have the taskbar on each monitor, and to be able to customize which items are pinned to which taskbar. Applications pinned to the task bar on a given monitor will launch on that given monitor. Each task (more...)
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keep Menu Selected Item color layout consistency for Windows 7
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to improve Appliaction Menu Selected Item color. (discriminated Appliaction Menu color very difficult, looked vague.)
There is no consistency between the Start Menu and the Appliaction Menu.
To keep Start Menu and Appliaction Menu (more...)
keep Menu Selected Item color layout consistency for Windows 7
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Shell Extension Organizer
Removing old or broken shell extensions. You shouldn't have to dig inside the Registry Editor in order to remove old shell extensions.
Suggesting a simple to use Shell Extension Organizer where you would see a list of all the shell extensions on the computer and you would be able to Enable/Disable or Delete shell extensions. There should also be a feature where you could hide or un-hide (more...)
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Medium
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Black screen during hibernation? Why?
Is it by design? You don't know if the hibernation started at all or if it's finished or not: you have to look at the hdd led (if any!) because you don't venture to plug out the power cord.
Bring back the XP hibernation status bar with new design.
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The default Start Menu "All Programs" requires a bit of organizing
This is a very annoying aspect but would be very easy to fix. The default Start Menu "All Programs" list needs to be better organized.
Here are some examples:
- Some of the utilities found under the "System (more...)
I've pretty well already explained it within the Problem decription. Come on though Windows Dev Team, this is a short and painless task. It is easily doable even though we're nearing RC :)
Another small little change which could (more...)
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Medium
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Provide built-in OSD feedback for volume control (and other) buttons
When using volume or brightness control and other similar buttons on keyboard, users usually see some feedback in the form of OSD overlay.
However, this feedback is something that right now each and every notebook/keyboard manufacturer (more...)
The solution is simple – provide something by default, perhaps make it customizable and/or extendable, and let us forget all those custom OSD programs that we're using right now. Of course, some options to disable OSD wouldn't hurt either.
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Windows Defender update color layout and toolbar UI to win7style
Windows Defender color layout and UI isn't win7style.
win7style color layout is light blue, not dark blue.
Windows Defender update color layout and toolbar UI to win7style
like Windows Photo Viewer or Windows DVD Maker.
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High
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Windows 7 refuses to unmount storage devices, even when not in use
W7 often refuses to unmount storage devices with a "can't stop your device because a program is still using it" message - even, in many circumstances, when no actual program is using it. As a result, I'm forced to yank the hardware (more...)
Reconfigure the "device in use" logic of this widget to be more accurate.
Also, reconfigure the dialog to show the names of applications or services that are (ostensibly) still using the device.
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make the file extensions grey and/or bold or itelic fount
Some files are accedentily named incorecly as the .ectension does not stand out enough(for some people)
make the .extensions greay, bold or itelic or a mixture, to make stuff stand out, and avoid miss naming
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Medium
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IE 8 downloads every file to temporary folder even if the path is specified.
Every time I download something using IE8, the file is downloaded to temporary folder and then copied to specified location. If the size of file is larger than the space remaining on the system drive, IE8 still downloads the remaining file and keep it (more...)
When a path is specified to save a file, it should be downloaded directly to that location, instead of temporary folder. Temporary folder should be used only when I select 'open' instead of 'save' in download confirmation dialog. Also, (more...)
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keep UI theme style consistency for Windows 7
keep UI theme style consistency for Menu bar & Tool bar.
like Windows XP theme style's consistency.
keep UI theme style consistency for Windows 7.
view snapshot:
http://www.windows7taskforce.com/thumb/UI_Style_Consistency.png/x/700
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High
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Untoggling Auto-Arrange in Windows Explorer
Not being able to drag the order of files and images around to my liking is an immensely irritating limitation for me and all professionals who constantly work with images. It's even more irritating in that W7 is inconsistent in allowing it on the (more...)
Please allow us to rearrange our items in our own fashion that does not involve renaming all of our files or even taking our hands off the mouse. This limitation seriously cuts into productivity, and it is a simple, essential, extremely useful function (more...)
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