Most recent submissions by user "sfsdfd"
Registered since: June 27, 2009
"Programs and Features" uninstaller still only allows one uninstall at a time
The Control Panel "Programs and Features" widget still only allows one uninstall at a time.
This might be understandable, e.g., for OS patches, which probably need to occur in a transactional manner - so it's probably a bad (more...)
Reconfigure the "Programs and Features" uninstaller service to allow concurrent uninstalls (so long as they don't involve updates to the same items.)
Medium
Medium
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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.
High
High
Not fixed
Just a question... is MS actually considering our Taskforce submissions?
I just noticed something, uh, interesting. Looking over there ---> and clicking on the "Status" categories produces some pretty disheartening results.
At present:
(1) Only one item is "under review" (more...)
Um... "the solution is left as an exercise for the reader." ;)
High
High
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MS Paint: When a block of an image is selected, "Select" button should be relabeled "Move"
In Paint, when a chunk of image is selected or pasted, the functionality of the cursor changes from a Select operation to a Move operation. This is helpful, of course.
However, the selected button still indicates "Select." This (more...)
Simply relabel the "Select" button to "Move" when a selection has been made.
Low
Low
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Multiple copy buffers
So it's 2009. We all use copy and paste a hundred times a day.
However, we still have no default functionality for multiple copy buffers. So, every time I want to swap two items, I can't just do this:
select item (more...)
The obvious solution is to implement multiple copy buffers, bound to different hotkey combinations.
Medium
Medium
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Unbinding F1 from Windows Help and Support
OK... confession time: I never, ever use Windows Help.
I don't disagree with it in principle. It is a very helpful document for explaining options to new and less experienced users. But I've been using Windows since the days of (more...)
PLEASE let me uncouple F1 from Windows Help and Support. Thanks!
Medium
Medium
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Internet Explorer needs a "save files in this location by default" option
Whenever I request to save an object in IE, I'm greeted with the standard "Save As" box.
I understand that this is somewhat consistent with other apps - e.g., office apps never know where you want to save your document or (more...)
One of two possible solutions here (neither of which compromises the default "Save "As" behavior):
(1) Create a separate context menu option for "Save," to mimic the typical "Save" functionality of office (more...)
Medium
Medium
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Bug: [Win]+[number] hotkeys map to taskbar entries as if grouped... even if grouping is disabled
Vista started the trend of co-opting the [Win]+[number] hotkey combination. These hotkeys referred to icons in the Quick Launch toolbar: [Win]+1 activated the first Quick Launch icon; [Win]+2 activated the second; etc. Not a bad idea, although I never (more...)
When the user has unchecked the "group taskbar entries" option, reconfigure the [Win]+[number] hotkey combination to match the actual taskbar entries instead of the (nonexistent) groups.
High
High
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Junctions in Explorer: when double-clicked, navigate to the referenced folder
The Vista FS introduced (or, at least, made heavier use of) junctions.
Junctions are like hard-coded, undeletable folder shortcuts that point to other locations. The idea here is that when a filesystem standard changes - e.g., when MS decides (more...)
When a user double-clicks a junction, navigate the Explorer window to the folder targeted by the junction.
Medium
Medium
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Relocate the view options for the Control Panel to the Explorer "View" menu
All of the view options in the Control Panel menu are disabled. Instead, there is a widget, way over on the right of the Control Panel, that allows toggling of the view among three states. (I didn't even notice this until the users below pointed (more...)
Relocate the functionality of the "View By" combo box to the Explorer menu bar, and remove the widget.
Medium
Medium
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Allow per-drive (and per-folder?) customization of Low Disk Space Notifications
I like that Windows has a low disk space notification service, but it's pretty primitive. In fact, its functionality has not changed since Windows 95! We have only two options: let it do its thing, or disable it completely.
It would (more...)
Create a small dialog to allow users to customize the "Low Disk Space Notification" service.
Medium
Medium
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Icon notifications bug: options for "Bluetooth Devices" and "Low Disk Space" change together
The improved ability to control the notification area is great, guys. I really like it.
However, there's a small bug here: changing the option for "Windows Explorer - Bluetooth Devices" automatically changes the option for (more...)
Reconfigure these two services to use different options, and/or fix the data binding error in the "Customize Notifications" dialog.
Medium
Medium
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Quick Launch toolbar bug: icons spontaneously rearrange into fewer rows
The Quick Launch bar is absolutely essential to my Windows experience. i probably use it more in any given day than I use the Start Menu.
(I tried Superbar - really, I did. And I hate it with an undying passion, for many reasons... this (more...)
Review and fix the inconsistent logic in the icon arrangement of the Quick Launch toolbar.
High
High
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Consistent, permament Explorer view preference
Explorer offers many views: Small Icons, Large Icons, List, Details, Tiles, Content, etc. This is a good and healthy trend.
Explorer also has an option to apply a particular view to all folders. This is also good.
Windows (more...)
Re-add the "Don't remember folder view settings" to the Explorer preferences menu, and then
High
High
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Bring back option to show folder path in title of Explorer window
The Explorer window and the Internet Explorer window have a big UI inconsistency. Consider the image below.
Windows Vista nuked the option of displaying the folder path in the Explorer window title. I never understood why Microsoft did (more...)
Create an option in the Properties section of Explorer to display the folder path in the title bar, and respect the user's preferences.
Medium
Medium
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