Widgets button on win10 style task bar

valinet / ExplorerPatcher

This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows

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Widgets button on win10 style task bar #2848

Open zortext opened 9 months ago

zortext commented 9 months ago

Hi, first of all thanks for this awesome app.

I switched to a new computer both run on Win 11 Pro. Old Win 11 PC was an upgraded version from Win 10. This is the only difference.

My old PC used to have widgets button on win 10 style task bar but now in the new PC I cant find a way to display it. Win+W shortcut does not work also.

I use win 10 style task bar because it has "smaller icons" option. Any solution for this?

Screenshot of old PC which has a button for Widgets on Win 10 style taskbar. Old PC

pyrates999 commented 9 months ago

Please check the icon size you have set windows to. It is in the settings application.

Also:

Please post windows version and build. You can find this by running winver. Please post explorer patcher version.

Please include what settings you changed in explorer patcher properties application. These should be screen shots.

Please include any other software you have installed that modifies the UI of windows.

zortext commented 9 months ago

Amrsatrio commented 9 months ago

Microsoft removed the Cortana button in 22621 because I think they've been deprecating it and keeping the button in the old taskbar was a burden for them to atleast make explorer.exe compile.

The Cortana button will return in the reimplemented taskbar that will come soon. I don't know about Windows+W, not everyone likes it.

XuanChen1234 commented 9 months ago

We found that the taskbar option in ExplorerPatcher found that "Show Cortana button" was gone. Please add that option back. I appreciate any and all advice and help, thanks!