That said, did they fix the issue where explorer (with the desktop) would just randomly crash for no reason? I’ve worked in IT for 3 months and it was a frequent issue.
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SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Why does File Explorer freeze just because I opened it?!?
Every time???
How do they mess this up so bad?
Matriks404@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Saucepain@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I had this just last night and didn’t realise. Everything else was working fine, but then I glanced at my phone and realised that it was 2 hours later than the computer was showing.
webp@mander.xyz 4 months ago
Because you opened it in Windows 🤣
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I went back to Win10 at work because file explorer on Win11 was unusable. I’m not waiting a half second every single time I enter a subfolder.
and even worse in a OneDrive directory, often a full two seconds
that wasn’t the only issue, but it legitimately prevented me from being able to do my job, because I needed to be able to multitask on several projects at once. what used to be a two minute turnaround on a question somebody would ask me became hours, simply because I could not navigate to a directory in fifteen seconds and check a file quickly. and oh god the file explorer crashes
unfortunately I still deal with a bunch of that on Win10 now, because they somehow introduced that behaviour with greater frequency into Win10 in the past year
Scrollone@feddit.it 4 months ago
The funny thing is that both Outlook and OneDrive work way better on the Mac.
I just wish they were available for Linux.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
On Linux there is “onedriver”, a 3rd party onedrive client. Works great, but iirc not with sharepoint shares linked in your onedrive folder.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Too sad that alternatives like Thunderbird doesnt have anything like automated rules or quicksteps.
I thought those linux guys were all about automating the shit out of their desktop???
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 months ago
Too sad that alternatives like Thunderbird doesnt have anything like automated rules or quicksteps.
Uhhhh automated rules (called filters) are literally built in and go far more in-depth than outlook ever did. Quick steps I believe would require a plugin though
Here’s a support article even: …mozilla.org/…/organize-your-messages-using-filte…
cabillaud@lemmy.world 4 months ago
File explorer has always been a weak point in Windows, it just got better in the layer versions. Which speaks volumes about this OS too.
Scrollone@feddit.it 4 months ago
There’s a third party file explorer that works amazingly and it’s super fast. It’s freeware while in beta: filepilot.tech
If a single guy can do it, why can’t Microsoft?
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
You might be interested in this tool
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m so glad I blocked all the updates from MS on mydesktopm. It’s a nice stop gap until I get moved to linux
wordmark@mas.to 4 months ago
@JigglySackles @mrgoosmoos no seriously how can long time #debian #user help #windows users to finally migrate? You still can run it virtualized??? #gaming?
Brahvim@lemmy.kde.social 4 months ago
@JigglySackles @mrgoosmoos no seriously how can long time #debian #user help #windows users to finally migrate? You still can run it virtualized??? What keeps #windows users at #windows? #gaming?
Oh my goodness, …sorry if I sound negative, but, …that looks very tag-spammy for Lemmy.
Regardless though, welcome! Welcome to Lemmy, too!
wordmark@mas.to 4 months ago
@JigglySackles @mrgoosmoos if you want beta versions you can use #arch #linux XD
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Lol no arch for me just yet and esp no beta arch lmao. I’m working through my computers and devices at the moment. I have liked Zorin so far and have it on two laptops. I also swapped a fire tablet to lineage last week and I just replaced my phone and got a pixel and installed Graphene as well. I’m getting there. Just have my last laptop and my desktop to migrate. I’m putting off my desktop until I can migrate off a couple services. Also because I know it’ll be a major biiiiiitch. I have so many tools lol
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
I have that problem on my son’s pc. It’s definitely an io issue. A faster disk would solve the problem.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
lol that’s not the issue here
that can give you the same symptoms, but the tiniest bit of troubleshooting proves that that is not the scenario I have
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Could be, my kids have identical pc’s, but the disks are different. One has a slower ssd and its symptoms are exactly how you described, I knew it was slower but it’s all I had around. Both pc’s have SATA ssds. We’re saving for new disks, which I’m sure will alleviate the symptoms.
At work a similar problem with Windows server. The hosting company changed the IO tier and like snow these issues disappeared. Clicking start and waiting for it to open would take a minute, completely unacceptable, but ultimately fixed by having faster storage.
I’m not saying Microsoft is doing good work, I’m suggesting a workaround until they do, which we both know is very probably never.
They already pushed out older hardware with Windows 11, they won’t care about slower storage options.
ripcord@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Slow disk is not the problem.
Maybe a factor, but it is not a problem.
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
So would a working OS.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
It’s amazing how a second or 5 at so many levels causes micro-frustration. And it builds up, too.
I admit I lose just a bit of my shit when the neu web-service web-apps get sluggish, which seems to be very often. Those of us who remember the halcyon days where things were responsive on a pentium know better than to accept the current mess.
My tolerance for the poor performance and saas-linked core services is rapidly waning.
mirshafie@europe.pub 4 months ago
The scariest part is how the general population just accepts how bad Windows (and many corporate applications) is, because they don’t have a concept of what a decent piece of software looks like. They just assume that they hate computers but are simply forced to tolerate it to do their job.
setsubyou@lemmy.world 4 months ago
How do they mess this up so bad?
They made their devs use copilot.
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
After firing all the ones who knew anything about how the code worked.
coolmojo@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yep. Vibe coding. Replacing knowledge and experience with hallucinations since 2025.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Do you have disconnected network drives or slow to spin-up?
Because that froze mine on the regular.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I have a computer at work that has like 10 phones plugged into it. Opening “this PC” part of file explorer freezes it for about 5-10 minutes. It’s a very fun issue when I forget about. Normally I just avoid that screen.