Microsoft lists of features that will be removed with Fall Creators Update
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schmidtbag
WareTernal
People will complain about anything MS does. If you even say "Windows 10" these people get all fired up. Some of the criticisms here are laughable.
schmidtbag
tsunami231
rip
MS paint
BarryB
I have a mate who works in a school and uses Windows 10 LTSB 2016 as his base image for all the new WDS images he rolls out. So far he's found Sticky Notes and Photo Viewer have been removed! These are 2 of the most popular programs his teachers actually use, and M$ thinks otherwise? Photoviewer can be added back with a reg hack, but Sticky Notes is Store App now and LTSB has no Windows Store!
nick0323
schmidtbag
BarryB
Yeah, M$ seems intent on forgetting 'Desktop Apps' and forcing everything onto Windows Store, Sticky Notes included! Having people use Sticky Notes for passwords though is always asking for trouble, deleting the profile is good way to prove that 🙂 I've seen proper sticky notes stuck to monitors with all sorts of things like credit card numbers and online passwords!
Redemption80
Most people at my work use sticky notes for work passwords, and i am one of them.
The requirement for more complex passwords that need to be changed every 30 days is just forcing people into compromising security by storing that password digitally or physically.
As for Windows Store apps, i used to hate them but they are slowly growing on me. Everything feels snappier, and while i know it isn't a native app i have even switched Kodi to the store version.
The Netflix app still annoys me though, that was much better on W8.
tsunami231
Redemption80
Most people have to write them down, remembering passwords that force you use certain characters and forcing you to change them every 30 days isn't realistic.
People do need to know that anything stored locally on a PC at work is likely not backed up though, so i can understand people in IT getting annoyed at people getting annoyed.
With the exception of Netflix all my store apps work really well, and it also has imo the best optimised game of the last few years in GOW4, which even outside the optimisation side of things is always quick and snappy to start up.
KissSh0t
Clouseau
The article from Microsoft states that Paint is not completely gone. It was just relegated to the Microsoft Store. So if desired it can be downloaded and installed. No biggie.
KissSh0t
Clouseau
Not sure. I have always logged into my ms account when downloading something from the store and then log out afterwards. 10 is linked to my ms account but use a local account when on the pc.
sverek
Remove all the bloatware and make it downloadable from store.
BarryB
LTSB 2016 DOES remove all the bloatware: No Cortana, No Windows Store, No pre-installed APPS and No EDGE browser 🙂
You can get Photo Viewer back with a reg hack, credit to original author left in! Just copy/paste the below info to a .reg file and import it:
Sticky Notes can also be added back by downloading and extracting the RAR file from here:
Once extracted, open either StickyFile86 (32bit Windows 10) or StickyFile64 (64bit Windows 10) and manually copy the following files to the relevant paths:
SNTSearch.dll --> C:\Windows\Sytstem32
sntsearch.dll.mui --> C:\Windows\Sytstem32\en-us
StikyNot.exe --> C:\Windows\Sytstem32
StikyNot.exe.mui --> C:\Windows\Sytstem32\en-us
Then create a shortcut for StikyNot.exe in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Accessories so it appears in the Start Menu under Windows Accessories where it normally lives!
There is an SLC folder with a 32bit and 64bit dll inside but I didn't copy that, think it goes in Sytem32, Sticky Notes seems to work without that file, but this install was for Server 2012 so it might be needed for that!
PrMinisterGR
Dch48
Dch48
All the changes make sense to me. I have no issues with any of them.
I do want to keep the store and definitely want Edge to keep improving. I won't use any browser but a MS one. I do find it surprising that the Outlook Express code is still in the OS since that program was removed starting in Vista and completely disabled in Windows 7. I still miss it though since it was my favorite email client of all.