Windows 10 features we're no longer developing

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/planning/windows-10-deprecated-features

by GordonS • 7 years ago

35 25 7 years ago

docs.microsoft.com

rusticpenn• 7 years ago

I love the Snip tool. I hope the new snip&sketch is as fast and simple.

manderley• 7 years ago

It's already part of Windows, and it's not. But you can bind Snip & Sketch to the Print Screen button in the Ease of Access settings.

trampypizza• 7 years ago

I was sceptical at first - but the windows key + shift + s shortcut really made it work for me! (I know I could have mapped Snipping Tool to a macro easily enough but... I didn't)

EDIT: Oh, also the fact that it automatically copies the snip'd area to your clipboard is nice.

Daynil• 7 years ago

I used to use the snip tool all the time, but I switched to LightShot since they started indicating it would be deprecated. Glad I did, lightshot is so nice.

sojmq2• 7 years ago

Try sharex

PedroBatista• 7 years ago

At least they are clear about it.

catpolice• 7 years ago

RIP screensavers

_nickwhite• 7 years ago

System Image Backup (SIB) Solution

We recommend that users use full-disk backup solutions from other vendors.

This is the only major bummer for me. I'm one of the (likely few) people who use this, and I also use it across the network to create system images for Windows 10 UEFI machines.

rkagerer4• 7 years ago

I've been using Macrium Reflect for a long time now and it's worked pretty well.

machinecoffee• 7 years ago

WinHlp32.exe "All Windows help information is available online. The Windows Help Viewer is no longer supported in Windows 10"

Wow, that's the end of an era. I suppose that also means all WIN32 API documentation is no longer available offline.

lonelappde• 7 years ago

Undermining their ad campaign claiming that Chromebooks are bad because they don't work offline.

quietbritishjim• 7 years ago

In fairness, I believe that's the old WinHelp format of Windows 3.1 vintage, rather than HTML help files with .chm extension.

sojmq2• 7 years ago

lol @ My People getting removed. It was added not so long ago and it was displayed so prominently (in the taskbar of the default install) and at the same time so seemingly stupid and useless that I was wondering if its inclusion was the result of a manager sucking off the right executive or something.

dragonwriter• 7 years ago

The inability to get TSF vs. TFS straight in that document is...pretty bad.

listenallyall3• 7 years ago

Please notify me when you're done with tiles, and re-implement the Win 7 Aero UI in Win 10.

Microsoft's biggest misstep in mobile was trying to unify the desktop and mobile experience into a weird amalgamation OS that doesn't work or feel right for either. Win 10 is an improvement over 8 but still awful compared to the straightforward, non-confusing Win 7. Apple understands users expect different OSes for iPhones vs Macs.

Mikhail_Edoshin• 7 years ago

There are some computers that are both tablets and laptops. E.g. Lenovo Helix series. So if it were possible to have interface that suits both these cases or somehow switch between them (but it shouldn't be drastically different), it would be great. This is what Windows is trying to do, I believe.

listenallyall3• 7 years ago

So Microsoft's strategy was to sacrifice usability for 90%+ of users in order to build this strange hybrid OS just for Lenovo Helixes, that is worse than its predecessors on desktop, and unable to compete on mobile?

marcoseliziario• 7 years ago

Functionally, I fail to see how Windows 10 is worse than aero.

Aesthetically, Aero is a phenomenal display of bad taste, that we'd all better forget.

When I see this kind of comment, I wonder if the commenter has actually used Windows 10 for any non-trivial amount of time.

listenallyall3• 7 years ago

And when I see a comment like yours, which just states one person's opinion -- no facts, nothing new -- I wonder, "why did this person waste his time commenting?" Did you think people would read your comment and decide, if marcowhatever likes Windows 10, then I guess my opinion is wrong?

Search anything related to Metro vs Aero or Win 7 UI vs Win 10 and it's almost all complaints about the dull, monotone, flat look of Win 10 (a failed unification with the no-longer-existing Windows Phone), or journalists who need to toe the MSFT party line in order to continue to get access to future stories.

devwastaken• 7 years ago

"Wi-Fi WEP and TKIP"

Now those in less fortunate circumstances that have to connect to whatever public WiFi is available will simply be screwed if they dare get a modern Windows machine.

The products Microsoft donates to classrooms in impoverished countries will be nice paperweights.

rkagerer4• 7 years ago

Since the 1903 release, a warning message has appeared when connecting to Wi-Fi networks secured with WEP or TKIP (which are not as secure as those using WPA2 or WPA3). In a future release, any connection to a Wi-Fi network using these old ciphers will be disallowed. Wi-Fi routers should be updated to use AES ciphers, available with WPA2 or WPA3.

How much do you want to bet this one gets reversed after user backlash?

watersb• 7 years ago

The ability to create ReFS volumes was removed in non-Pro, non-Enterprise Windows 10 1703.

I guess that the fact I didn't notice says something.

zamadatix• 7 years ago

That ReFS doesn't have a home use case?

rkagerer4• 7 years ago

The lack of a decent filesystem on Windows supporting data parity is abominable.

ReFS can do it (if you turn on the feature for more than just metadata) but it's slow and kind of a flop.

rkagerer4• 7 years ago

Offline symbol packages

What's their beef with all things offline?

Windows 10 features we're no longer developing

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