Windows 11 Build 23471 - New File Explorer, Taskbar Labels, Dev Drive/Home, Windows Backup + MORE

[@dethmunky86]

I'm still not sure why Microsoft needs me to see celebrity gossip in every corner of my operating system.

[@roccociccone597]

data collection, so they can sell ad space in their OS. Literally the only reason.

[@JamieKitchens6]

@@roccociccone597 Can it be disabled or at least mitigated in any way?

[@LegionIscariot]

I know right. Its one of the reasons i don't use Microsoft Edge. I don't need Microsoft shoving news in my face.

[@MeatNinja]

@@LegionIscariot It can all be disabled though, also in Edge. Still dumb that it's there in the first place.

[@roccociccone597]

@@JamieKitchens6 only if you go out of your way to create a custom iso using a script… I have given up on windows. I left it years ago, but I have a windows vm in case I need word. The bloody user experience is horrible.

[@franci2a777]

Loving the white flashes in explorer, they truly elevate the experience to a whole another level

[@yannpoco]

And Edge, LOL

[@NostraDavid2]

Getting flashbanged by your OS is tight!

[@CesarPeron]

Welcome to Windows 11, shity code behind, fancy effects in front.

[@yannpoco]

I've just switched to a Mac. So it is no longer an issue to me. LOL. I hope Microsoft will fix this in my lifetime.

[@techwithtyler20]

@@yannpoco In Edge it's unacceptable! They really should've stuck with the modern version instead of downgrading to the win32 version.

[@besnikrrustemi]

1:52 - Dreaming the day when they are going to finally make these pop up windows/confirmation dialogs/progress bars,etc match the new UI design and also make all context menus using the modern design like the right click on desktop...

[@Soapbosnia]

Keep dreaming..

[@Aleksa_Milicevic]

Now, if only the small taskbar buttons would make a comeback 😊

[@roccociccone597]

imagine if almost 2 years after they crapped out a buggy mess, you could set your task-bar position to the side or top of the screen.

[@Moochi4]

@@roccociccone597 i dont get what your trying to say but you can move you taskbar you can move it to the left or keep it in the middle

[@joshdollow]

@@Moochi4 you used to be able to set it at the top left or right of the screen too

[@roccociccone597]

@@Moochi4 you can’t reposition the task bar to the side or top of the screen. You can only change how the icons align.

[@roccociccone597]

@@vishthemarketer6691 so basically you have to get more software so you can fix microsoft's incompetence... Those features were standard not too long ago you know.

[@roccociccone597]

Here we are, closing in on 2 years since the initial announcement of windows 11 and it's still missing basic features like repositioning the taskbar (the whole taskbar to the top or side of the monitor), changing its size, disabling widgets (so the service and process doesn’t run, removing the icon does diddly squats), a consistent dark theme that doesn't blind you every other minute, older core applications still look like they're straight out of 2005, the ability to drag tabs to open a separate window, a task manager that doesn't run like rubbish and doesn't use 10% cpu when clicking on literally anything what so ever, search still can't be easily set to only search local files and here we are applauding them for adding icon ungrouping to the taskbar which was once the default behaviour. Windows Backup seems like another way for M$ to nag you to use an M$ account or onedrive, since you can't choose which cloud provider you'd like to use, there soon will be ads in your os without a way to remove them and soon you'll have the mother of all key-loggers and screen recorders pre-installed on your PC. Windows co-pilot. The biggest security and privacy problem Windows will ever face. Sounds delightful.

[@roccociccone597]

@Laxman Dhotre disabling widgets: some bullshit with Poweshell that’s made purposefully difficult, the drag to open should’ve been added day one, it’s a pathetic that it wasn’t. Everything else I stated still remains true and has been a problem since day 1

[@Moochi4]

by repositioning do you mean putting it in different corners bc you can move it to the left or just keep it in the middle and when it comes to widgets you can just turn them off in the taskbar so you dont see it

[@roccociccone597]

@Laxman Dhotre removing the icon is not disabling anything. It’s like clicking delete on a desktop shortcut, it doesn’t uninstall the software. Check the services and processes the widgets are still running. There is an incredibly convoluted way to disable them, but normal users don’t to use the terminal right? That’s what windows users always say when people recommend Linux, so same goes for windows.

[@roccociccone597]

@@Moochi4 I mean move the whole task bar to the top or sides of the monitor. I am aware that you can move the icons to the left again. And once more, removing the icon on the taskbar doesn’t mean the service and process doesn’t run anymore. There is literally not easy way to do so.

[@UCs6ktlulE5BEeb3vBBOu6DQ]

These days, progress is to bring back features of the past ! What a time to be alive!

[@delightfulsquirtle316]

sometimes we must lose things to recognize their true value /s

[@purple6012]

I'll stick to windows 10, still rock solid and packed with all the features removed from 11.

[@Dinosaurbugerbuns]

Finally ungrouping is back. I hated it when they removed it from Windows 11.

[@myqaveli]

I wish they brought more fluid design like in their teaser videos. the UI looked clean in those videos

[@minecraftjohn727]

that's a pain in the ass to program and will surely affect the performance making it more difficult to develop

[@vitorgabrielgomesrodrigues]

@@minecraftjohn727 that's not an excuse

[@Casual_Luke]

@@vitorgabrielgomesrodrigues well heaving unneeded stress onto less capable systems for exaggerated flashy animations purely for show isn't really a great idea.

[@vitorgabrielgomesrodrigues]

@@Casual_Luke then don't make those systems be so taxing on performance, look at linux Gnome, a beautiful DE, yet really efficient

[@Gokulbalram]

@@Casual_Luke I am unsure of exactly how much animations would effect performance, but Mac OS feels like an absolute butter smooth experience as opposed to Windows which feels a lot less so, and again, this is an iMac vs a i9 13900k, 4070ti we're talking about

[@darkomarko4245]

the 0 badge will get people confused...we are used to it to not have it. now it looks like you have notifications always

[@ozturkberkayy]

Yeah I hate it with passion

[@soywarmon]

I clicked it to get rid of it many times before noticing it was a 0

[@DarkCloud360]

The new File Explorer is still a mess in dark mode. White flashes all the time.

[@TheTechnoGuy18]

Well its a pre-release build, the final release will be better

[@brazenserpent7]

Dark mode looks terrible in the Security portion of the Settings app, too.

[@womzil]

@@TheTechnoGuy18 It should have been finished a long time ago when dark mode first showed up...

[@archmunky]

Gotta admit the dev tools looks nice. Curious though why the theme wasn't changed if settings are restored and previous system used dark mode.

[@techwithtyler20]

Theme restore is part of the new implementation. In this build it was still early.

[@ProCodeSoftware]

As a developer, I think that the Dev Home will save my life when setting up on a different computer

[@alvaromady]

I doubt that one day we will be excited when windows finally have consistent UI design

[@goodwinhull2751]

lol Zac, the dev drive setup had a label stating it must be minimum 50GB. Nice to see never combine taskbar icons return. Now, only if Microsoft could also restore the option to change taskbar size/height.

[@acidxplayer]

10:42 was 50Gb on the top text

[@liam4184]

They really need to get rid of all the news on the widgets section and just make news a small widget instead.

[@Moochi4]

just turn it off

[@liam4184]

@@Moochi4 How?

[@techwithtyler20]

There will eventually be an option to turn news off.

[@liam4184]

@@techwithtyler20 Finally. Can't wait

[@josuejared7747]

Idk why Microsoft keeps wasting time and resources with the widgets panel, no one uses it.

[@SirFaceFone]

Finally some noticeable improvements but HOLY HELL that web based widgets/tabloid panel is still a performance hog. Makes me miss the native UWP live tiles. Also how is the new backup app different from being signed in to a MS account?

[@therealb888]

2:38 Would be cool if we can have the same theme inside the window as the taskbar & title bar.

[@MarchettLPR]

me encanta como poco a poco el explorador de windows fue volviendo a su apariencia de windows vista, después del desastre visual de windows 8.

[@techguy943]

Well it looks like they’re creating a reimagined backup tool in Windows I HONESTLY THINK THEY NEED TO SUPPORT LOCAL BACKUPS where you just plug in a hard drive FOR ON SITE RESTORES of your PC IF you WANT TO USE THE ☁️ good for you IF you WANT a backup where you plug in a hard drive backup your data and when you get a new PC OR UPGRADE your hard drive OR incur other hardware failures or malware or ransomware attacks you plug in your backup drive during the out of box experience and restore your PC or transfer your files to your new PC from the out of box experience screen

[@yordyords]

The reason why you can’t open the photo (that also applies to the standalone Gallery app) is that by default, when you press on a photo, it marks it for selection (if you want to move, delete or copy photos) and in order to open one, you need to right click on the photo and press Open. Such an unintuitive feature.

[@Accuaro]

They are never gonna make "auto-hide taskbar" a polished feature are they

[@roccociccone597]

It’s Microsoft, nothing they ever made is polished, with maybe the exception of windows 7

[@prorenicsultd]

They won't bring usable features. Look how late they are in bringing zip and tar support.

[@Codyslx]

​@@roccociccone597 windows 7 was just as bad.

[@Dave102693]

@@Codyslx it was better than Vista

[@JCL-hb3pg]

I didn’t catch when this is released? Also, for the backup, is it only backing up apps that’s solely from Microsoft through the MS store?

[@orlandofury]

Yeap W11 is not ready yet!! thanks for the your reviews

[@joshuahernandez-th6ov]

You should move to Linux.

[@gameinkmast3ryt]

​@@joshuahernandez-th6ovor macos

[@vivekbelvalkar]

I hate it when in dark mode..whenever u open anything it flashesh white first and then it turns into dark mode. Why can't they just implement native dark mode

[@joshuahernandez-th6ov]

This is why leaves Windows to Linux. Linux is becoming more popular than ever thanks to Windows 11 failure.

[@ddeaen]

it would be cool if they made the entire file explorer have the blur thing instead of just the top bar.

[@OnlyCitrus]

Will be too much distraction.

[@ddeaen]

@@OnlyCitrus make it togglble then! tho it's def not a Microsoft thing lmao

[@techwithtyler20]

They need to rewrite the folder view first. I believe they have already rewritten the navigation pane but haven't rolled it out yet.

[@TazzSmk]

I wonder if there's enterprise-tier backup to local (windows) server in the pipeline?

[@roccociccone597]

No because in enterprises you use different backup software altogether.

[@kehan6252]

But have they optimized the backend code to make the OS faster and efficient?

[@ceekeandrae4899]

There should be tabs in MS Excel and Word too

[@Greenmarty]

What is added value of dev drive as opposite to making a partition ? I find it hard to believe that average developer don't know how to do that.

Can a dev drive be formatted as ext4 and mounted under a WSL distro? That would be really useful.

[@ozturkberkayy]

I wanna use it with wsl2 as well!

[@goodwinhull2751]

Unfortunately no. The dev drive uses ReFS and you cannot change that. Microsoft says in their documentation that you can access dev drive files via `/mnt/d` in WSL, but it'll suffer from the same performance issues as any other mounted Windows drive.

@@goodwinhull2751 that's too bad :( thanks for the answer though! :)

[@oldtechnobodycaresabout]

That new backup tool would be good... If you could back up to a local drive

[@Element__115]

lock screen windows spotlight not working in build 22621.1778

[@Dave102693]

Finally it starting to look and function like Windows 10

[@SuperTort0ise]

Just in time for win12 lol

[@FBHSswimmer2006]

File Explorer is looking more like how it did with Windows 7. I like that. I didn't care for the ribbon UI and putting both the navigation buttons and address bar below it. I much preferred how Windows Vista and 7 did it.

[@MylarDaleToloMDTTV]

Wow! It looks like the redesigns from concept channels!

[@techwithtyler20]

Everyone's going for that look now and it feels like it's from the future! If only they would complete the Fluent redesigns...

[@MeatNinja]

That new gallery that pulls from your phone is gonna be very useful to me! I've stopped using phone link as it's always fighting me when I try to use it...

[@JamieKitchens6]

Is the pro version any better as far as customizations? Does anyone know, because I just ordered a new PC that comes with 11 Pro.

[@Appoxo]

Pro has some OS features the average joe might not need like local group policies, joining an AD and other stuff.

[@_georgios1999]

I am currently using the Windows Insider Beta Preview because I am afraid the instabilities of earlier versions (such as Dev), can potentially harm my PC and drivers, since it did happen on my old laptop before. Therefore, I have two questions: Is the Dev Insider Channel too unstable or can it potentially damage my PC and drivers and in which Preview channel are these changes released?

[@drescherjm]

Any change to the right click behavior in explorer. For me the condensed menu is unhelpful way more often than not. I find myself pressing "show more options" nearly every time.

[@RigelVision]

The settings icon looks like the settings icon on the older Android devices.

[@Dave102693]

Frs

[@CVLova]

the flashing is gonna drive me crazy lol

[@joshuahernandez-th6ov]

This is why leaves Windows to Linux. Linux is becoming more popular than ever thanks to Windows 11 failure.

[@unregistered8430]

DevHome really looks promising

[@joshuahernandez-th6ov]

This is why MS is getting more bloated and annoying. Everyone are had it with MS. Shame on you MS for forcing everyone to use it. Everyone should move Linux. Linux is becoming more popular thanks to Windows 11 failure.

[@JordMonte512]

Good video and glad to see File Explorer getting TLC and app names coming back to the taskbar. However, watching the Dev Drive segment at 11:00 minutes was painful as I was screaming at the screen whilst staring at the minimum 50GB size message at the top of the pane...

[@netwalker-1]

The only (weird) issue I've had with win 11, it's when I click in "Open file location" on a shortcut, randomly the file explorer have no translucency, and no buttons to maximize, minimize, close... I have to do a left click on the taskbar to fix it.

[@iqbit]

Can't wait for this update!!

[@lukeshaddick4105]

I hate that notification change... so annoying

[@lixkote8341]

Does anyone know if Windows 11 will ever get a redesigned WordPad app?

[@Dave102693]

Since when the OneNote app exist, we won’t do it

[@lixkote8341]

@@Dave102693 Cool, more users for my wordpad replecement app 🚎

[@techwithtyler20]

WordPad is officially dead.

[@anispinner]

How about you fix the explorer rendering bug that was brought with 22H2, before introducing new ones?

[@amitmatok2883]

The file explorer really looks like a mess now 😂

[@_otonieru]

This video was kinda funny in the Dev Drive/Home part, i like it 🤣👌

[@mayorc]

What's the name of the visualization of the gallery mode where you get a mixed portrait landscape visualization mode for each row, but optimizing space?

[@aoshi1981]

cant sync custom folders in OneDrive, cant make classic control panel consistent with new UI design (it's a mess, some settings are still only accessible through classic control panel, some are in the new configuration menu, other somewhere in between lol), setting up file association is a pain in the neck, there are like 4 ways to create backups, none of them is actually useful... at the end I always end up using third-party software

[@KillahManjaro]

The backup feature is long overdo. I used a utility on W10 for my start menu backup and restore.

[@PhoenixWrong_]

Microsoft for the love of all that's pure and holy, stop creating adverts for OneDrive. I'm not going to call them features; I will call them as they are: adverts for "Please buy more storage / Office 365 so that you pay us more $$$$" - The explorer button for "Add Phone Photos" I expect to be a feature the OS does at the OS level. Not a "Yet Another Please Use OneDrive" redirect. - The backup solution SHOULD BE AGNOSTIC TO BACKUP STORAGE. I don't even see a solution for network based storage. Maybe I have a Storage Pool running on Windows Server. That's still your own technology. There is no reason to jail this to only OneDrive.

[@botsynth]

Has it started to work better than the Total Commander?

[@macronomicus]

Is it safe to upgrade from Win10 pro yet? I've been holding off for the dust to settle lol. From the looks of it, things have progressed nicely since I last looked.

[@Richo5566]

Zac is back!

[@seiyachan]

have they restored the taskbar functions? I want to be able to move the taskbar around to top edge and small size the taskbar icons.

[@raidev_]

i still don't get why it can't restore applications hosted on other servers

[@techwithtyler20]

Because Windows would have no idea where to get them. It really should be a full backup like macOS Time Machine where apps are also backed up.

[@Max-qt3tp]

When will this come out with the taskbar labels for regular users? Can't wait any longer!

[@techwithtyler20]

23H2

[@Max-qt3tp]

@@techwithtyler20 is it now out?

[@techwithtyler20]

@@Max-qt3tp The 9/26 update wasn't 23H2. It will probably come this month.

[@Max-qt3tp]

@@techwithtyler20 okay thanks

[@nomnom-an]

11:25 This moment was presented to you guys! 😂😂

[@kushalmondal618]

well other than one thing what i really like is that ai-creates little image on the right of full search bar and the translucent taskbar.... it was previously available on the stable version of win11. but now its showing a bing logo..... cant even get into insider program only have one system ....

[@bulelanibotman]

with the dev drive can you install application specifically to that drive?

[@noid3571]

the only think I like from win11 is the new media player, although I wish we could modify it so it can display lyrics or read from custom ID3 tags...

[@rjeaay6731]

Hopefully they bring back the calendar events on the calendar itself. It’s dumb they removed it 😒

[@joshuahernandez-th6ov]

This is why leaves Windows to Linux. Linux is becoming more popular than ever thanks to Windows 11 failure.

[@euphoreonz]

why don't we get the mica on the whole thing like 'files'... doesn't support scaling either? Text is too small in FE.

[@techwithtyler20]

Because in folders, the rest of the UI is still ancient win32.

[@pallenda]

Crazy that we had to wait this long to get a taskbar that is unbroken.

[@NonsenseNick]

is Group by is new default settings for sorting files ?

[@AlessioCollura]

Still lovig the ribbon ui in older exporer

[@user-eb4fq9jm5v]

It would be nice if File explorer had grid options instead of tabs

[@MicrosoftJuying]

The gallery in explorer is not friendly to scroll wheel

[@Lazureus]

I have this build too (i'm also on insider) and i did not get the taskbar combine option nor the phone photo thing in file explorer.

[@techwithtyler20]

They need to get rid of A/B testing...

[@TinyMinisTV]

Hello, the ALT+D function for selecting the address bar is not working. Can someone help? I tried restarting File Explorer but no use.

[@techwithtyler20]

Probably removed with the redesign.

[@LeandroCavalcanteLeandrw]

Great work Microsoft!

[@joshuahernandez-th6ov]

For screwing the operated system. This is why MS is getting more bloated and annoying. Everyone are had it with MS. Shame on you MS for forcing everyone to use it. Everyone should move Linux. Linux is becoming more popular thanks to Windows 11 failure.

[@filipecroaro]

What we want: Windows 11 for Power Users. Choose what to install.

[@neilmccully5857]

Where is the copy to and move to buttons ?

[@kjyoffice]

finally taskbar show label 10:05

[@therealb888]

Can we change the taskbar position like we could in just about every other windows version & every linux DE?

[@techwithtyler20]

No. I think that had to be removed due to the tablet features. Windows 12, if that mockup is to be believed, will put the system tray on top so even if moving the taskbar comes back, it would just be to the bottom and sides like on macOS.

[@ivantchoumi9055]

PLease as a student deveoper how can i get my windows activated to use windows ??

[@TravelerSaniar]

I think file explorer should have the blure effect all over it, not just at the top. That would be a great way to modernize it

[@techwithtyler20]

They need to rewrite the folder view first. I believe they have already rewritten the navigation pane but haven't rolled it out yet.

[@Gurpreetkbr20]

Windows Phone pictures from 2019....cool

[@Moochi4]

this updates gonna be fire 😁😁😁

[@user-xg2px8et9n]

On a folder, if u press right click it works fine, but u press shift+ right click, it's bugged

[@user-xg2px8et9n]

but if u right click and press shift and drag mouse, it works fine

[@vibesnovibes6320]

Which insider version allows for ungrouping taskbar items? I tried Dev but it doesn't show up for me.

[@techwithtyler20]

A/B testing strikes again! I have no idea why that even exists--it ruins the whole point of being an insider in the first place.

[@joshuahernandez-th6ov]

This is why leaves Windows to Linux. Linux is becoming more popular than ever thanks to Windows 11 failure.

[@panic_seller]

I heard about it AGES ago, when is the Androids apps support coming???

[@techwithtyler20]

It's already here for supported hardware (Intel 8th gen or equivalent or later).

[@Child.health]

Thanks How i can delete dev drive if i don't need it.

[@astatine-bsd-gaming]

Wow windows 11s taskbar has a 4th of a decent customization now instead of none.

[@joshuahernandez-th6ov]

Windows 11s taskbar is becoming more unusable. This why everyone are moving to Linux.

[@gameinkmast3ryt]

​@@joshuahernandez-th6ov you are the rudest person on the earth

[@nevos6231]

Im still waiting for the file explorer having the nice transparent background which almost every other win app has....

[@techwithtyler20]

They really need to rebuild File Explorer and use the current explorer.exe only to power the things it needs to.

[@priyajanswongamikha3294]

Who's your favourite doctor ?

[@LEO_OfficerChrisツ]

Are these available in the canary builds?

[@techwithtyler20]

No. Microsoft did it again--getting insiders hyped up about nothing.

[@taoufikelmiri]

5:24 You still didn't update Voice Recorder to the new one😂?

[@Mizraimizer]

I got the update last nigth, but Gallery Mode doesn`t appear..

[@techwithtyler20]

They really need to get rid of A/B testing...

[@P4ND3R550N]

Today i went from the pre release channel to Canary and Canary works great so far.

[@joshuahernandez-th6ov]

This is why MS is getting more bloated and annoying. Everyone are had it with MS. Shame on you MS for forcing everyone to use it. Everyone should move Linux. Linux is becoming more popular thanks to Windows 11 failure.

[@joshuahernandez-th6ov]

You should move to Linux.

[@P4ND3R550N]

@@joshuahernandez-th6ov I prefer Windows because i am much more used to that and have learned a lot about Windows. And i am a gamer too so another reason i prefer Windows.

[@Techkomsan]

Good video

[@robloxmoviemaker]

what insider build is this? im using beta channel

[@TravelerSaniar]

I still want the option to change the taskbar's location. Like in windows 10 where you could change the location from bottom to right or left or up. On windows 10 it was so useful but we still dont have it in windows 11

[@xzaratulx]

4:40 that horizontal scroll bar there .. con: after 20+ years they still arent able to dynamically resize or hide columns so that it doesnt appear ... pro: dark mode now doesnt look like shit now conclusion: now that I stopped using Windows they finally adress the very ugly centuries old file explorer.

[@KMatuszak]

The scary thing is that even the file explorer goes towards being an unusable piece of shit that makes a disco by changing the theme from light to dark 50 times on every click, and running on the best possible hardware like something that's 20 years old.