The 10 most requested changes by the Windows 11 user community

Two months after the new operating system was officially released, Microsoft's user feedback center - Feedback Hub - has received countless opinions and different views regarding what Microsoft needs to change in order to improve its performance. make Windows 11 a more optimized platform. Of course, there will be opinions that may or may not be appropriate, but suggestions that receive a wide range of views are certainly valuable and should be accepted by Microsoft.

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Here are the 10 comments related to changes to Windows 11 that received the most consensus from the user community on Feedback Hub. Along with that is feedback from Microsoft itself, to give users a more detailed view of the company's plans and intentions in the future.

1. Added the ability to move the taskbar (taskbar) to the top and sides of the screen on Windows 11 (25,732 votes).

Microsoft Feedback: We will continue to develop Windows 11 and its features based on feedback like this. So thank you so much for taking the time to give us feedback!

2. Bring back the right-click feature to the Task Manager option on the Windows 11 taskbar (16,439 concurs).

Microsoft Feedback: Thank you very much for your feedback. Microsoft will continue to use your feedback to guide the future of such features. But now on Windows 11, you can also right-click the Start menu button to quickly open the Task Manager. Alternatively you can also press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open Task Manager directly.

3. Updated the feature to put pinned applications in groups/folders in the Windows 11 Start menu (11,115 agreed).

No response from Microsoft yet.

4. Updated Windows 11 taskbar to support dragging and dropping files onto app icons to open/move them to that app (10,855 concurs).

Microsoft Response: Currently, dragging files to an app in the taskbar to open in that app is not supported on Windows 11. But we appreciate all your feedback and will continue to use it. Use it to help shape the future of similar features. Now you can start dragging the file, press ALT+Tab, open the window you want to drag the file to, and drop inside that window to open the file faster. Thank you!

5. Update the Windows 11 taskbar to remove the feature of combining application icons and displaying labels (10,064 votes).

No response from Microsoft yet.

6. Update Windows 11 taskbar to support the option to use small icons that Windows 10 already has (8,797 agree).

No response from Microsoft yet.

7. I want the Windows 11 taskbar clock to display synchronously on a multi-monitor setup, not just the main monitor (8,436 concurs).

Microsoft Response: Thanks for your comments! We're rolling this out with Build 22509, now available in the Dev Channel.

8. Removed TPM requirement in determining eligibility to use Windows 11 (7,801 concurs).

Microsoft Response: Thank you for taking the time to respond on this issue. Please read our blog post on why TPM is needed with Windows 11.

9. I would like to be able to turn off the Recommended section of the Start menu, and make the entire area disappear in Windows 11 (7,787 votes).

Microsoft Response: Thank you for taking the time to share your opinion. Currently, turning off the entire Recommended area in the Start menu is not possible. Instead, you can just hide the content.

Additionally, we've created a new layout for the Start menu that allows users to reduce the size of the Recommended area with Build 22509, now available in the Dev Channel.

10. I would like the option to turn off the news item in the Widget (7,481 votes).

No response from Microsoft yet.

The above are the most requested recommendations related to Windows 11. What do you think about this issue?

Marvin Fry

Update 04 December 2021