Show threadSleepyCattenAug 12, 2025

@CrebboElodie

Like

  • OS remembering window positions and sizes without needing PersistentWindows
  • OS dark mode Control Panel
  • Tabbed file explorer

Dislike

  • Having to remove AI crap
  • Default start bar, taskbar, icon tray, system notifications
  • 7+ Taskbar Tweaker no longer compatible
  • Having to troubleshoot network sharing to get working again

We've not run unmodded Windows for very long time.

On Win 10  , we used:

On Win 11  , we use:

Had to enable so many new options in StartAllBack to get basic functionality back, but still can't find way to close windows with wheel-mouse-click whilst using StartAllBack. (Windhawk can do it, but not if using StartAllBack.)

#Windows10 #Windows11 #PersistentWindows #StartIsBack #StartAllBack #OldNewExplorer

GitHub - kangyu-california/PersistentWindows: fork of http://www.ninjacrab.com/persistent-windows/ with windows 10 update

fork of http://www.ninjacrab.com/persistent-windows/ with windows 10 update - kangyu-california/PersistentWindows

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SleepyCattenFeb 27, 2023

PSA

If you use PersistentWindows to work around the fact that Windows is a complete arsehat, you might need to manually update to version 5.41 if you have suddenly found that it's crashing.

https://github.com/kangyu-california/PersistentWindows/releases/tag/5.41

"Release Notes

1. Fix issue #213, crash when check upgrade due to format change of github release webpage"

#PersistentWindows #Windows #software

Release 5.41 · kangyu-california/PersistentWindows

Release Notes Fix issue #213, crash when check upgrade due to format change of github release webpage Enhancement: support multi-taskbar restore Built with VisualStudio 2022. For users of Windows...

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