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Windows 11 Finally Fixes "Update and Shut Down" Functionality After a Decade (www.techpowerup.com)
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If you ever tried the infamous "Update and shut down" option in any Windows build, it often leads to a reboot instead to an actual shutdown. Now, Microsoft has finally fixed this issue starting with Windows 11 25H2 Build 26200.7019 (or 26100.7019 on 24H2). According to the Windows Latest, Microsoft has shipped this broken functionality way back with Windows 10, and has never fixed it since. However, the Windows teams working behind the update have finally managed to ship a working solution with a note stating in Windows 11 experiences that the new build: "Addressed underlying issue which can cause "Update and shutdown" to not actually shut down your PC after updating."

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[–] tordenflesk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It baffles me how few people know that they can just replace the Explorer shell.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/shell-launcher/

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You could have vertical task bar in vanilla windows 10. They took it out in 11 because fuck you, presumably.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

They rewrote it and only implemented half the features. Just like the settings app and a bunch of other things. Because who ever cared about feature parity?

[–] Nelots@piefed.zip 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That baffles you? I'd be willing to bet that 99% of windows users don't even know what explorer.exe is.