Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: If You Use Dark Mode Skip Win11 Optional November Update https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/476106 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: If You Use Dark Mode Skip Win11 Optional November Update en-US Fri, 15 May 2026 14:36:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.2 mikiem2 on "If You Use Dark Mode Skip Win11 Optional November Update" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/476106#post-598904 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:05:09 +0000 mikiem2 598904@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

neowin[.]net/news/simple-tweak-makes-windows-11-file-explorer-faster-and-fixes-a-very-annoying-bug/

Microsoft has reported widespread problems in corporate enterprise environments with XAML being broken in Win11. That's also reportedly what's behind lots of user complaints with File Explorer being slow to start and having poor performance -- so much so that Microsoft is testing having File Explorer pre-load when you start Windows. And it's also apparently behind the white flash in dark mode when you start File Explorer [Neowin calls it a flash bang]. The fix is to use the Win7 or Win10 version of File Explorer. I use a small app called Windows 11 Classic Context Menu on Every Win11 install because I simply loath the new style File Explorer & its context menus.

sordum[.]org/14479/windows-11-classic-context-menu-v1-2/

mikiem2 on "If You Use Dark Mode Skip Win11 Optional November Update" https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/476106#post-598889 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:48:34 +0000 mikiem2 598889@https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/

neowin[.]net/news/beware-of-flashbangs-in-the-latest-windows-11-updates/

A bug in the update causes a brief, but bright white flash when opening File Explorer.