The new taskbar was written by an intern on his first day using Copilot in Javascript. Zero fucks were given that day.

Interesting, this was definitely possible in windows 10. I do remember upgrading form 10 -> 11 and not being able to use a vertical task bar anymore, but that appears to be getting patched now with the next release.

This fixes that: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/

Product owners are the worst thing to happen to products since sliced bread.

Check out Start11. I’m forced to use Windows 11 for work but I’ve managed to get the Windows 10 taskbar and start menu back. It only cost $8.

I literally hate the Windows 11 taskbar.