While promising to take the Windows experience to the next level with Windows 11, Microsoft has also removed or deprecated many features of Windows 10. One of the most criticized areas of the experience or lack of Windows 11 is linked to the new taskbar. Microsoft removed many features from the Windows 10 taskbar in Windows 11, and users were quick to step in by providing feedback to Microsoft.
One of the taskbar features that Microsoft removed in Windows 11 was “Drag and drop files onto app icons on the taskbar to open them in the app.”
It was possible in Windows 10 to drag and drop a file onto the app icons in the taskbar to open them in the app. Windows 11 has removed this feature, but users want this feature back and it is again one of the most requested features to add to Windows 11.
Now it looks like Microsoft is planning to bring this feature back. The unanchored taskbar already supports dragging and dropping files to open them in an app.
Microsoft * plans * to fix Windows 11 taskbar slippage issues. Unanchored taskbar already supports it, WindowsUdk however limits it to certain features that are not “supported”.
– NTAuthority (@NTAuthority) September 18, 2021
Watch the short video below to see it in action. So it looks like Microsoft will be bringing this feature back in a future release, although the October release of Windows 11 will likely miss it.
If the hook activation features 13, 14 and 15 in https://t.co/16S9m3TW6G.TaskbarModel:IsSupported, you can already drag on apps (in build 22458). pic.twitter.com/JECIO5O62A
– NTAuthority (@NTAuthority) September 18, 2021
Windows 11 contains many design and usability improvements over Windows 10. But it is not without its flaws, and it lacks a lot of Windows 10 features that users have already talked about. Check out this article to learn more about all of the missing and officially removed core features of Windows 11.
New features / changes in Windows 11:
For those interested, the Windows 11 update release will be known as Windows 11 October 2021 Update or Windows 10 version 21H2 and is targeting a release on October 5, 2021. Windows 11 brings a lot of UI / UX changes. , new features, performance and usability improvements over Windows 10.
You can read all the new features and changes that Windows 11 has made over Windows 10 in our huge changelog.