Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12

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Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12
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I love this idea. The reason people continue using Windows is because they're used to it. Messing with the Start button is going to piss off even the most patient users. Not to mention it'll be an absolute nightmare for any IT department. Just imagine an army of Karens calling your hotline first thing on Monday morning, yelling at you because you took away the Start button. It'll make Windows 8 look like a huge success.

They already fucked with start menu and search and it's already a problem for IT. I can't find any app I got installed unless I spell it out right, and even then it might work with just 3/8 letters in but no further.

Sometimes I just click through program files cause it's faster.

Back to cluttering the desktop with shortcuts to everything it is then.

sometimes you can't find an application even when you spell it out correctly, hafta go through the apps list to find them.

I feel like things like Classic Shell (or whatever the go-to alternative is nowadays) are just going to make bank from enterprise customers suddenly wanting to make their desktops usable for the average user.

Doubtful. It's hard enough to get programs past our security team and having half malware bundled programs like this won't be an easy task.

Lol, what? There is no malware in classic shell, or start11 or explorer patcher. Wtf are you talking about?

Tell that to dumbass IT "managers" that think a process monitor is a hacking tool.

i remember some game refusing to launch just because i had it installed

Openshell on github. I don't know that it's the same code, but I'm pretty sure the Classic Shell website linked to it.

They tried fucking with it on Windows 8 and that worked out so great.

Which is why this is obviously just a shitty clickbait headline. Have you read the article? Nobody is planning to replace the start button but they could and that's enough for tech "journalism" these days.