On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 17:15:43 -0500, GS wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2019 15:24:54 -0500, GS wrote:

I have a Dell Latitude 7350 touch screen laptop with Windows 10. I really
hate Windows 10. Can it be converted to Windows 7? Will I be able to get
the touch screen working? I've tried to make it look like Windows 7, but
there are many things that just don't work well. Am I nuts to do something
like this? I appreciate any comments.

I felt the same for a long time, and tried to avoid W10 as much as possible.
I did replace it with W7Pro on a few laptops until they started with the
Kaby Lake chipset/motherboard config and newer hardware that has no support
for any OS earlier than W10. You can use a KBL motherboard in a desktop box
running W7 because you can pick&choose what hardware you plug into its
sockets; - not the case with a laptop.

so...

I started on a journey to accept W10 if I wanted to take advantage of the
newer hardware/technologies being built into laptops. The focus of my
journey was to make W10 look/feel/work as much like W7 as possible, paying
specific attention to its spying and loss of control over updates. So far
so good after reworking a half dozen systems for others along the way. All
are running reliably without issue so I know you can get to the same place
if you just persist your efforts to make it happen. Here's what my configs
include:


...

Avanquest PowerDesk Pro
This is a paid app (with 30 day free trial) that replaces Windows
Explorer. - a better, customizable alternative File Manager for any Win
OS with so useable features it will 'blow-your-mind'!


I agree with several of the software choices you mention, but I also
disagree with several others. Of those I disagree with, I'll just
comment on this one:

PowerDesk *is* a good choice (I used to use it), but to me it's not
the best one. The one I recommend is Directory Opus.

I recommend that you try Directory Opus and decide for yourself
whether or not you like it better than PowerDesk.

Thanks for the recommendation!
It's just that I've been using PDP for some years and quite content. I also
have/use my own files explorer, but I will definitely give DO a test drive to
see if it's worth installing on new systems for owners to choose to continue
beyond the trial period!


I was also quite content with PDP, but that didn't mean I couldn't
find something I liked even more. I did.

If you try it, report back on what you think of it.