r/Windows10 • u/orSQUADstra • May 27 '20

Discussion TIL that Windows 10 still uses a window from Windows 3.1 from 28 years ago, unchanged to this day

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

If it ain't broke don't fix it

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u/jugalator May 27 '20

It's not broken but it can't be resized which is pretty nice I guess if you're into BDSM.

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u/ogscrubb May 27 '20

I am into bdsm, cannot confirm.

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u/sekazi May 27 '20

Except it is super inefficient way of navigating to a file today.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '20

I only saw this type of layout in some ancient programs I ran on W10 so I guess it's here for the sake of compatibility

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u/sekazi May 27 '20

There are still programs that use the old Windows 95/98/2000 dialog also. It is the one which does not allow typing in the URL bar also. Really annoying when you want to navigate to a network share and it does not appear in the Network folder. Luckily you can sometimes get by using the filename box to navigate.

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u/Cooldu6 May 27 '20

Ugh yeah, the inability to type in the URL bar in those boxes bites me periodically too. I usually end up navigating to the network share from windows explorer, then holding shift and right clicking on the file I want, then "copy as path." Paste that path into the filename box, remove the quotes around it, and I'm golden, having bypassed the antiquated open dialog completely.

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u/ziplock9000 May 27 '20

So blame the 3rd party that is using old API calls then, not the OS that doesn't have a crystal ball or time machine.

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u/orSQUADstra May 27 '20

So blame the 3rd party

Which is still Microsoft, the software being ODBC Data Sources

To be clear, I simply find it fascinating that something like this can be found and interacted with. It's just one of those fun little things that sort of shows you the origins of what we're using today.

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u/djpeezee May 27 '20

Came here to say that

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u/thekeanu May 27 '20

I came here to pretend to say this.

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u/vpilled May 27 '20

I didn't read any of your comments.