Windows accessibility request you might relate to

[DeeFeeBro]

Hi everyone,

I’m new here. I’ve been reading for a little while but haven’t posted until now. I thought I’d share something that might be relevant to some of you.

I recently submitted feedback to Microsoft asking them to add an accessibility option in Windows to disable or customise the red “low disk space” drive bars in File Explorer. For me (and maybe for others too), sudden red warning colours can feel overwhelming and/or stressful.

If this sounds familiar, you can support the request by upvoting it here: The Windows Insider Program

Replying and posting on forums takes me a bit of time while I’m getting used to a new community, so I might be a little slow at first.

I hope this is useful to share. Thanks for having me, and I’m looking forward to joining in the discussions here. If this kind of post isn’t quite in line with the rules, please let me know and I’ll adjust.

There’s no guarantee Microsoft will change it, but it would be a great quality-of-life improvement for me. I don’t know why it bothers me so much, but it does.

 

[Jumpinbare]

I find their insistence that I upgrade my mom's computer to Windows 11 to be really annoying and distracting when the box suddenly appears. I use Linux 99% of the time, and when Windows 10 support goes away in October, my Linux use will go to 100%

 

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I use Linux 99% of the time, and when Windows 10 support goes away in October, my Linux use will go to 100%

My last Windows was XP.

 

[Jumpinbare]

My last Windows was XP.

I had to use Windows 7 and 10 at work. But I'm retired now, so...

 

[Judge]

Having simply typed "changing low disk space notifier in windows file explorer" into a search engine textbox, have you considered alleged third-party solutions to this problem? I ask as YouTube seems to have a number of content providers claiming to have fixed this issue.

Which might be a more pragmatic approach given how cavalier Microsoft seems to be towards their customers in general over the past few years. And like other software/hardware vendors that they seemed to have refocused mostly on AI development and little else, often forgetting their primary product and primary customers.

Particularly at this very moment given that Microsoft seems to have its hands full with having released a patch known as "KB5063878" (for build # 26100.4946) which apparently causing problems for users with certain SSDs under certain circumstances. IMO unforgivable for any OS developer.

Microsoft's Latest Windows 11 Update Is Reportedly 'Killing' Some SSDs

Great timing for Microsoft though, given Windows 10 support ends this October. Time to move to another platform or pay allegedly $30 for minimal security updates for 12 months. Though it seems Microsoft probably won't extend any courtesies to Windows 10 users beyond that.

Microsoft will charge Windows 10 users $30 per year for security updates

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