FAR and Windows 11
Posted: Sat 22 Oct, 2022 18:37
Hi Far forum members!
I have used FAR for many years and it was always my favorite file manager.
Today I installed 2022-10 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based systems (KB5019509), which caused a problem running FAR (FAR3, to be precise).Installation isn't a problem, but when running, my eyes got big.Rather than executing far as an ordinary binary, as you would expect, the program now runs as a subroutine of Windows Terminal! A quick look in task manager shows I'm right. What the deuce! You might ask, why care? Main thing is the program is running. Well, that's not exactly the case. Earlier version of FAR (better, before that damned update), I always had to adjust a little. I right-clicked the program window's menu above on the left side, chose properties, and set font, window size, etc., to my likings. This is now no longer possible. There's more. A running FAR instance, I used to stick to the taskbar, doing so now, just sticks a terminal shortcut there. Help! I want my old FAR back!
I will appreciate any help!
Thanks in advance!
I have used FAR for many years and it was always my favorite file manager.
Today I installed 2022-10 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based systems (KB5019509), which caused a problem running FAR (FAR3, to be precise).Installation isn't a problem, but when running, my eyes got big.Rather than executing far as an ordinary binary, as you would expect, the program now runs as a subroutine of Windows Terminal! A quick look in task manager shows I'm right. What the deuce! You might ask, why care? Main thing is the program is running. Well, that's not exactly the case. Earlier version of FAR (better, before that damned update), I always had to adjust a little. I right-clicked the program window's menu above on the left side, chose properties, and set font, window size, etc., to my likings. This is now no longer possible. There's more. A running FAR instance, I used to stick to the taskbar, doing so now, just sticks a terminal shortcut there. Help! I want my old FAR back!
I will appreciate any help!
Thanks in advance!