[Osiris]

I have an app that has run on every version of Windows from 2000 through Windows 10. It now doesn't work in Windows 11 because they didn't reimplement the IDeskBand interface for the taskbar that my app uses to show remaining battery time.

My app is even part of their compatibility test suite (they asked me for permission and a license).

I understand the need to move forward and that BW compatibility can be hinder that, but it's really frustrating for me to 1) respond to thousands of people asking why it doesn't work after they upgrade, and 2) lose income because there's nothing I can do to make it work the same in Windows 11.

[inetknght]

Breaking backwards compatibility is one thing.

Removing functionality is a bigger problem.

[coldtea]

>I have an app that has run on every version of Windows from 2000 through Windows 10

Well, it had a good run. Should such compatibility forever hold Windows back from making breaking changes to those APIs though? 20 years is an eternity in computing...

[userbinator]

Tell your users to vote with their money and stay on Windows 10. If enough people do so and get enough of a "Windows 11 breaks all your software" sentiment going, MS may start to reconsider.

There is no "need to move forward".

[robertoandred]

And there's no supported way to show info in the taskbar?

[wbkang]

Are you the author of the BatteryBar pro by any chance?

[bschwindHN]

Yes, check their profile ;)

[tinus_hn]

So how does the little turd that shows news and weather work?

[ziml77]

It's not in Windows 11. That seems to be even more evidence that 11 was quite rushed for some reason. They rewrote the taskbar but didn't finish reimplementing much of the existing functionality.

[vitorgrs]

Latest Windows 11 insider build added something new on taskbar, maybe you should do a look if they added the API or similar again...

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/12/08/announc...