Windows 11 is the latest major release of the Windows NT operating system and the successor of Windows 10. Some features of the operating system were removed in comparison to Windows 10, and further changes in older features have occurred within subsequent feature updates to Windows 11. Following is a list of these.
Features removed in original release.
Bundled software.
No longer available.
The following applications are no longer bundled with Windows 11 and no longer available.
Not bundled, but available.
The following applications are no longer bundled with Windows 11, but can still be installed from the Microsoft Store.
Windows shell.
The following parts of the Windows shell are no longer available in Windows 11.
In addition:
Start menu.
Some functionality from the Start menu was removed and replaced with other features.
Taskbar.
The following taskbar features are no longer available as of Windows 11:
Architecture and other features.
Windows 11 is only available for the x86-64 and ARM64 CPU architectures, as Microsoft is no longer offering a Windows build for IA-32 x86 and ARMv7 systems. Additionally, NTVDM and the 16-bit Windows on Windows subsystems, which allowed 32-bit versions of Windows to directly run 16-bit DOS and Windows programs, are no longer included with Windows 11.
User-mode scheduling (UMS), available on x64 versions Windows 7 and later, was a lightweight mechanism allowing applications to schedule their own threads, without involvement from the system scheduler. This feature is not included with Windows 11.
Themes.
The default Windows 10 and Flowers themes have been removed.
Notes.
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