Photopaint

Hi George,
Thanks for the suggestion, but:
The only problem with installing both X6 and X7 is that the CPT thumbnails disappear. I tried uninstalling the X6 Shell Extension and installing the X6 Shell Extension but then everything crashed in both X6 and X7.
The problem could very well be Mystic Thumbs. It could be taking over the request for thumbnails and then replying that it can't create them. However, I need Mystic Thumbs for Photoshop PSD files. They're the only way to move layered files between Corel PhotoPaint, Adobe Photoshop, and even Corel's PaintShopPro.
I absolutely can't understand Gerard's ten year refusal to make the CPT thumbnails public. It's sounds crazy to me. He has needlessly created aggravation for a lot of users.
Phil

I would also put Adobe on that same list. Banks, and Grocery stores though are a different discussion.

And no you don't "need" to use a Live account to log in. It's just being pushed very hard by Microsoft. And not using a Live account is "Not Advised". And if you use a local account, you will be reminded every opportunity that you should. You can't play a game of solitaire without being bothered about logging in! And you should consider the people who are not like you. People who know just enough about a PC to get themselves in trouble. That represents most of the PC users in the world, like most people who drive a car have no idea how to fix it. This is the consumer that Microsoft is depending on to expand it's "services" empire. They won't know how to deal with this stuff and may just go along with all of it. Windows 8 was so awful that it scared them away from even trying it. This time Microsoft is more crafty. The scary stuff is not much more subtle, but all of it is still there. Nothing about Windows 8 is there for the consumer. It's all about what Microsoft wants.

You miss the point about not wanting to share data. The point is that Microsoft is turning you into a customer of it's services. When you search your own desktop for pics of the kids, you'll be using Bing. And even though you might prefer GoogleDrive, Microsoft will be shoving OneDrive down your throat.

Windows 10 brings back desktop solatair games. File Explorer is still there, which I use once in a while. But my stuff is highly organized and when I need to search I use Agent Ransack.

I use both One Drive and Google now and will continue to do so in the future. My wife does the foregoing as well.

Windows 8.1 is a great OS. Have I already drank the coolaid?

"Windows 8.1 is a great OS."

I'm not going to argue about something like that. I'm just pointing out what Microsoft is doing. That Microsoft is aggressively turning you into the product. If you think that's good then what can I say.

MickeySoft is no more turning me into anything than Apple is you. If you don't think Apple with its soft-spoken, design-aesthetic, culture-minded mentality isn't doing the same, what can I say?

They both are abusing the consumer. They both collect, use, resuse and sell way too much data. They both track everything we do on our devices. They both get filthy rich off the backs of the less fortunate for what? Our insatiable appetite for their goods?