Why I love Win 11....NOT!

11 has been a nightmare for me. I had a hair pulling experience when setting up Cantabile. Many Thanks to @Brad after several message exchanges, we got it going.

I went to 11 in February, only because 10 will end soon, and several developers are starting to require 11. :face_with_symbols_on_mouth:

I decided to install Omnispere 3 on my Win11 machine. I left Omnisphere 2 on my Win10 machine, as it runs very well.

As with everything involving Win11, it was a f**k up.
I had problems with Omnisphere dll. Win11 decided I needed a default file type association for the dll. I tried to bypass the default, but 11 forced me to make a decision before moving on. It forced notepad on me. Every dll I owned became a notepad default.
After hours reading, and trying Win fixes, it asked for a program that would host dll files. All it offered was Cantabile and notepad. I chose Cantabile. BUT, now all dll files are requiring only Cantabile.

I tried the app reset in settings and nothing changed.
I am stalled at this time.

I’ve spent several hours in Win forums and single hacks (which never work).
I am at the point of using some Reg edit hacks. As others were saying, Windows created this problem so users will be forced to only use Windows apps.

Regardless, every geek I know, has told me, 11is pure horse manure, and Windows now takes charge of everything. The users have no control. Linux is not quite ready for ā€œprime timeā€ yet, but is looking good at this minute.

Mad as Hell,
Corky

I had to bump from Win7 to Win10 on Cantabile machine only because Kemper Profiler required Win10 to update firmware. This was all after win10 had been out a while and did not cause problems. When Brad wanted to drop <Win10 from Cantabile support, I was already there. I’m still holding off Win11 on the Cantabile machine until the very last moment (years I hope). My recording DAW is still Win7 and I just don’t want to go through the upgrade hassle. I was forced to go to Win11 on my surfing machine (the one I’m typing on right now), but that’s it for now. I did not notice any problems with the Win11 upgrade; but few, if any, audio programs are operated on this machine.

For audio/Cantibile machines, my philosophy is F**k Win11, Internet, VST3, 32bit, and iLoks. Macrium Backup as needed and regularly backup Cantabile Songs.

:rofl: :+1: