Atlas VS ExplorerPatcher

> I usually have to spend an hour just removing stuff, disabling things and multiple reboots just to trim things down.

All of that is automated now. https://atlasos.net

How is this not clear?

"A modification of Windows, designed for gamers."

"Performance: By Removing unnecessary components, disabling power-saving features, and optimizing services."

"Privacy: By eliminating Microsoft's notorious tracking, pre-installed apps, and bloatware, you can feel confident when using Atlas."

Github link https://github.com/atlas-os/atlas

As a last hope you could backup your windows install and try installing Atlas OS on top, haven't tried it yet on Win11 but it should clear some process and ram for the game to run : https://atlasos.net/ MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR WINDOWS DISK FIRST. I'd recommand a software that you can launch on a USB stick instead of a program ran from Windows. I used https://www.easeus.com/backup-software/ but many others offer backups and PE USb bootable ISOs

Ok the whole story. My LLG started BSOD after doing a system restore because of a borked Handheld Companion install. So instead of using the recovery image I thought "now would be the perfect time to try out a vanilla Win 11 install and use AtlasOS” to see the difference it makes when it comes to gaming. So I download the drivers and Legion Space from Lenovo, Win 11 ISO, and AtlasOS files and I do think that it gave this beast some claws. It seems twice as fast as before without useless processes running in the background to bog things down. All the useless bloatware is gone and my LLG is running like a well oiled machine. I will run test later to compare but I think I have a winner here.

You can't, Windows >7 is a pain to have on a hard drive and will use 100% of it all the time. If you don't want to get an SSD, your best option is atlasos.net which isn't as good than getting an ssd but better than stock Windows.

AtlasOS turns Windows into a pure gaming OS. It removes all bloatware and system hog.

One modification that had a suprising effect was installing AtlasOS on top of Windows 11 using the AME wizard and Atlas playbook. https://atlasos.net/ - this produced an immediate and noticeable responsiveness improvement across the board. Before AtlasOS the mouse was still too slow even at the fastest setting in Windows. After AtlasOS everything was so much more responsive I had to slow down the mouse slightly because it was now moving so quickly and smoothly. I'm still a little dumbfounded by how good AtlasOS actually seems to be. But it's yet to be seen if whatever was gutted from Windows will cause issues down the line.

Apparently this one is optimized specifically for "AAA game" players and is frequently updated. I'm installing it now https://atlasos.net

You can use https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher to change the hotkey

> Windows 11 brings absolutely nothing on the table

It also removes a leg from the table, the one labelled 'usability'.

Attaching a 3rd-party leg to fill the gap helps (https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher), but it's not an ideal solution

ExplorerPatcher

I had more problems with it being wide, merging all app windows in a single icon, showing only icon rather then app title, and not being able to move to top of screen

That may be fixed with https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher which restores win10 bar, there's no builtin solution to any of the above afaik

Thanks for letting me know. I looked into it, and apparently it's still even possible to activate on later versions of Windows with registry edits and helper software: https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/discussions/167

Not going to install something that seems so vague, but I do use ExplorerPatcher [1] on my Windows 11 machines to basically re-create Windows 10 UI and fix all of the annoyances I have with Windows 11. I've got the old right click menu, the old task bar, the old alt-tab interface, pretty much the whole thing. Only reason I use Windows 11 over Windows 10 is because Windows 11 seems to handle my triple monitor setup better, especially when waking up from sleep.

[1] - https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher