If you are shocked and disgusted by this imposed upgrade by new owners Microsoft who are telling everyone there is no way back, well there is and no thanks to them! I made this for my parents but am happy to share the solution as I found the key to getting the solution online myself. Pass it on and Microsoft try asking your end users, your customers, the ones that pay you for the product, what they want before you go messing with the tool. What happened with 'if it ain't broke don't fix it!!' There was NOTHING new, novel or useful in the update just changes for changes sake. Amazing.
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