In a same boat. I must have filed hundreds of internal feedback & bug reports to see none of them addressed. Nowadays I remember to double click the right-click context menu, because right-click + V doesn't open a file on a gvim anymore...

I had used some registry hacks to disable the new context menu. And now have installed explorer patch (mentioned in article and this thread) to fix other issues.

You should give it a shot!

As an MSFT employee, you also have a better chance of getting things fixed.

If everyone there (except the designers) complains, maybe the management might listen?

You'd think that, but as an internal employee "you're not our target demographic".

Not that this is exclusive to Microsoft. Every large company I've worked for has had some variation of that phrase.

Seems weird you'd be forced to use an OS not designed to be used for your usecase