Microsoft Windows 11 to remove more old features, including Driver Verifier GUI and psr.exe

Microsoft is killing off a number of legacy options and companies in a future launch of Microsoft Windows 11, and the record is big. It consists of massive names like WordPad, Steps Recorder (psr.exe), and Microsoft Windows Driver Verifier GUI. Microsoft has quietly confirmed that it’s additionally killing off the Driver Verifier GUI (verifiergui.exe), however it should stay accessible by way of the command line.

In an updates to the assist doc, Microsoft confirmed that it could take away the GUI (verifiergui.exe) in a future launch of Microsoft Windows. It’s unclear if the interface to entry Driver Verify goes away with Microsoft Windows 11 24H2, however I don’t assume that’s the case as a result of the app nonetheless exists within the near-final preview builds.

You can nonetheless use the driving force verifier characteristic via the command line, however do not forget that the command syntax isn’t simple for everybody to grasp.

As proven within the screenshot above, the GUI presents a number of superior options, similar to creating normal settings, customized settings for builders, deleting current settings, displaying present settings, and exhibiting details about verified drivers.

When driver verifier GUI can be eliminated within the next Microsoft Windows Update, you have to to make use of command-line instructions, similar to verifier /normal to create normal settings and verifier /reset to delete settings.

Microsoft Windows Driver Verifier isn’t a mainstream instrument. You have in all probability by no means used the app, however previously, individuals relied on the driving force verifier app to reset driver settings and patch Blue Screen of Death errors when enjoying video games like Fortnite.

More legacy options going away: psr.exe (Steps Recorder), Defender Application Guard for Edge

Driver Verifier GUI isn’t the one characteristic being depreciated this 12 months.

Microsoft is killing off a number of instruments, together with the Microsoft Windows 7-era Steps Recorder, which lets you file the display. While the app was initially developed for troubleshooting functions, individuals have been using Steps Recorder as a light-weight display recording instrument on Microsoft Windows.

As you may see within the screenshot above, Microsoft Windows 11 24H2 phases out the Steps Recorder app and urges everybody to discover options just like the Clipchamp internet app and Snipping Tool, which features a built-in display recorder.

Similarly, Microsoft Windows 11 24H2 additionally removes WordPad and encourages everybody to make use of NotePad or MS Word.

Here’s the complete record of apps and companies depreciated within the final six months:

• NTLM: All variations of NTLM are deprecated. Use Negotiate as an alternative, which defaults to Kerberos and falls back to NTLM. (June 2024).
• NPLogonNotify and NPPasswordChangeNotify APIs: Disabled by default for safety causes in Microsoft Windows 11, model 24H2. May be eliminated later. (March 2024).
• NLS server authentication certificates with RSA keys < 2048 bits**: Deprecated. RSA keys should be 2048 bits or longer for TLS server authentication. (March 2024)
• Test Base for Microsoft 365: Deprecated Azure cloud service for app testing. Will be retired and unusable after deactivation. (March 2024)
• Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality: Deprecated and eliminated in Microsoft Windows 11, model 24H2. Will work with Steam till November 2026. Does not have an effect on HoloLens. (December 2023)
• Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Edge: Deprecated and can not be updatesd. No migration to Edgemanifest V3. Affects Chrome and Firefox extensions. (December 2023)
• Legacy Console Mode: Deprecated and won’t be updatesd. Available as an non-obligatory characteristic if wanted. (December 2023)
• Microsoft Windows Speech Recognition: Deprecated and changed by Speech Access, supporting 5 English locales. (Date not specified)

Microsoft has no plans to publish these retired apps to the Microsoft Windows Store, so that you’ll must manually save a duplicate of the legacy apps (together with their executables) to maintain using them in Microsoft Windows 11.