Microsoft’s rollback of Copilot continues with scaling it out of OneDrive’s file manager options.

A few years ago, Microsoft seemed to truly believe that LLMs were the future of Windows 11. We don’t have access to Microsoft contacts, so it’s hard to do. tell exactly when the gears are changed; however, I think it was when Microsoft announced the idea of ​​agenting Windows 11 to the public and was confused by the outrage it met with..

The company has since changed direction. It’s not against AI at all now; we saw some new integrations during the last Windows event, e.g. However, it seems to focus on quality over quantity, opting for AI models that significantly increase productivity rather than spread it far and wide with simple tasks. While that means deeper integration in certain areas, it also means streamlining old things like OneDrive actions in File Explorer.

Will anyone miss it?

As noticed Windows latestMicrosoft has announced the removal of Copilot options for OneDrive files in File Explorer. Previously, if you right-clicked on a file in the OneDrive folder in File Explorer, Windows 11 would show you a bunch of options. You can see some examples notification message; You’ll get a full list of typical options, and then about three entries below that for simple Copilot operations. It’s a bit messy.

Fortunately, Microsoft is scaling back:

“We’re making it easier for people to use Copilot with their OneDrive files in File Explorer. As part of this change, we’re turning off OneDrive Copilot. Conclusion, Create an FAQ, Compare files, Asking questions, Interpreting pictures, Interpreting pictures, Comparing pictures, Extracting text Actions in the context menu of File Explorer.”

If you still want to submit your files to Microsoft LLM, you can always right-click on the file and click Ask Copilot. Then you can ask him to do something. But those little quick links are gone now.