I've been using a launcher since at least XP. Originally Launchy and now in 10 and 11, Powertoys Run. On the rare occasion that what I want doesn't come up, just hit the Windows key and start typing to find it on the Start Menu. When you don't rely on how the Start Menu looks and operates, any version of Windows works as well as any other. Since XP, I've used 8, 8.1, 10, 11 and they all behave the same for me. Even on the hated (by everyone else) 8 I had no problems.

I like Envy Code R.

I don't agree that using var is always lazy. It can have a place in making code more readable when declaring types with really long names. For example

SomeClassWithAReallyReallyLongName whatever = new SomeClassWithAReallyReallyLongName();

is (to me) less readable than

var whatever = new SomeClassWithAReallyReallyLongName();

The rule I follow is to use var wherever possible, but only if the declaration explicitly indicates what type the var will be. For example

var start = new DateTime();

or

var start = DateTime.UtcNow;

are acceptable while

var data = GetData();

is not, and should rather have the type explicitly declared.