It would be nice, to get the new good stuff, and not loose any of the old power.

I don't remember...if you hide a track in 2017.01 TV does it not hide in the PRV?

Anderton
I don't remember...if you hide a track in 2017.01 TV does it not hide in the PRV?

Nope.
Prv is the same in 2017.01 as it is all the way back to X3 except for the controller lane enhancements.
The simplicity dumb down began at 2017.03.

Hard to believe the changes to the PRV are intended to dumb it down...seems like a lot of functionality was added. The closing folder issue/tracks disappearing is simply a big. The hiding linkage could be an oversight where it wasn't unlinked again.
 
This underscores why I say people don't have to update every month, you can wait while the suggestions from the community are being processed, and then update. The second iteration of the PRV covered various issues with the first iteration.

Anderton
Hard to believe the changes to the PRV are intended to dumb it down...seems like a lot of functionality was added.

Sure, not intended.
Yes, good things added, but some old reliable functionality and flexibility was lost.