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    Almost as annoying as the windows evangelists (lemmy.world)
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    [–] _____@lemm.ee 45 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    meanwhile Windows users: let me drop into this random strangers discord who claims he will make my PC faster by dropping this .bat file that will run thousands of commands to "debloat" my install. also let me edit the registry and add random values to keys that I don't know what they're used for. this process is basically irreversible because I will inevitably forget which keys I've edited over time, wow windows is so simple and easy and intuitive 🀑

    [–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

    That's not a windows problem, it's a user problem. The same scenario could play out with a shell script that modifies a hundred dotfiles. Lots of solutions on Linux help forums are "Paste this into your terminal. Don't forget the sudo!"

    [–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Amen. I remember having to frequently reinstall the system to keep it performant. Thanks windows rot.

    [–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

    I used to reinstall Windows once a year. Now with Debian stable I just fix the problem if there is any and that's it.

    [–] ulterno@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    I actually used to make backups (Export) of each edited key and keep them in folders with context, so I could later look them up or even set them again in case of a reinstall.

    Now, they are lying, forgotten, on some NTFS drive that I haven't opened in years.

    [–] ftbd@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    I wonder if registry keys can be set with an ansible script? Granted, that is still not as nice as a declarative config (yay NixOS), but better than having to write down and do by hand again on a new install

    [–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 week ago

    yeah, reg set <key> <value> i think it is