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minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up176·23 hours ago Microsoft intentionally made programs install to C:\Program Files on Windows 95+ to force programmers to deal with spaces in filenames. Someone make one of those “statements made by the utterly deranged” memes about it, please and thank you.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up70·22 hours agowhat is even more funny about this is that the name of that directory used to be locale-dependent, so in sweden it was just called “Program”, completely nullifying that idea.
minus-squarejjagaimo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·21 hours agoC:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86) C:\ProgramData
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·20 hours agoThe fucking parenthetical x86 absolutely kills me. I don’t normally wish dick cancer on people,
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up7·19 hours agoIt’s only localised in the file explorer. The actual folder name is always Program Files.
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 hours agoOnly since vista, it used to be localized.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 hours agowhat about placeholders/variables like %localappdata%, %windir%, %programfiles%?
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI can only assume these always existed, otherwise it would have been a nightmare for everyone.
minus-squareuniquethrowagay@feddit.orgcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoReally? That is absolute insanity
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·22 hours agoNo this is just clever
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·20 hours agoGiven even what little I know of their history and what they are doing now, I cannot be sure this wasn’t the intention at least partially
Someone make one of those “statements made by the utterly deranged” memes about it, please and thank you.
what is even more funny about this is that the name of that directory used to be locale-dependent, so in sweden it was just called “Program”, completely nullifying that idea.
C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\ProgramData
C:\PROGRA~1
The fucking parenthetical x86 absolutely kills me. I don’t normally wish dick cancer on people,
It’s only localised in the file explorer. The actual folder name is always Program Files.
Only since vista, it used to be localized.
what about placeholders/variables like %localappdata%, %windir%, %programfiles%?
I can only assume these always existed, otherwise it would have been a nightmare for everyone.
Really? That is absolute insanity
No this is just clever
Given even what little I know of their history and what they are doing now, I cannot be sure this wasn’t the intention at least partially