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[-] lemming741@lemmy.world 193 points 2 months 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.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 77 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 59 points 2 months ago

C:\Program Files

C:\Program Files (x86)

C:\ProgramData

[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 53 points 2 months ago
[-] dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

me coming back to cmd after spending a month in command.com:

[-] BanMe@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago

The fucking parenthetical x86 absolutely kills me. I don't normally wish dick cancer on people,

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