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I just helped someone delete a file that they couldn’t delete in Windows by booting into a Linux live USB, mounting their HD there and deleting it in Linux.
I think it was due to the filename containing special characters or even maybe that it was over 255 characters long. How is it 2023 and Windows still has problems like this?
You can disable the path length limit on Windows 10 by editing registry or group policy.
The person was running Windows 11. I sent a detailed article about it to them as well (with some thousands of words), but in the end they even found it easier to just boot into Linux and delete it.
Yeah. I think the issue is you sent them an article with thousands of words. If I saw that I would look for a different solution.
How did you even find an article with so many words? It is a simpleish fix to do.
Look man I don’t really run windows anymore. I’m no longer a l33t power user like yourself. I found some microsoft learning bullshit article and sent it over because I didn’t have an agenda to make them use Linux or anything.
Look at this fucking thing: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/cannot-delete-file-folder-on-ntfs-file-system
If you want to apologize for a system that still has problems like this in 2023, feel free to waste your time. I’ll be here not having these 1990s problems on the regular because I don’t run this pile of crap anymore except on my gaming computer.
Oh yeah no I missread what you wrote. That article is ridiculous, which is about as good as any other microsoft made article for windows.
It also doesn’t tell you how to actually resolve file names being too long either. Which is what I meant is a simpleish fix. It’s one edit in registry.
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who the fuck knows how to do that anyway
Same as Linux, first you don’t know then you learn.
„Hey youre good with computers. Can you fix my annoying Windows specific issue on my poorly setup laptop that has a bunch of other issues too?“
There is no operating system that doesn’t experience stupid problems. macOS probably has the least, but it makes up for that by being generally underwhelming.
The Windows specific issues that average users have are usually caused by bloatware that comes preinstalled on the machine or some obscure driver issue (which Linux can also have - maybe even more so than Windows).
MacOS has the least issues for me but I disagree with it being underwhelming. Might be an unpopular opinion in this community but I quite enjoy using it. It’s a fully fledged unix system with some really good software.
Even more unpopular opinion: any os is good, as long as you know how to use it.
Free Dos falls short in so many ways.
Is there anyone that uses freedos as their daily driver?
I wanted to try since I sometimes had to execute legacy applications with it.
Honestly, all the issues I have personally found on linux were either fixable, or I knew the cause of. I cannot say the same of windows, even though I used windows for far longer.
It’s just that, in comparison, windows is a black box. And if something goes wrong, you may just be shit out of luck.
At this point I don’t help people with non Linux computer issues anymore. I’ll happily help people with Linux because I actually know how to. If a family member wants to build a pc I’ll help but if they want Windows on it, they have to figure out the licensing and installation hoop jumping themselves because this stuff is designed to be equally difficult to use for users of all skill levels. You’re either typing sfc /scannow or reinstalling when that doesn’t fix it. I’ll gladly take the obscure and user-fixable Linux issues over having to reinstall Windows once a year.
My family asks for help with their phones, which I’m happy to provide.
The problem is they always hand me an iPhone.
Strange, I’ve literally never had to do that and don’t have any issues with “jumping through hoops.”
Linux isn’t bad, but outside of Nobara Linux I’ve gotten more roadblocks installing it than any Windows upgrade or fresh install. It just really makes me wonder if you guys are operating on two decade old Windows expectations and pretending that’s still standard, or you’re just being obtuse about how “difficult” it is. It’s pretty damn simple. I’ve literally walked people who have no idea what computers are through an install by phone, that’s a pretty good test of how idiot proof you’ve made your process.
but outside of Nobara Linux I’ve gotten more roadblocks installing it than any Windows upgrade or fresh install.
Than you haven’t tried installing Linux Mint. There’s nothing easier.
Ironic, I actually tried Mint Cinnamon and had issues lol I checked the hash and downloaded it from the MIT mirror so I don’t think it was an integrity problem.
Maybe Rufus failed me? Who knows. I use that for all of my other installs including Windows 10/11, Nobara and Kali and never had an issue.
Also, when grub starts acting up and your machine doesn’t boot properly.
So you come to introduce Linux problems?
yes
are these linux problems in the room with us?
/s
The nikes is like a universal symbol for nerd
