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> Go to KB 3073930 and download Microsoft’s Wushowhide tool. (Click the link marked “Download the ‘Show or hide updates’ troubleshooter package now.”) Double-c

> Go to KB 3073930 and download Microsoft’s Wushowhide tool. (Click the link marked “Download the ‘Show or hide updates’ troubleshooter package now.”) Double-click on Wushowhide.diagcab to run it. Click the link marked Advanced. Uncheck the box marked “Apply repairs automatically.” Click Next. Wushowhide will run for a long time. Windows is so user friendly ;-) I migrated my windows app to Wine+Linux and never looked back.

code_duck 10y ago
Yeah, I've never understood why ticking boxes in hidden subsections of myriad mysterious configuration apps was generally regarded to be more user friendly than changing a parameter in a text file.
- fspeech 10y ago
  It is about feature discovery. One can poke around the GUI and see what is possible or one can read the manual about options. I suppose the typical user prefers to poke around. Of course for the power users changing a text file is the way to go.
  - jasonkostempski 10y ago
    It really sucks when the option isn't in a GUI or a text file though, as is the case here.
    - fspeech 10y ago
      Ah I see. There are two issues here: making a configuration option hidden or accessible and making the change interface GUI or text based. I only commented on the second aspect. Depending on one's point of view making a configuration option hidden is either keeping users from shooting themselves in the foot or denying users freedom to control their own machines the way they see fit.
      - code_duck 10y ago
        Sometimes configuration is spread across different GUI apps, or just poorly organized within a single app. The equivalent is a problem with text configuration, too of course. What I think of is things like msconfig.exe, a fairly obscure program that controls a lot of useful and diverse features for Windows, but I didn't even know about it until I'd been a window user for years as for some reason it wasn't included in the control panel until recently.
PleaseHelpMe 10y ago
Nice troll
- jankotek 10y ago
  Wine+Linux stack has better compatibility with many older Windows apps than Windows 10.
yeahyay 10y ago
> I migrated my windows app to Wine+Linux and never looked back. Just so you know, you're not fooling anyone who has ever used Linux as their main/sole desktop. All of us (even the fanboys such as yourself, deep down) who have ever used Linux as their main/sole desktop know that Linux and Wine are far and away less user friendly, and less stable, and lower quality, than Windows ever has been or ever will be. But go ahead, go back to jerking off over the "freedom" and "control" Linux gives you which makes you feel like a hacker when you edit those big config files. Almost surprised you didn't write it as "Window$" by the way but perhaps you've recently grown out of that stage.

code_duck 10y ago

Yeah, I've never understood why ticking boxes in hidden subsections of myriad mysterious configuration apps was generally regarded to be more user friendly than changing a parameter in a text file.

fspeech 10y ago
It is about feature discovery. One can poke around the GUI and see what is possible or one can read the manual about options. I suppose the typical user prefers to poke around. Of course for the power users changing a text file is the way to go.
- jasonkostempski 10y ago
  It really sucks when the option isn't in a GUI or a text file though, as is the case here.
  - fspeech 10y ago
    Ah I see. There are two issues here: making a configuration option hidden or accessible and making the change interface GUI or text based. I only commented on the second aspect. Depending on one's point of view making a configuration option hidden is either keeping users from shooting themselves in the foot or denying users freedom to control their own machines the way they see fit.
    - code_duck 10y ago
      Sometimes configuration is spread across different GUI apps, or just poorly organized within a single app. The equivalent is a problem with text configuration, too of course. What I think of is things like msconfig.exe, a fairly obscure program that controls a lot of useful and diverse features for Windows, but I didn't even know about it until I'd been a window user for years as for some reason it wasn't included in the control panel until recently.

PleaseHelpMe 10y ago

Nice troll

jankotek 10y ago
Wine+Linux stack has better compatibility with many older Windows apps than Windows 10.

yeahyay 10y ago

> I migrated my windows app to Wine+Linux and never looked back. Just so you know, you're not fooling anyone who has ever used Linux as their main/sole desktop. All of us (even the fanboys such as yourself, deep down) who have ever used Linux as their main/sole desktop know that Linux and Wine are far and away less user friendly, and less stable, and lower quality, than Windows ever has been or ever will be. But go ahead, go back to jerking off over the "freedom" and "control" Linux gives you which makes you feel like a hacker when you edit those big config files. Almost surprised you didn't write it as "Window$" by the way but perhaps you've recently grown out of that stage.