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When you read it as 'a massive pile of legacy Windows applications', which is reasonable, it's not a stretch to assume that many applications written in the las
by roel_v 16y ago
When you read it as 'a massive pile of legacy Windows applications', which is reasonable, it's not a stretch to assume that many applications written in the last 20 years assume that the OS is on a harddisk, and on C: for that matter.
- brudgers 16y agoPrior to Windows 95 the preponderance of Windows programs were 16bit. Seeing as 16bit programs are not compatible with recent versions of Windows one can be reasonably assured that they are not in that vast pool of legacy applications. Hand in hand with 32bit Windows came the registry, which is where most applications stored configuration information until relatively recent times. To the best of my recollection, I have not seen an application or utility hard coded to C: since Windows 95. But I would be interested to learn of the actual examples which support your assumptions.
- Retric 16y agoMost code was written for internal systems. So even if you don't encounter them there are plenty of hard coded paths including drive letter in plenty of systems.
- sesqu 16y agoI haven't used windows since 98SE, but I learned my lesson and have recommended all family members put programs in the default locations. I used to have Windows on C:, Program Files on D: and My Documents on E:. Everything broke, to an approximation.
- ondra 16y ago32-bit Windows 7 runs 16-bit programs just fine.