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Anyone who's read a few Old New Thing posts would know that Windows must be full of similar checks.
by TazeTSchnitzel 6y ago
Anyone who's read a few Old New Thing posts would know that Windows must be full of similar checks.
- colejohnson66 6y agoIIRC, the “checking for a solution to the problem” dialogs were added because they (Microsoft) would submit an actual bug report to the developers, and if they offered a solution, Microsoft’s servers would respond with it. I’ve never seen it work, but IIRC, they added it back in the Windows 95 days (when there was a lot less software to deal with).
- chris_wot 6y agoThey really need to get rid of this.
- gruez 6y agoYou can disable it using group policy https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft.Policies.ApplicationCompatibility::AppCompatTurnOffProgramCompatibilityAssistant_2 https://admx.help/?Category=Windows_10_2016&Policy=Microsoft...
- AshamedCaptain 6y agoThat was a Vista thing, definitely not 95. I have seen it working once, but I don't remember what the program was.
- colejohnson66 6y agoThat was Vista? Wow. I was way off...
- anaisbetts 6y agoWindows has tens of thousands of them. However, the vast majority of them unlike this quirks file are very very specifically gated to an explicit version range, file name, product name, etc etc, typically with consent of the app manufacturer.