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minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up195·1 month 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.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up78·1 month agowhat 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.
minus-squarejjagaimo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 month agoC:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86) C:\ProgramData
minus-squaredosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-221 days agome coming back to cmd after spending a month in command.com:
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·1 month agoThe fucking parenthetical x86 absolutely kills me. I don’t normally wish dick cancer on people,
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoIt’s only localised in the file explorer. The actual folder name is always Program Files.
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoOnly since vista, it used to be localized.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agowhat about placeholders/variables like %localappdata%, %windir%, %programfiles%?
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI can only assume these always existed, otherwise it would have been a nightmare for everyone.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoExcel used to have, and I think it still has, localised function names. Makes it a nightmare to look up stuff on the Internet.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agothe entirety of office has localised hotkeys. whaddayamean ^F is “search”? it’s for fat text!
minus-squaredosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoi hate that in the spanish edition save is ctrl+g…yet save as is still ctrl+shift+s
minus-squareCavemanfreak@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·30 days agoStill does. Commas or semicolons as separators in functions differ at least. It fucking sucks.
minus-squareuniquethrowagay@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoReally? That is absolute insanity
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoGiven even what little I know of their history and what they are doing now, I cannot be sure this wasn’t the intention at least partially
Someone make one of those “statements made by the utterly deranged” memes about it, please and thank you.
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.
C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\ProgramData
C:\PROGRA~1
me coming back to cmd after spending a month in command.com:
The fucking parenthetical x86 absolutely kills me. I don’t normally wish dick cancer on people,
It’s only localised in the file explorer. The actual folder name is always Program Files.
Only since vista, it used to be localized.
what about placeholders/variables like %localappdata%, %windir%, %programfiles%?
I can only assume these always existed, otherwise it would have been a nightmare for everyone.
Excel used to have, and I think it still has, localised function names.
Makes it a nightmare to look up stuff on the Internet.
the entirety of office has localised hotkeys. whaddayamean ^F is “search”? it’s for fat text!
i hate that in the spanish edition save is ctrl+g…yet save as is still ctrl+shift+s
Still does. Commas or semicolons as separators in functions differ at least. It fucking sucks.
nope, that’s an NT thing
Really? That is absolute insanity
No this is just clever
Given even what little I know of their history and what they are doing now, I cannot be sure this wasn’t the intention at least partially